Medea Revenge Research Paper
The Revenge
Medea, a play by the Greek playwright Euripides, explores the differences between Greek and Barbarian through the character of Medea. In ancient Greek times, men had right to revenge on another man for betrayal or hurting him. The man who caused the misery had to take the revenge from the other man. In the play ‘Medea,’ Medea kills Creon’s daughter and her own children to get revenge on Jason for betraying her for Glauce. Because of the Greek Society and Jason’s betrayal, Medea feels she needs revenge to relieve the pain that Jason caused. As it is stated in the book, the cause of Medea’s grief is Jason. Therefore Medea’s revenge was acceptable because of the hardships that Jason left Medea after he got all the help from her.
To begin with, the reader can see how lonely she is and what she has done to be with Jason when the Nurse says, “She is learning what it is to be a foreigner, cast out, …show more content…
Throughout the book, it becomes evident to the reader that Medea is not an ordinary woman by Greek standards. From this quote, “I do not know what other women-I do not know how much a Greek woman will endure,” (pg 90) the readers can see the difference between the Greek Women and Medea. Since she is from the land of barbarians, she is not good at enduring things and she is very intemperate, however, she is also clever. As mentioned aboce, she had another reason to kill her children. If she left her children with Jason, they would be living in a society that would look down upon them because they have partly barbarian background. She did not want her children to have to suffer through that. Also, if her children are made fun for being outsiders, then this reflects badly on Medea because Medea thinks they are part of her and she does not want to give her enemies any reason to laugh at her. For this reason, Medea decides that killing her children is the best way to accomplish her
Medea, a play by the Greek playwright Euripides, explores the differences between Greek and Barbarian through the character of Medea. In ancient Greek times, men had right to revenge on another man for betrayal or hurting him. The man who caused the misery had to take the revenge from the other man. In the play ‘Medea,’ Medea kills Creon’s daughter and her own children to get revenge on Jason for betraying her for Glauce. Because of the Greek Society and Jason’s betrayal, Medea feels she needs revenge to relieve the pain that Jason caused. As it is stated in the book, the cause of Medea’s grief is Jason. Therefore Medea’s revenge was acceptable because of the hardships that Jason left Medea after he got all the help from her.
To begin with, the reader can see how lonely she is and what she has done to be with Jason when the Nurse says, “She is learning what it is to be a foreigner, cast out, …show more content…
Throughout the book, it becomes evident to the reader that Medea is not an ordinary woman by Greek standards. From this quote, “I do not know what other women-I do not know how much a Greek woman will endure,” (pg 90) the readers can see the difference between the Greek Women and Medea. Since she is from the land of barbarians, she is not good at enduring things and she is very intemperate, however, she is also clever. As mentioned aboce, she had another reason to kill her children. If she left her children with Jason, they would be living in a society that would look down upon them because they have partly barbarian background. She did not want her children to have to suffer through that. Also, if her children are made fun for being outsiders, then this reflects badly on Medea because Medea thinks they are part of her and she does not want to give her enemies any reason to laugh at her. For this reason, Medea decides that killing her children is the best way to accomplish her