The chorus does try to be there for Medea during this time of need. They want to be her friend. They believe maybe if she knew that someone was there for her maybe she would not do such crazy things. The Chorus says, “Go tell her/ that we are her friends. Please hurry!/ She’s raging- the ones inside may feel the sting of her sorrow” (Euripides 182-185). Medea’s Nurse replies to the Chorus and says, “I’ll do as you ask, but I fear my mistress/ won’t listen to be” (186-187). The Nurse knows that Medea will never listen to these women who are trying to stay by her side. The women are trying to calm Medea down from this violent path she has chosen to take. The women are trying to stand together with Medea since she was done wrong by Jason.
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