Dramatic Dialogue | Medea
Medea Gods! Gods, be my witness!
What is the use of living? Come thunder, come lightning of the sky, come and crash upon my head! I cannot stand the pain! Hades, come! Come Hades and cut down this miserable life of mine!
What is the use of living? Come thunder, come lightning of the sky, come and crash upon my head! I cannot stand the pain! Hades, come! Come Hades and cut down this miserable life of mine!
Medea No, that’s not what bothered you Jason! That’s not it at all! What, in fact bothered you was that you would be entering your old age still married to a foreigner.
Jason I’ve told you before and I’m telling you again now. I have not married into royalty out of love. I did so because I wanted to save you and to give to my children royal siblings, from the same blood, siblings who will protect our household.
Medea I hope I’m never given such prosperity by means of such bitterness and such wealth by means of such a sad soul.
Jason One day, Medea you’ll think differently and you’ll act more wisely. Let not joy ever appear to you as something bad and happiness as something unhappy.
Medea You mock me. You make fun of me because you have a place to stand on, a house, whereas I, I, on the other hand, will be thrown out of here, alone and desolate.
Jason I’ve told you before and I’m telling you again now. I have not married into royalty out of love. I did so because I wanted to save you and to give to my children royal siblings, from the same blood, siblings who will protect our household.
Medea I hope I’m never given such prosperity by means of such bitterness and such wealth by means of such a sad soul.
Jason One day, Medea you’ll think differently and you’ll act more wisely. Let not joy ever appear to you as something bad and happiness as something unhappy.
Medea You mock me. You make fun of me because you have a place to stand on, a house, whereas I, I, on the other hand, will be thrown out of here, alone and desolate.
Chorus Medea!
You have entrusted your words to me and I wish you no harm but because I want to observe our laws, I must ask you not to go ahead with the execution of this deed.
Medea Don’t waste your words!
Of course, it’s easy for you to talk like this – you don’t suffer the way I do.
Chorus How could you even think you could kill your own children, woman?
Medea I could because this deed, more than all others will hurt him –my husband!- the most!
Chorus But you, too, Medea!
Chorus You will be the most hurt woman on earth!
You have entrusted your words to me and I wish you no harm but because I want to observe our laws, I must ask you not to go ahead with the execution of this deed.
Medea Don’t waste your words!
Of course, it’s easy for you to talk like this – you don’t suffer the way I do.
Chorus How could you even think you could kill your own children, woman?
Medea I could because this deed, more than all others will hurt him –my husband!- the most!
Chorus But you, too, Medea!
Chorus You will be the most hurt woman on earth!