... into a less tense environment. In the conversation between the Nurse and him, on lines 85- 88 he tells her that every man is selfish and will give himself the benefit only. He gives a more cynical side of things, where sympathy here is lacked where on line 61 says, "poor fool" instead of what the Nurse said "poor creature" saying she is foolish to having gone so far on her deeds and the more technical side of things are exposed. In the next scene, the Chorus of Corinthian women come in and the fact that both the Nurse and the Chorus are women magnifies Medea's sadness even more, they are able to sympathize with Medea and what has brought her to this stage of her actions and in some ways pity her, something a man can never understand, the power of love. The Chorus influences us on our responses ...

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