A Scorned Wife’s Revenge Euripides is a famous Greek playwright who is known for the many tragedies he wrote based on Greek mythology and the dark side of human nature. One of his most well-known plays, Medea, tells the story of a wife looking for revenge after being left by her husband. The play’s antagonist, Medea, is married to the Greek hero Jason, but he leaves her for King Creon’s daughter, Glauce, in order to gain a political advantage. Heartbroken, Medea grieves the loss of her husband, but eventually decides to get the ultimate revenge by killing Creon, Glauce, and her two sons in order to leave Jason grief-stricken and alone. Euripides focuses on conflict, symbolism, and the use of the Chorus in order to guide his audience’s response
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The closed door can be seen as a symbol for each of the many divides that have developed between the characters, such as Medea and Jason, Medea and Creon, and Medea and society. Towards the end of the play, Jason signals for his men to take off the bolts on the door in order to open it, but before they can start working, Medea flies out onto the stage in a golden chariot, carrying her dead children and preventing anyone from opening the door she has permanently closed.
In order to exact her revenge on Creon and Glauce, Medea decides to use a poisoned crown, which is a symbol for the ruined royal line and unjust rulership Creon as created after allowing Jason to marry another woman simply for political gain. Medea feels that Creon has earned the death of himself and his daughter as well as the loss of his authority and she uses the crown to symbolize the death of the dream Jason had about being the next in line to rule.
In his play, Euripides creates a Chorus made up of Corinthian women, allowing the reader to see an outside perspective on Jason and Medea’s story. In the beginning of the tale, Medea grieves for the loss of her husband and begins to formulate her plans of revenge. At first, the chorus' attitude towards Medea is one of sympathy for her and for her family, which is shown as they say that their purpose is to try and calm her sadness:
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The closed door can be seen as a symbol for each of the many divides that have developed between the characters, such as Medea and Jason, Medea and Creon, and Medea and society. Towards the end of the play, Jason signals for his men to take off the bolts on the door in order to open it, but before they can start working, Medea flies out onto the stage in a golden chariot, carrying her dead children and preventing anyone from opening the door she has permanently closed.
In order to exact her revenge on Creon and Glauce, Medea decides to use a poisoned crown, which is a symbol for the ruined royal line and unjust rulership Creon as created after allowing Jason to marry another woman simply for political gain. Medea feels that Creon has earned the death of himself and his daughter as well as the loss of his authority and she uses the crown to symbolize the death of the dream Jason had about being the next in line to rule.
In his play, Euripides creates a Chorus made up of Corinthian women, allowing the reader to see an outside perspective on Jason and Medea’s story. In the beginning of the tale, Medea grieves for the loss of her husband and begins to formulate her plans of revenge. At first, the chorus' attitude towards Medea is one of sympathy for her and for her family, which is shown as they say that their purpose is to try and calm her sadness:
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