Medea Rhetorical Analysis Essay

Throughout the play, we have decided to expose Medea’s choices for what they are— self-serving and vengeful. While Euripides may paint Medea as breaking away from tradition to blaze her own trail, our production has a scornful attitude towards her and her actions, which shapes the gloomy and foreboding tone as Medea relies on impulse to make her decisions. To convey this displeasure towards Medea, we will have discordant music playing as she plots the deaths of the king, his daughter, and her children, as well during most deceitful moments, including her tricking Aegeus into providing her safety and fooling Jason into delivering the poison to his bride. Similarly, Jason’s self-seeking motives are apparent in his monologue as he explains his reasons to marry the princess.
JASON. But—this was the main reason—that we might live well, and not be short of anything […] Also that I may bring my children up worthily of my position. (18) …show more content…
A few simple string instruments will allow the audience to get the message of the music, yet still focus in on the actors’ emotions. Because music heavily influences the emotions that the audience feels, it is a key element in our production. The choice to include dark music while self-seeking decisions are being made is crucial to constructing a hopeless tone. This tone leads to displeasure at Medea’s choices, and reminds the crowd that at every junction that the path of greed or selfishness is taken, disaster lies around the next