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In most productions, we see Medea’s children playing innocently in the courtyard—a classic irony device. Cusk removes them almost entirely from the physical stage. They exist only as voices, as memories, as a "before and after" photograph. This forces the audience to confront something horrifying: Medea’s motherhood is an idea, not a performance. This was a "new" psychological approach that broke from the naturalistic tradition.

: The tragedy is framed through the lens of modern divorce. Medea’s rage stems from the realization that her identity was a "loan" granted by her marriage, which Jason has now called in. medea+rachel+cusk+pdf+new