Talk:Medea (Seneca)
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Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment[edit]
This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Maria416.
J. Weid Comments[edit]
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)