Having read the excerpt fromMedea, have a group discussion about the value of tragic and violent dramatic works. Explain how many of your group members side with Plato's viewthat imaginative art (like drama) appeals to our lower passions, and should be discouraged in a stable society concerned with higher ethics and values? Explain howmany of your group members side withAristotle's view that a tragic (and violent) drama likeMedeaserves a valuable function in society by helping us reflect on the complexity of our human emotions, and also helping us topurgethose emotions?