Role of Chorus in Medea The Chorus is composed of Corinthian women. This aspect of the Chorus draws the first connection between them and Medea. The Chorus follows Medea on her journey through this play both physical and verbally. They verbally follow Medea by the means of narrating on important events or ideas as they are introduced in the play, and it is plain to see that they physically follow Medea by their constant presence. This suffering between Medea and the Chorus of women raises the issue of the treatment of women in the time that the play was written, this gives the play a very strong feminist tone. At Medea’s marriage she was expected to be completely obedient to him because it was commonly known by the society of this time period that thought the wife could never leave her husband, but the husband could leave his wife at anytime. Unfortunately for Medea, she was abandoned at the worst possible time, as a refugee in Corinth, with no one to rely on aside from Jason. It can be assumed that at the time of Medea, some may not have condoned Jason’s actions, although many would have seen it as normal because it would have been a much more common occurrence in that day and age. We again find contrast between the level thinking, always rational voice of reason, and the hostile, revenge seeking Medea, however, the pattern of the play continues and the Chorus sides with Medea. Though the treatment of women, and of Medea in the circumstances that she was faced with I this tragic play, as well as the approval of the trustworthy Chorus, audience is able to understand the reasons for Medea’s actions at the end of the play. The audience’s opinions on characters other than Medea are also influenced by the Chorus. After the audience hears what Jason has done to Medea when he married another woman, the Chorus says it would be ‘just’ to punish Jason. If the audience’s opinion was not this already, then Euripedes causes it to be their opinion. The irony of using...