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Monster Essays - Medea And The Chorus
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 fifty members
to fifteen) and importance. Playwrights kept the chorus as a significant
element in their dramas, but its functions were necessarily more limited.
Robinson Jeffers, who translated Medea, has also retained the chorus, but has
modified its mature slightly. Instead of....
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