Euripides's Medea is a tragedy of a woman who feels that her husband has betrayed her with another woman. Upon this betrayal, Medea swears to exact revenge upon Jason and his new wife Gluace, the daughter of Creon, King of Corinth. We are first introduced to an agonizing Medea, racked by sorrow over husband's lack of faith. Medea's nurse is relaying Medea's reaction to Jason taking a new bed: She just lies there. She won't eat—her body she surrenders to the pain, wasting away, always in tears, ever since she found out how her husband has dishonoured her… Her mind thinks in extremes. I know her well. She'll not put up with being treated badly.
The nurse's observation offers insight on how personally Medea has received Jason's actions. It also serves to portray how strongly Medea must have felt for her husband in order to respond in the manner that she has. Medea's actions are …show more content…
Medea devises a plan to get back at her lost husband, no matter what the cost. A part of said plan is to kill Jason's new wife, which she goes about by gifting the princess with a poisoned crown and robes that made Gluace's flesh " …peel from her bones, chewed off by the poison's secret jaws, just like resin oozing from a pine tree." But such was Medea's contempt that she did not stop there. To further her revenge, Medea kills her own children; despite the battle, she has with her motherly instincts she must overcome. In the end, the satisfaction of Jason's pain ought weighs her own. "MEDEA: Their mother loved them. You did not. JASON: And yet you killed them? MEDEA: Yes, to injure you." In like manner, Medea refused to allow Jason to bury his sons and flies away in a chariot gifted to her with the
The nurse's observation offers insight on how personally Medea has received Jason's actions. It also serves to portray how strongly Medea must have felt for her husband in order to respond in the manner that she has. Medea's actions are …show more content…
Medea devises a plan to get back at her lost husband, no matter what the cost. A part of said plan is to kill Jason's new wife, which she goes about by gifting the princess with a poisoned crown and robes that made Gluace's flesh " …peel from her bones, chewed off by the poison's secret jaws, just like resin oozing from a pine tree." But such was Medea's contempt that she did not stop there. To further her revenge, Medea kills her own children; despite the battle, she has with her motherly instincts she must overcome. In the end, the satisfaction of Jason's pain ought weighs her own. "MEDEA: Their mother loved them. You did not. JASON: And yet you killed them? MEDEA: Yes, to injure you." In like manner, Medea refused to allow Jason to bury his sons and flies away in a chariot gifted to her with the