1. Prologue & Parados
Study Questions

2. Describe the scene where the action of the prologue takes place.
Where is Medea from?
List three crimes Medea is said to have committed on Jason’s behalf.
What decision has Jason recently made?
What is the Nurse’s judgement of this decision?
Does the Nurse think Jason allow the banishment of his sons?
Why does she think like this?
How does the Tutor differ in the manner of his thinking?
What social comment does the Nurse make at the end of the Prologue.
What are the themes of the Parados?