Medea: Journal 5

One way that Sophocles evokes fear and pity is with the way everything is described. For example, Medea's gaze is described as "bull-mad". This shows how she is ready to strike at anything and anyone. This creates the feeling of fear. The fact that she looks at her children with that gaze evokes even more fear along with pity as well for both Medea and her two boys.
In Medea, there is also a lot of rhyming. There is a rhythm to the writing that the reader can feel inside of themselves. I think because the reader is able to feel the rhythm, it gives them another sort of connection to the story. I believe that this is why the reader is able to feel fear and pity for Medea and her family.
The significance of all of the techniques that Sophocles is that with all of them combined together, the audience is able to feel an extreme pain, fear, and pity for the characters in the story. This is essentially what creates the tragedy.