Medea’s situation Essay

Dogan people in the city who didnt believe Cassandra because she was an bring outsider. In this play itwas learned that some(prenominal)times the most insightful people be the outsiders because they are not blinded by the normal activities of the principal(prenominal) characters.Another minor character that foretells the future is Medeas nurse in The Medea. The flirt with has a contrastive situation than Cassandra. She is more than familiar with Meadea and her children and knows of their daily activities. She begins to contain insight on Medeas situation when Medea starts to pay heed a change in her relationships between Jason and her children. She startle foretells the murder of Medeas children, who were indeed murdered merely by Medea herself. In the very beginning of the story, the Nurse talks almost Medeas dwindling approve for Jason.But now theres aversion everywhere, Love is diseased.(Greene, Lattimore, Euripides I, 59)With her wonder for Jason waning, she begins to think slight and less of her children because they remind her of him.She has turned from the children and does not see them./I am afraid she may think of some dreadful thing,/For her heart is violent. (Greene, Lattimore, Euripides I, 60)With her heart violent, she doesnt think anymore of the children except to carry out her evil plan which is to kill Creusa. Another summons that shows the deterioration of Jasons and Medeas relationship is the conference that the Nurse and the Tutor were having.And will Jason put up with it that his children/Should suffer so, though hes no friend to their mother? (Greene, Lattimore,Dogan 4Euripides I, 61)The Nurse is wake her concern here when she asks about what would Jason do about his children since hes not in love with Medea anymore. Towards the end, it is subtly made known that Jason only wanted the children as heirs to the throne that he did not dramatise because Medea killed Creusa. The Nurse may not have foreshadowed as much as Cass andra did, but she gave the reader an conception of what was going to happen to the children.In conclusion, minor characters do have some meaning plot-wise. They are not blinded by the everyday life of the main characters allowing them to see the obvious without the help from others. Without them, the story would be mainly about two or more parties and their actions minus the suspense that the minor character gives the reader. (947) plant CitedGreene, David and Lattimore, Richard, eds. Aeschylus I. The University of Chicago. 1953.