Penny Dreadfuls, 1912 · page 89 of 118
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# Analysis of Page 73 from "Medea" This is a page of running dramatic prose—specifically, a theatrical script adaptation of the classical tragedy *Medea*. The page depicts the climactic moment where Jason discovers that Medea has killed their children. The Leader and Jason speak in verse, with Jason demanding entry to see the bodies. A stage direction indicates that Medea then appears on the roof standing in a chariot drawn by winged dragons, carrying the children's corpses. Medea then addresses Jason from above, taunting him about the murders she has committed. The text reproduces classical dramatic language in a Victorian penny dreadful format, presenting sensational melodrama derived from ancient Greek theatre.
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MEDEA 73 LEADER. Think of those twain As things once fair, that ne’er shall bloom again. JASON. Where did she murder them? In that old room? LEADER. Open, and thou shalt see thy children’s doom. JASON. Ho, thralls! Unloose me yonder bars! Make more Of speed! Wrench out the jointing of the door. And show my two-edged curse, the children dead, The woman. . . . Oh, this sword upon her head... . | While the Attendants are still battering at the door MEDEA appears on the roof, standing on a chariot of winged Dragons, in which are the children’s bodies. MEDEA. What make ye at my gates? Why batter ye With brazen bars, seeking the dead and me Who slew them? Peace! ... And thou, if aught of mine 3 Thou needest, speak, though never touch of thine Eomichbooks..com