Euripides' Medea Int. and Trans. by Marianne McDonald Copyright ...
Euripides' Medea Int. and Trans. by Marianne McDonald Copyright ...
Euripides' Medea Int. and Trans. by Marianne McDonald Copyright ...
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NURSE<br />
No, please. Please tell me. I’ll keep a secret if I have to.<br />
TUTOR<br />
I eavesdropped<br />
while I was hanging around the Pirene spring<br />
where old men play chess,<br />
when someone said that Creon, our ruler,<br />
was going to drive these children 70<br />
<strong>and</strong> their mother out of Corinth.<br />
Now I don’t know whether this is true or not.<br />
I hope it isn’t.<br />
NURSE<br />
Jason would agree to this?<br />
I know he hates their mother, but even so.<br />
TUTOR<br />
That’s the way of the world. New loves replace old ones.<br />
Jason doesn’t care about our house now.<br />
NURSE<br />
That’s terrible. New troubles come tumbling on us<br />
before we can recover from the first ones.<br />
TUTOR<br />
Be quiet about this, <strong>and</strong> don’t tell our mistress. 80<br />
NURSE<br />
Children, do you hear what a father you have?<br />
I’d like him dead…no, no, he’s still my master.<br />
But he has shown what a bastard he is to those he once loved.<br />
TUTOR<br />
He’s only human. Are you just learning that<br />
everyone puts himself first?<br />
Jason loves his new bride, not his old family.<br />
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