Pain In Medea

Medea, a mother, a wife, an ex princess, that gave up everything for the one she loved. The one that took everything from the one she loved due to the pain he caused her. Medea is one that was like no other in Corinth she feels no remorse. Media is not a Greek and in order to be with Jason, the one she loves, she had to give up her title of a princess. Jason then turns on her to marry the princess of Corinth in order to give their two kids a name and a place in Corinth, instead of being an outsider. This resulted in Medea showing her fierce uncontrollable anger. Unlike other women in Corinth, Medea would not just cry out her pain, but externalize her pain in the form of anger. Therefore, she would take it upon herself to go through extreme
She threw her whole life away for someone she barely even knew. Media found out that Jason wanted to obtain the Golden Fleece and helped him pass all the hurdles to do so. For this, she murdered her younger brother by chopping his body into pieces. This made her father not want to pursue her due to her malicious actions. Medea was happy in a way because this gave her the opportunity to elope with Jason and not have her father the king of Colchis come after her. She knew he would be distracted with the sacred funeral for her brother for him to go searching for her. Medea left her wealthy life behind in order to be with Jason. When they returned to Greece, Media and Jason moved in Corinth with their two children.

This is when we learn that Medea is not like an ordinary Corinthian. Neither are originally from Corinth. Jason is from Lolcus. They are both outsiders in Corinth. Jason fell in love with the princess of Corinth and decided to leave Medea. This caused Medea great pain. Medea slowly reveals how diverse she is. Medea is never one to socialize and wasn’t educated to internalize her anger and cry it out like a Corinthian women. The nurse stated,

“Her pain’s not seen halfway through” (Ln 60) and then later states