Medea essay Samuel Johnson uses his knowledge as a famous contributor to the english literature to state “Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice”. The book Medea is a play and a novel written by the great tragedian of classical Athens, Euripides. The novel takes place in the ancient Rome in an island called Cyprus where a women called Medea, the main character, takes to action a horrific revenge due to the infidelity of her husband. In Medea, Medea lives in a cruel society where betrayal and injustice are the main standards, and she responds to them by planning and executing a catastrophic revenge that allows her to express her true feelings and achieve justice. Medea’s society is composed of unjust people full with infidelity.
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Medea reveals her evil plans to Chorus when she prays to Zeus and confesses that she will send her children with some gifts for the princes and “If she takes these fine things and puts them on, she, and anyone who touches her, will die in a painful death”(Euripides 36). This quote demonstrates the drastical level of vengeance that Medea considers necessary for Jason and the entire island to suffer the same pain as she did. Furthermore, Medea doesn’t consider the punishment sufficient and declares that she “will kill the children-my children and ruin Jason’s household”(Euripides 36). Medea considers that in order to complete her dreadful revenge, she needs to destroy Jason’s last precious possession, his children, even though she will have to sacrifice her children in order to acomplish that. Medea considers the revenge and vengeance on the island, especially Jason, more important than her children and even her …show more content…
When Medea is in her house crying and protesting of her misery, she tries to take out her anger by yelling “The pain that I’ve suffered, I’ve suffered too much, worth oceans of weeping. O children, accursed may you die-with your father” (Euripides 8). Medea truly beliefs that people need to suffer, especially Jason, because they have to experience all the pain and the misery that she had to go through in order for them to understand her true emotions and feelings. Similarly, when Chorus tries to stop Medea from executing her revenge because it includes killing her children and putting Jason under extreme misery, Medea responds, “There is no other way. It’s understandable that you would say this-you are not the one who’s suffered”(Euripides 36). Medea doesn’t take advice from anyone because she firmly believes that no one understands her misery and the pain she is suffering. Medea is convinced that in order for people to understand her true feelings, they need to suffer and experience the pain
Medea reveals her evil plans to Chorus when she prays to Zeus and confesses that she will send her children with some gifts for the princes and “If she takes these fine things and puts them on, she, and anyone who touches her, will die in a painful death”(Euripides 36). This quote demonstrates the drastical level of vengeance that Medea considers necessary for Jason and the entire island to suffer the same pain as she did. Furthermore, Medea doesn’t consider the punishment sufficient and declares that she “will kill the children-my children and ruin Jason’s household”(Euripides 36). Medea considers that in order to complete her dreadful revenge, she needs to destroy Jason’s last precious possession, his children, even though she will have to sacrifice her children in order to acomplish that. Medea considers the revenge and vengeance on the island, especially Jason, more important than her children and even her …show more content…
When Medea is in her house crying and protesting of her misery, she tries to take out her anger by yelling “The pain that I’ve suffered, I’ve suffered too much, worth oceans of weeping. O children, accursed may you die-with your father” (Euripides 8). Medea truly beliefs that people need to suffer, especially Jason, because they have to experience all the pain and the misery that she had to go through in order for them to understand her true emotions and feelings. Similarly, when Chorus tries to stop Medea from executing her revenge because it includes killing her children and putting Jason under extreme misery, Medea responds, “There is no other way. It’s understandable that you would say this-you are not the one who’s suffered”(Euripides 36). Medea doesn’t take advice from anyone because she firmly believes that no one understands her misery and the pain she is suffering. Medea is convinced that in order for people to understand her true feelings, they need to suffer and experience the pain