Exhibits
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Exile & Foreignness
Status of foreigners
French legislation
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Gender Roles & Patriarchy, Marriage & Divorce
Status of the married woman
Custom of Paris (French legislation)
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Exile & Foreignness, Revenge & Justice
Homicide and exile: Draco’s Law
Athenian Law
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Gender Roles & Patriarchy, Marriage & Divorce
The authority of the male guardian (kyrios)
Athenian Law
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Exile & Foreignness, Revenge & Justice
A foreign homeland: Colchis
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Power & Powerlessness, Revenge & Justice
Royal authority in Corinth
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Exile & Foreignness
Cives Romani ("Rights of Roman Citizens")
Roman Law
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Gender Roles & Patriarchy
Matrimonium cum manu ("Marriage under the husband’s authority")
Roman law
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Gender Roles & Patriarchy
Women’s perpetual guardianship
Roman Law, Twelve Tables
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Gender Roles & Patriarchy
ius vitae necisque ("the right of life and death")
Roman Law, Twelve Tables, Table IV, Paternal Powers
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Revenge & Justice
Being guilty of a crime is a punishment in itself
Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius)
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Exile & Foreignness
Exile as loss of identity
Epistulae morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius)
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Revenge & Justice
Revenge destroys the avenger
De Ira (On Anger), Book III, chapter 27
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Hubris & Excessive Passion
Anger as a destructive force
De Ira (On Anger), Book I, chapter 1
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Exile & Foreignness, Gender Roles & Patriarchy
Intersectionality
Encyclopedia Britannica
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Divinity & Fate, Revenge & Justice
Medea poisons the robe destined for Creusa
Act 4, Scene 2, lines 816-848
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Witchcraft & Magic
The nurse observes Medea's spells
Act 4, Scene 1, lines 670-739
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Divinity & Fate
The chorus prays for Jason's life
Act 3, Scene 3, lines 579-669
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Motherhood & Filicide
Jason refuses to let his children leave with Medea
Act 3, Scene 2, lines 541-550
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Revenge & Justice
Medea announces her intentions to the nurse
Act 3, Scene 1, lines 415-430
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Revenge & Justice
The messenger announces the death of Creon and Creusa
Act 5, Scene 1, lines 879-896
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Exile & Foreignness, Revenge & Justice
Creon meets Medea
Act 2, Scene 2, lines 179-275
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Exile & Foreignness, Revenge & Justice
The nurse tries to reason with Medea
Act 2, Scene 1, lines 150-175
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Betrayal & Infidelity
Jason’s confession
Act I, Scene 1
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Betrayal & Infidelity
Polluxes criticism
Act I, Scene 3
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Power & Powerlessness
Jason's political sense
Act I, Scene 1
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Marriage & Divorce
Blessings of the newlyweds
Act I, Scene 2, lines 56–106
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Divinity & Fate, Motherhood & Filicide, Revenge & Justice
Murder and conclusion
Act V, scene 1, lines 982-1027
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Motherhood & Filicide, Revenge & Justice
Medea hesitates to kill her children
Act V, scene 1, lines 910-953
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Betrayal & Infidelity, Exile & Foreignness, Revenge & Justice
Medea responds to Jason
Act III, scene 2, lines 447-489
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Divinity & Fate
Jason comes to meet Medea
Act III, scene 2, lines 431-446
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Betrayal & Infidelity, Exile & Foreignness, Motherhood & Filicide, Revenge & Justice
Medea's Monolog
Act I, scene 1, lines 1-55
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Betrayal & Infidelity
Jason's Infidelity
Act I, Scene 2
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Witchcraft & Magic
Medea's Menace
Act I, Scene 4
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Revenge & Justice
Jason
Act V, Scene 7