Talk:Medea (Seneca)

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J. Weid Comments
Hi Maria, Overall, good job. My comments are in list-form and I tried to be as concise as possible.

Best, — Preceding unsigned comment added by JonathanWeid (talk • contribs) 17:19, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

'''Lead ''' o	First line, I would recommend just saying ‘about 1027 lines’ instead of using the ‘c.’ abbreviation. (style)

o	Last line seems redundant – ‘leading role’ and ‘dominates the play’ (style)

Characters 

o	Good

Background 

o	Can you link to something on the golden fleece – I know it has a rich history in Greek mythology?

o	‘the three tasks’ should say ‘were’ and not ‘where’ (grammar)

o	Check the grammar/wording in the line starting with ‘in order to flee with Jason…’

		It ends with ‘be able to escape with Jason’ which is essentially the same thing as it started with (style)

o	Content

		What powers does Medea have?

		I guess I’m not really understanding what is going on – who is on this journey and why?

•			I see that there is a mention of Pelias and some ‘brother’ but I am not following why they are there

Plot 

o	‘a regal robe to poison and sends it…’ – what does this mean?

o	The chorus describe’ – subject/verb agreement – ‘chorus describes’

o	Who are the Argonauts?

o	I’m not sure what is going on with this curse/robe-thing

		Is it poisonous on touch?

		What is the curse? Is it separate from the robe?

o	Run a check for grammar/style if you can

Euripides v. Seneca 

o	Again, check grammar/punctuation stuff if you can

o	Wikilinks? Who is Euripides?

o	Content

		It says that Medea kills one of her children in front of Jason? I thought she killed both?

		I don’t get the impression, though it is indicated in this section, that Medea felt any remorse (“Medea escapes in a dragon chariot while she throws the bodies of the boys down to Jason”)

Sources 

o	What are these?

		I usually see ‘references’ and ‘external links’ so what role do these two ‘sources’ play? Are they cited in wiki-entry

JonathanWeid (talk) 06:09, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
 * [too long;didn't read] basically, just run a check for grammar/style. Add wiki-links where you can. And then, if you can address some of the content questions.  Overall, good job.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by JonathanWeid (talk • contribs) 06:18, 31 July 2017 (UTC) JonathanWeid (talk) 06:22, 31 July 2017 (UTC)