Penny Dreadfuls, 1912 · page 33 of 118
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# Analysis This is a page of running theatrical dialogue from what appears to be a dramatic adaptation titled "Medea" (page 17). The text consists entirely of verse dialogue between King Creon and the character Medea: Creon orders Medea and her two children into banishment from his realm, and Medea protests, asking what crime justifies her exile. Creon responds by accusing her of being a wise-woman skilled in evil magic, emotionally unstable from separation from her lover, and a threat to his child. The page contains no illustrations, title page elements, or advertisements—only dramatic text formatted with character names and their spoken lines.
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———— MEDEA 17 Linter from the right CREON, the King, with armed Attendants. CREON. Thou woman sullen-eyed and hot with hate Against thy lord, Medea, I here command That thou and thy two children from this land Go forth to banishment. Make no delay: Seeing ourselves, the King, are come this day To see our charge fulfilled; nor shall again Look homeward ere we have led thy children twain And thee beyond our realm’s last boundary. 7, = . - . a . ter? , MEDEA. Lost! Lost! Mine haters at the helm with sail flung free Pursuing; and for us no beach nor shore | In the endless waters! . . . Yet, though stricken sore, I still will ask thee, for what crime, what thing Unlawful, wilt thou cast me out, O King? CREON What crime? I dig Nea TMS need To cloak my reasons—fést thou work some deed Of darkness on my child. And in that fear Reasons enough have part. ‘Thou comest here A wise-woman confessed, and full of lore In unknown ways of evil. Thou art sore In heart, being parted from thy lover’s arms. eh And more, thou hast made menace... so the alarms | + ee Gomicbooks.co