Wednesday, 10 July 2013

What is the character of Glauce/Creusa like in Euripides' Medea?

I agree with
the earlier comment that ' shaping of the character of Glauce is rather non-existent. The only
glimpse we get of Glauce's character comes at around line 1135ff, when she accepts the gifts of
clothing from Jason's children ( has laced the gifts with poison so that when Creon's daughter
puts them on she will be killed).

Once Glauce sees the gifts, then she seems
to be cast by Euripides as a stereotyped woman who can be won over by lovely trinkets. She
immediately puts aside her disdain for Jason's sons, accepts the gifts, and...

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