Medea Journal 1

The chorus in Medea differs significantly from that of Oedipus. The chorus of Medea offers much more insight to the situation of Medea and asks her many questions. One example of all the questions they ask Medea is on pg. 44, line 359 - 361, where they say, "Whom will you turn to? Where will you turn? What country, what stranger, what home for a haven? Who will receive you?". They seem to care about Medea's situation a lot more than the chorus of Oedipus, which seems to be narrating the thoughts of the people and their own problems. Medea also reveals to the chorus much more than Oedipus reveals to his chorus. The chorus of Medea also uses a lot of rhyming when asking questions, "What yearning for love on a bed of delight Could make you hurry to death, the night?" (Pg. 38, Line 152-153). This seems to add to the curiosity the chorus of Medea, for it sometimes seems as if they are telling a kind of riddle.