Today in Athens, the people decide to conduct a trial for King Aegeus’s oath to Medea, now a discovered to be a fugitive of Corinth, as the result of assassination the King and princess of Corinth. Juries will need to vote whether Medea would be welcomed or not be welcomed to stay and continue her life in Athens with our King Aegeus.
In our trial, both prosecutor and defender suggested possibilities that would happen in either decisions. One lets Medea to stay in Athens and one don’t. Both decision would be dangerous for the people of Athens. One undeniable fact was that Medea came from a powerful family, a strong magic user, and a murderer. If we were to not welcome Medea, breaking our King’s oath to the Gods, this would cause Medea to unleash her anger. While allowing Medea to stay in Athens may safe us in a short-term period but, none of us can predict the future without the God’s will.
In the anti-Medea’s side, the prosecutor argued again that Medea has a history of …show more content…
King Aegeus himself said that he would not break an oath in gods’ name, not wanting forsaken his city to God’s and Medea’s wrath. It is also a fact that this is the first-time Medea had harm Jason, even if it was mentally harming him. It was confirmed by some of the witnesses that Medea never harmed Jason until Jason’s decision to marry the late King Creon’s daughter, Eurydice. Before Jason’s decision to marry the princess, Medea had been a great wife to Jason by always helping him from the earlier days when they have met. The court also was given information by the Nurse’s testimony that Medea could do more damage that she had done in Corinth and more that anyone had seen. The Nurse had been in Medea’s life for a long time, he never feared for his life from Medea because he was never in the crossfire between Jason and Medea, or Medea with her