Penny Dreadfuls, 1912 · page 49 of 118
The Medea — page 49: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Description This is a page of running dramatic dialogue (page 33) from what appears to be a stage adaptation or theatrical version titled "Medea." The page contains alternating speeches between two characters, Jason and Medea, written in blank verse. Jason argues that the girl means nothing to him and that he seeks only to save Medea and produce sons; Medea responds bitterly about her exile and suffering, while Jason blames her for her own misfortune. The exchange ends with Medea sarcastically asking whether she has caused her downfall by "seducing and forsaking" Jason. The text is printed in standard Victorian typography on aged paper.
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MEDEA o 33 JASON. Now understand for once! The girl to me Is nothing, in this web of sovranty I hold. I do but seek to save, even yet, Thee: and for brethren to our sons beget Young kings, to prosper all our lives again. MEDEA. God shelter me from prosperous days of pain, And wealth that maketh wounds about my heart. JASON. Wilt change that prayer, and choose a wiser part ? Pray not to hold true sense for pain, nor rate Thyself unhappy, being too fortunate. MEDEA. Aye, mock me; thou hast where to lay thine head, But I go naked to mine exile. JASON. | Tread Thine own path! ‘Thou hast made it all to be. MEDEA. How? By seducing and forsaking thee P Eomichbooks.com