CLAS 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Luis Alfaro, Thomas Satterwhite Noble, Bogeyman
18 Apr 2018
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The furies are in charge of punishing the killing of family members and the breaking of oaths. Nurse and tutor note how dangerous it is to be noticed by the gods. Written in 1st c. ce under emperor nero. Contrasts w/ euripidean medea, who emphasizes her isolation. Seneca"s creon (father of new princess, glauce) is afraid of medea. Seneca"s creon is worried how medea will affect all of corinth, not just his daughter. Seneca"s medea may represent the uncontained power similar to nero"s. A slave from kentucky, planned to escape with her children to canada during winter. As she is captured she kills a child and stabs another. Wanted to save her children from a life of slavery (not hate involved) Thomas satterwhite noble, poet, the modern medea. Includes a former-slave character who kills one of her children. Instead of a land of opportunity it"s a land of sacrifice .
