In Euripides Medea is in a state of struggle with her husband Jason. At one point she and Jason settled down and have established a family‚ they have also attained a degree of fame and respectability. But then Jason ends up abandoning Medea along with their two children because he fell in love with Glauce‚ this turn of events has crushed Medea emotionally. She is at a point where she curses her own existence. Meanwhile Jason ended up remarrying Glauce who is the daughter of Creon the king of Corinth
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treated discriminatorily and her cleverness is seen as menacing‚ the rulers of Corinth want to exile her almost immediately upon Jason’s betrothal to the princess of Corinth. Because of her alienation‚ Medea feels like she has no one to go to when Jason disrespects their marriage vows and‚ as a final point‚ she turns to revenge – one of the most primitive‚ brutal human impulses. The Medea reveals how poisonous isolation and betrayal can be when met simultaneously. Not only does Medea’s refusal to
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success of her justice. Overall‚ Euripides insinuates that human’s egos complicate their ability to enact justice and suggests that justice is best left to the Gods. After her husband Jason has left her for another woman‚ Medea laments the injustice of her situation. But soon her self-pity turns to hatred for Jason. With support from the chorus of women‚ she feels empowered to enact her version of justice‚ namely killing Jason’s second wife. Apart from the support of the chorus‚ the nurse also laments
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She wants him to suffer at the fate of her own children. Her revenge was selfish. Medea involved the two things she knew would hurt Jason the most—her own children. According to the First Corinthian Woman‚ “It would be better for you‚ Medea if the earth opened her jaws and took you down into darkness. But one thing you will not do‚ for you cannot‚ you will not hurt your own children
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plot are about Medea‚ who is a princess of Colchis and also‚ is a barbarian witch as half human and half divine. Her grandfather is Helios‚ the Greek Sun god. However‚ she worships to Hecate‚ the goddess of dark place. She blindly falls in love with Jason who is a prince of Iolcus. Because of needing her power and helps‚ he gets married to her to stole the Golden Fleece to get his homeland back from his uncle. She even betrays her own family and kills so many for helping him. By his greed of the throne
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The wickedness and evilness of Jason is highlighted as his betrayal of Medea resulted in his misery. In the same time‚ they let the audience know of her internal conflict‚ as “this passion of hers is an irresistible flood.” (p. 23). As mentioned by the Chorus‚ Medea’s hate is not only for the broken oath but it is also for her loneliness‚ as they say to her: “a wanderer‚ where can you turn? /To what welcoming house? /to what protecting land?” (p. 28). After Jason betrays her she will be exiled with
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Medea Medea is a character existing outside of the typical Greek value and social systems that existed in the Greek Polis’s at the time of the play’s inception. She is strong willed‚ powerful‚ intelligent‚ cunning‚ volatile and independent. She possesses many traits and characteristics reserved and associated with Greek heroes in other plays common at the time. It could be possible to assume that a typical Greek audience of the time (likely predominantly male) would find this character absurd
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it was right for Medea to kill the children. The children are a “product” during Medea and Jason’s relationship. Since Medea feels like Jason betrayed and tainted their relationship‚ she feels like letting the children not live is like destroying every last remnant of their relationship. She also feels that killing the children would punish Jason and as a mother‚ she doesn’t want anyone else to harm her own children‚ so she kills them as a sacrifice. Personally‚ it was a dour scene of killing
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Anthology” 739). Euripides could not have chosen a more downtrodden role for Medea. Here is this woman who has stood by her man through thick and thin. She has turned her back on her family and killed her own brother while helping Jason capture the Golden Fleece. “Oh my father! Oh‚ my country! In what dishonor I left you‚ killing my own brother for it.” (Medea 164-165) Despite all of her devotion to her husband he has fallen in love with someone new‚
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commonly take that pride to the point of being cocky. Due to this mindset‚ she does not allow anyone but herself to have the final word. She did not even cave in when Jason asked to have the bodies of his dead children to provide a proper burial‚ because she refused to allow anyone the satisfaction of seeing her as weak. After Jason asked for the children Medea responded‚ "Oh‚ no! I will myself convey them to the temple of Hera Acraea; there in the holy precinct I will bury them with my own hand
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