Love causes people to do stupid and crazy things, such as stay out late past their curfew, change their entire style, and skip classes to be with their loved ones. However, in Euripedes’ play, Medea, the main character, Medea, was not only a crazy, homicidal lady, but she was also persuasive, as she had caused the deaths of many innocent lives. Medea has a past of convincing naive people to kill their loved ones. Because Jason was going to marry another woman, Medea was going to be exiled from Corinth, which she did not like. Betrayed and angered by Jason’s actions, Medea reacted horribly and cruelly to the people around her. Wanting to seek revenge, Medea plotted the deaths of the King Creon’s daughter, whom Jason was going to marry, the King, and her children, thus leaving Jason to mourn over the death of his new bride and children. Although Jason was leaving Medea for another person, Medea did not have a right to seek revenge against Jason. Upset by Jason’s betrayal, Medea maliciously plotted the death of King Creon’s daughter as her last act before her banishment. Knowing it will be suspicious if she were the …show more content…
Although Medea, too, was once a princess from her homeland, Colchis, she had lost that royal title when she betrayed her own family to be with Jason. Upon finding out her husband is leaving her for another woman, she is upset, screaming, “I hate my life. How can I put an end to it?” (95-96). It must be heartbreaking for Medea, knowing she isn’t enough for Jason after all she has done for him. She sacrificed everything to be with him, just for him to leave her for someone else. She did everything she could to make him happy and to protect him, so he’ll stay with her, but sadly, it wasn’t enough nor was it meant to be, because Jason eventually left Medea to be someone