Medea Synthesis Essay

As a famous songwriter once said, “When a woman’s fed up, there’s nothing you can do about. It’s like running out of love. No matter what you say, it’s too late to talk about it.” Those song lyrics acutely describes Medea’s rage. There was no crime great enough to repay Jason for the hurt and pain he put her through. The character Medea depicts how irrational and extreme a woman can be when she pushed off the edge. Act two opens with what seems to be Medea contemplating: “How did Jason find the power to do it? First he took my father and the country that we ruled away from me. Now he cast aside the seed of my existence—ruthlessly left in solitude on foreign soil to wither, I have earned better than this. He’s seen me mastering the energy of fire and water, yet he despises me. Can he supposed my power to inflict evil has been totally burned out? I’m sick at heart; I can’t see what to do. My mind is
Women had very few rights and were treated as weaker individuals. Euripides depicts Medea as a very diverse character possessing characteristics of both male and female: strong and independent, yet emotional and manipulative. During this time, women were expected to be mothers and nurturers. They were to care for the house and kids while the man went to work. Women were expected to obey the male. Medea’s respect for Jason at the beginning of the play reveals the cultural patriarchal prejudices. Medea shows her love and respect for her husband by “helping Jason achieve all the task and take the fleece home”. Medea kills her brother, for Jason. Medea killing her brother shows that she is willing to do whatever has to be done to be with Jason. However, she isn’t afraid to stand up to him once she betrays and cheats on her. She is unaccepting of this treatments, and isn’t afraid to do something about it. Instead of going out with a bang and just murdering everyone in sight, Medea begins consider ways to take