Medea Persuasive Speech

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Hello Corinth citizens! Today we have a special topic given the news of our royals. Today in the Corinth Daily we want to talk about the justice or the injustice of Medea's actions. Medea, ex-wife of Jason, had made the ultimate decision to end her children's life. This choice has currently had no repercussions, should her actions be punished? Medea was replaced by a new love of Jason's which she did not agree with. She was sparked with anger and thus began planning her payback. Lovers quarrels are common amongst the married, but to take a new bride is even more common. This should not be taken as an insult due to Jason's desire to give the children with Medea the life of luxury and titles. Should a mother want her children to be given all that they can have in life? Of course they should! Did Medea allow her children the joys of their lives? No, she ripped away the mortality and joys of the living.
These actions reminded us that death is so sudden, it strikes at a moment's notice with no calling beforehand. Death can become a welcoming friend to those who crave it's sweet embrace. But not to those
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When life is taken so early before there has been anytime to actually live what are you to do? Time, as much as we may wish, cannot be changed. We cannot go back to fix what has happened. Medea knows the evil she has instilled upon her family. She does not care about the feelings of anyone but herself. She knew what she was doing, she could have stopped herself. She could have given up her plan. She could of let her children have chances who could never give them from exile. Before she sent her children to deliver the parcels to the new wife of Jason, she had an epiphany. She realized just how devastating and spiteful she was being, she saw how she was ruining her children's lives. Cruelty and revenge were the only emotions running through her head. There was no stopping what she had meticulously

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