Laurence Chan, Medea I

I have heard of the play Medea before reading it. I knew it was going to be a bloody tragedy involving many murders and betrayal. "A mother who kills her own children." I wasn't sure what I would think as I began reading the play but to my surprise I am enjoying it. Medea had fallen in love with Jason unwillingly, and when the play begans she already had forsaken her own homeland and betrayed her people. The spell love casts over people is strong, and perhaps though the play is fiction, people can be brainwashed and step over lines they never knew they could for it. Many people have often gave up their own families for love.. and unfortunately it usually does not end well.