Literary Analysis Of Medea

Medea, a woman so in love she is willing to risk everything, kills for redemption. Medea is madly in love with Jason, however, the love Medea shares for Jason is not reciprocated. Jason refers to Medea’s people as barbarians when he tells her, “instead of living amongst barbarians, you inhabit a Greek land,” and she proves him right through her actions throughout the play. She acts out in a barbaric way, especially to those she loves. Medea is so vengeful that she is willing to to kill her own children to hurt Jason.
Jason and Medea are madly in love, or at least Medea is madly in love with Jason. The two have a very successful marriage until Jason decides he would like to take on a younger bride. He states that he is stepping out on his marriage …show more content…
The Chorus and Nurse were in full support of Medea getting revenge but they did not support Medea killing her own flesh and blood. When Medea had the nurse go to retrieve Jason she willingly went even though she did not fully agree with Medea’s plan. Instead of giving in to Medea’s wishes she could have been defiant, however, she was scared Medea would kill her if she rebelled. The Chorus who stood by as Medea killed her children could have stepped in and stopped her but they did not. I feel like they did not because there is the possibility that if they would have tried to stop her they would have died too. Medea is a woman who like any other woman acts on her emotions. She has been hurt by a man’s betrayal, and for that she is willing to risk her own happiness for Jason’s retribution. She does not want to be seen as weak and she states this when she says, “let no one think me a weak one, feeble-spirited.” It is in my opinion that if Medea really loves her children as she says, she would not have killed them because of Jason’s ego and mistakes. Medea is a manipulative woman who is incapable of love and