Journal 1: Medea

Sophocles evokes pity by placing the main character, Medea, in a very unhappy situation. Medea, whose husband Jason left her for another woman, is grieving uncontrollably, and has obviously had her heart crushed. This is a situation which alot of people might have experienced, and can understand the pain of, so thus they can pity Medea. Medea's hatred towards her own children also evoke pity from the reader, as the children didn't do anything wrong and are being spurned by their own mother. Sophocles also manages to evoke fear from his audience, as through Medea being forced to leave Corinth. When Creon forces her exile, the audience can't help but experience the fear of losing everything they know and hold dear.