Love and Hatred in Medea
18 January 2008
Love and Hatred in Medea
Abstract
This paper focuses on the issue of “Love and Hatred in Medea.” Most people consider Medea as a bad and evil woman, but, she is not that evil. It is just because she has different levels of love and hatred toward different people, just as we do. First, I will focus on Medea’s intense love toward Jason. I mostly focus on the part that she sacrifices everything for Jason because of her love. Second, I focus on the reasons that Medea decides to take the revenge. I focus on two reasons, Jason decides to marry Creon’s daughter and Creon decides to exile Medea because he is afraid that she might harm his daughter, Glauce, and himself. These are the reasons that Medea decides to kill Glauce and her own children. The last part I will focus on Medea’s different levels of love and hatred. I will compare her love toward Jason and her brother, Apsyrtus. Moreover, I will prove that she kills her children because of love. Then, I will focus on the part of hatred, the reason she kills Glauce and her children. Most people will think that it is cruel to kill his/her own children, but, from my point of view, she is not wrong because of feminine sense.
Key Words: Medea, Jason, Creon, Glauce, Apsyrtus, feminine sense
For most people, Medea is considered as a drama that deals with the evil of woman because Medea killed so many people, but in fact, it is because of her different levels of love and hatred that she commits all the crimes. Moreover, people would consider Medea as a bad woman because she kills her own children, but is she really doing the wrong thing? The main point of this paper is to explore the different levels of love and hatred in Medea, including whether her reaction is right or wrong. In the beginning of Euripides’ Medea and Other Plays, the nurse said: Then my mistress Medea would never have sailed to the towers of the land of Iolkos, her heart unhinged in her love for Jason, she would not have
Love and Hatred in Medea
Abstract
This paper focuses on the issue of “Love and Hatred in Medea.” Most people consider Medea as a bad and evil woman, but, she is not that evil. It is just because she has different levels of love and hatred toward different people, just as we do. First, I will focus on Medea’s intense love toward Jason. I mostly focus on the part that she sacrifices everything for Jason because of her love. Second, I focus on the reasons that Medea decides to take the revenge. I focus on two reasons, Jason decides to marry Creon’s daughter and Creon decides to exile Medea because he is afraid that she might harm his daughter, Glauce, and himself. These are the reasons that Medea decides to kill Glauce and her own children. The last part I will focus on Medea’s different levels of love and hatred. I will compare her love toward Jason and her brother, Apsyrtus. Moreover, I will prove that she kills her children because of love. Then, I will focus on the part of hatred, the reason she kills Glauce and her children. Most people will think that it is cruel to kill his/her own children, but, from my point of view, she is not wrong because of feminine sense.
Key Words: Medea, Jason, Creon, Glauce, Apsyrtus, feminine sense
For most people, Medea is considered as a drama that deals with the evil of woman because Medea killed so many people, but in fact, it is because of her different levels of love and hatred that she commits all the crimes. Moreover, people would consider Medea as a bad woman because she kills her own children, but is she really doing the wrong thing? The main point of this paper is to explore the different levels of love and hatred in Medea, including whether her reaction is right or wrong. In the beginning of Euripides’ Medea and Other Plays, the nurse said: Then my mistress Medea would never have sailed to the towers of the land of Iolkos, her heart unhinged in her love for Jason, she would not have