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Medea And The Chorus
Beginning of Paper
As you have learned, Greek drama evolved from the ritualistic
performances of a chorus at the Dionysian festivals. After the actor Thespis
stepped out of the chorus and began a dialogue with it, other characters soon
followed, and the chorus's role gradually diminished in size (from .... Middle of Paper .... aided the
movement of the story.
First off, when the chorus was introduced into a play, one of its functions
was to announce the entrances and exits of characters. This happened in many
places of the story. The characters that the chorus took on were the first
woman, second and third woman. All of them introduced new characters in
order to move the play along smoothly. Such as in 1.29 when second woman
and third woman introduce Creon when he arrives on the scene to talk to
Medea. "Medea beware! Some great person is coming. It ....
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