Penny Dreadfuls, 1912 · page 69 of 118
The Medea — page 69: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a page of running dramatic dialogue from what appears to be a theatrical adaptation or verse drama titled "Medea" (page 53). The text shows an exchange between the characters Medea and Jason, in which Medea expresses maternal anxiety about her children and then announces her intention to leave Corinth peacefully, saying she will "spread my sails, and meekly go." The dialogue is written in blank verse with classical tragic overtones, depicting Medea's apparent resignation to exile.
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MEDEA 53 MEDEA. _ *Tis nothing. Thinking of these little ones. . .. | | | ' JASON. Take heart, then. I will guard them from all ill. MEDEA. I do take heart. Thy word I never will Mistrust. Alas, a woman’s bosom bears But woman’s courage, a thing born for tears. JASON. What ails thee P—All too sore thou weepest there. MEDEA. I was their mother! When I heard thy prayer Of long life for them, there swept over me A horror, wondering how these things shall be. But for the matter of my need that theu Should speak with me, part I have said, and now Will finish. —Seeing it is the king’s behest To cast me out from Corinth . . . aye, and best, Far best, for me—I know it—not to stay Longer to trouble thee and those who sway The realm, being held to all their house a foe... . Behold, I spread my sails, and meekly go \ Gomicbooks.com