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02-23-2007

nosheen

During the drama classes I discovered various strategies which  would be very beneficial if I use them in the classroom I teach. Dramatizing is one of the best strategies a teacher could use in her classroom to make the students involve in the class.            As a teacher I would first focus on the different events that took place in the play and  try to give a clear picture of all those events by asking the students to read the passages from the text The students would then be asked to highlight the different themes in the play which would help them understand the play more effectively. After they have noted down the themes, the students would act as they were the characters of the play, equal opportunities would be given to the students., which would really increase their interests and motivate them towards the play. The teacher would then announce  that will have a talk show and interview the main characters of the play, regarding to why they performed the actions in the play and will conclude the drama session.  

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02-22-2007

Nosheen

Medea is an evil murderess, even a mad woman and therefore Jason is justified in his attitude towards her. 

The argument which I will be writing is going to justify that Jason’s attitude towards Medea was valid. Medea is an evil murderess and a mad woman , she can do anything to prove herself.    

            Medea  belonged to a royal family , she was a princess in
Colchis. When she was a princess , she fell in love with a man named Jason. Medea killed her brother just to get the fleece for Jason and moved to another place ,
Corinth. Medea  and Jason had two children. In line [18] it is stated that , Jason marries the daughter of King Creon who rules the country
Corinth. Whatever she did to her brother had to come in front of her, she betrayed her brother and her husband betrayed her.  Line [36] Medea hates her children. She hates her children because she can see Jason in them. Line [88] king of Corinth wants  to exile the two children with their mother to
Athens. Medea after knowing this, pleads to Creon to spare her some time atleast a day, so that she can plan for her exile. Line [350] Creon says, “you can have an extra day.” Medea then plans to send three of her enemies to corpses , father, daughter and her husband. Line [387] Medea; I’ll murder them with poision. This really shows that Medea is an evil woman because, she has no right to take someone’s life. She could not see her husband with another woman , because of jealousy she wanted to kill them. Medea then killed Creon’s daughter and Creon. Then made up her mind to kill her sons. No matter whatever happened with her, murder does not justify any kind of action. Line [1240] I’ll do it- kill my children now, without delay. No mother can kill her children , if  Medea  thaught her children would not be safe with their father she could have taken them along to exile , rather than killing them. She was so determined to take revenge , she could do anything. Jason was astonished to know about all this, Medea did not regret on what she did , she said to Jason, [1362] there’s relief in knowing you cannot laugh at me. How wicked a person can get, killing innocent people and still being so proud of it , this is the height of shamefulness. Jason really mourned at whatever happened and cursed Medea  for her deeds.

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02-21-2007

Serena

  “Medea is an evil murderess, even a mad woman, therefore Jason is justified in his attitude towards her.”The fact that Medea is an evil murderess is true as from the play we see that she is plotting revenge. She does the most evil thing known to man, that is “murder” Firstly she goes against her own brother, just for the sake of Jason, she kills him to obtain the “Golden fleece.” Then she kills King Creon and his daughter who is married to Jason, just so she can teach Jason a lesson. We can also truly say that Medea is a mad woman because she also kills her own two children. After all what kind of mother would want to kill her own children? Medea also sees herself as the giver of life as she feels that if she has given birth to her children, she has the sole right to kill them. Her evil and cunning side is further revealed when, she also plans with Aegeus that she would live as an exile in Athens. She continuously bargains with him that if he allows her to stay in his country, she will prepare a portion, which will help him have children. So while she is plotting to kill she is also making arrangements for her future.Jason’s attitude towards Medea is justified, as he knows perfectly well what Medea is capable of. Jason was only looking to be accepted in society and to have a comfortable life. So all he wanted was a secure future, which was acceptable. 

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