Jenelle Fiori; Medea

The play, Medea, is a story about a woman who is seeking revenge on her faithless husband, Jason, after he marries the King’s daughter to raise his status. Then Medea is banished from Corinth by King Creon because he fears that she will do something to harm the kingdom in response to her rage. In the end, she gets her revenge by killing Creon, his daughter and Medea’s two sons so that Jason will know how she felt when he took away her entire life- him. What I find interesting about Medea is the fact that she becomes more and more evil until her plan is fulfilled. Her past foreshadows this because she betrayed her own family and country by marrying Jason. She, however, feels that she is just in seeking revenge because she left her family to help Jason find the Golden Fleece. Meanwhile, Jason thinks that his marriage to the princess is just because he wants his sons to have a higher rank in society. Either way, I have notices that in Greek Tragedies, women are portrayed as irrational people who act in rage, as opposed to men, to cause trouble.