What role does the chorus play in Medea?

The chorus in Medea, as opposed to the one in Oedipus, offers a lot more insight to situations and also it asks a lot of questions. an example of this s on page 44 where the chorus says "Whom will you turn to? Where will you turn? What country, what stranger, what home for a haven? Who will receive you?". They seem to be a lot more caring about Medea's situation as opposed to the chorus in Oedipus where they didn't show much emotion. Overall, the chorus adds a lot of curiosily to the minds of the reader.

Journal 3

By looking at Jocasta and how Oedipus speaks to her and treats her in general, it seems like the women have a lot of power and respect in the society. Unlike most plays where the women are usually looked down upon and seen as inferior to men, in this case they both seem to be on the same level. Both genders interact very well and share ideas and opinions and the other listens. But in this case, Oedipus wants to know about his birth so badly that he doesn't really consider what she really has to say and he doesn't really treat her the same way. But overall in the society, men and women are generally equal.

Oedipus Journal 2

I think that Oedipus is a deficient leader. I mean yes he has strong qualities and deeply wants best for his people and his city but when he starts accusing people left and right with no proof it's going to bring his about his downfall. My impression of him changed somewhat in a way that his intentions are really good. In the beginning you're still wondering if his ego is talking or if it's really him. the further I read, the more it becomes clear to me that he is genuinely good. Also my impression on Creon changed as well. He seems lazy and seems to want to wait for things to come to him or for them to work themselves out rather than being proactive and doing things himself.

Summary of Oedipus (159-170)

159- Oedipus is wondering why everyone has come to him
160- The priest comes to tell him that all these people are coming because the city is in danger
161- The priest asks Oedipus to do something about the situation
162- Oedipus tells the priest that he sent Creon to go to Delphi and talk to the oracle
163- Creon returns and tells Oedipus that he has good news
164- He tells Oedipus that the oracle told him what he had to do to help his people
165- Creon tells Oedipus that Laius is going to die
166- Tells Oedipus that Laius was killed by thieves
167- Oedipus says that he will avenge Laius' death
168- The chorus states that the god will help Oedipus on his quest
169- The chorus explain how Thebes has been in trouble before
170- The chorus asks their god to punish Hades

Topic C

Topic C- What does the author criticize in the novel? How believable is the author’s vision? What other possibilities does the author present?

Yevgeny zamyatin criticizes communism and how the government controls people. He wrote this book also to criticize stalinism. He grew up in a time where there was a lot of coruption and those ideals are being presented in this book. It's pointing out that if the government takes over too much that the citizens are going to suffer.

With zamyatin's book, it is easy to picture a society such as this one. This situation, the society is controlled by math, which is a symbol of how everything is strict and there is only one right way to do everything. Also they are all being excluded from the outside world which woould shelter them from outside thoughts therefore giving the government more power. this resembles what stalin and other radical leaders did to the inhabitants and that is what Zamyatin is trying to critiize with his book We.

Word Count: 173

Topic B

Topic B- Choose a character involved in a struggle with society. Write a response on how he/she is representative of the dystopian character.

D-503 is a character that is victimized by the one state (the society that they live in). everything aspect of their lives using a table of hours. This dictates when they get up, when they work, when they get off of work and wen they can have sex. D-503 originally accepts these ideas and he goes along with it because he doesn't know anything else but as time goes on, he begins to resist these changes which is why he is a dystopian character. At first he doesn't realy know if it's the way to go but after a while he is sure that it is the right thing to do. The society also doesn't like to deal with people who have views differing from what they are teaching so in order to control the inhabitants, they take them and erase their memories in order to get rid of all the different ideals in the society. However, all these changes have consiquenses and D-503's consiquense is his strained relationship with O-90

Word Count: 193