Assignment task: Watch the full video of Medea. Based on your reading of Chapter 6 and perusal of this video, answer the following prompt(s) in short essay form:
In this Greek tragedy by Euripides, Medea murders her children to get revenge on her husband Jason, who has betrayed her. Why might this ancient Greek play still be meaningful for a twenty-first century audience in the United States of America? Instead of producing the play with actors using masks and cothornous (wooden shoes with tall heels) as they did in ancient Greece, how might you produce such a play to make it more meaningful to a contemporary audience?