Medea Dialogue Script

More importantly, she seems to be able to identify the flaws that lead her astray. The first mistake Medea traces her current predicament back to is her vulnerability to be manipulated when thinking with her emotions instead of her better sense. On first falling in love with Jason, she recalls "I was ensnared, girl that I was, by your/words" (86), words tapping into her emotions. This of course inspired the all the more magnanimous goof of replacing her family with her husband who as the queen describes "alone...took the place of/ all!" (164-165). For the Queen of Colchis, bad decisions have been her major shortcoming, a fact that she both realizes and takes responsibility for. Thus acknowledgment is the first step towards her redemption. Evidence for this can be seen through her pathological appeals to Jason which illustrate how the Queen has used her emotional mind-set as a strength instead of a weakness. Medea "betrayed [her] sire" (109), "lost [her] throne" (163), and killed her own brother for Jason. She reminds him that, in addition to all the sacrifices she made for him, her devotion has not faltered when she says, "At your bidding I have withdraw from/ your palace...and --/ what follows me evermore -- my love for you" (140-143). After winning Jason's sympathy, the humble woman concludes "by my favours to you...restore me to the bed

Her act of revenge is supported by the Chorus who feel that “to punish Jason will be just.” Significantly, this notion of support encourages Medea to believe she is correct in punishing Jason and continues to believe her operation of revenge is justice. Each murder that emerges within Medea conveys the true nature of her behaviour. The theme of violence is continually repeated thus it depicts how consumed she is by revenge.

<br>Medea seeks vengeance with the same forceful determination to rectify the situation as a man would. A woman seeking revenge challenges society's view of women as weak and passive. Medea will go to great lengths to hurt Jason for the wrongs he has done to her.

I don’t think that Medea will ever be able to escape the torment and unhappiness caused by this whole ordeal. In our inner circle, the question “Do you think she is happy with the outcome?” kept coming up. Everyone had their own opinions, but I think that we all eventually came to a consensus that no, she could never really be happy with this. That it will always torture her and she will always feel the guilt of what she and Jason have done. In this paper, I’m going to elaborate on why I think this.

Rejection from her husband and banishment from the King leaves Medea at the bottom of the hierarchy. Her life spins out of control, and she believes the answer to be revenge. She gave Jason power by committing murder when she helped him escape. Now that he abused that gift, Medea is blinded by desperation. She expresses her rage by saying “Things have gone badly every way.

Looking back to the time of the search for the Golden Fleece, Medea and Jason were in love. Over time that bond dissolved leaving nothing for Medea, who as a woman has no power of her own, except for the “witchcraft”

Throughout the course of a single conversation, Medea, the slighted bride who was cursing Jason’s name, assures her unfaithful husband that she has forgiven him. Even more so, she successfully convinces him that she now believes he was in

Jason states how Medea’s irrational thoughts began even before his betrayal, he recalls Medea telling him how she “killed Pelia’s in the cruelest possible way” (l. 494). Medea then states how Jason is the “worst of men” (l.494) because even though she “borne him children” (l. 496) he betrayed her to the point where she cannot even return home since she has “become/ an enemy to her own family (ll. 516-517). The nurse stood up and described Medea as a “terror” which reflects that “there’s no way to be her enemy and come out as a victor” (ll. 50-51). Even though Jason explains how he offered help earlier in the play for their children’s future, Medea is prideful and refuses to “accept anything from Jason” (640-641). Jason justifies Creon’s decision, to exile Medea, because he believed that Medea was a threat since she “spoke against the royal family” (l. 463).

Jason pursued to leave his ‘lady and his own children for a princess’. Jason was willing enough to selfishly leave his own family and forget about what the purpose of family really is. Medea left ‘miserable’ by Jasons actions decides to plan a dark revenge plot and take everything away from Jason’s to make him feel the pain she feels. Medea was turned out of Corinth by Creon but was easily persuaded when Madea goes down below Creon and begs desperately to stay. Medea asks Creon to allow her to ‘stay one more night’ to plan a new start in life for her children.

Medea actions of grief were terrible. Her feelings were so deep that Medea felt as she wanted to take her own life. Shortly after she gain those feelings, those feelings turned into her wanting to seek revenge. Medea being this powerful woman and grieving the way she did, did not mix well. Her vengeance caused her to make sure her soon to be ex-husband, Jason felt every bit of pain that she felt.

The tragedy begins with Medea mourning aloud her laments of self pity. She is easily replaced by her previous husband and father of her two children, Jason, who now enters into a

She does not know what to do or say to Jason when she finds out he has found someone else besides her. She betrayed her own father and home to be able to be with Jason and blossom their love. She feels envy for Jason’s new lover Glauce who is also the daughter of the King Kreon! The chorus, nurse and tutor feel sympathy for Medea due to how she was wronged but little did they know she is a raging woman out for revenge. All that matters to her is Jason and if she can’t have him, she will make him feel the same pain he makes her feel. She goes insane and says “ they will all pay for what they’ve done to me” almost getting executed but King Kreon has a change of heart and gives her one day to leave with her kids and not come back. She saw that as an opportunity to get her revenge and says “He could have thrown me out, destroyed my plans; instead he granted me a single day to turn three enemies to three dead bodies:” (755) literally stating she controls fate and will manipulate it from the palm of her hand. She pursues her evil plot to get revenge on Jason and manages to smuggle a gift with her children to Glauce, later realizing the gift was full of poison killing not just her but her father Kreon as well. Jason is devastated and in shook on what she has done, even the chorus, nurse and tutor question her ways now. She’s gone over the limit, but yet feels like there should be more justice done. This isn’t about all women being wronged in the Greek times, now it’s about her obsession to make Jason suffer more and more. She goes to drastic measures and for her to make Jason feel the pain she did, she kills her own children without any hesitation or remorse. Medea states before killing her children “So sweet the mere touch of you: the bloom of children's skin so soft their breath a perfect balm" (762) practically saying her goodbyes ready to end their lives just because of her heart

In Medea, a play by Euripides, Jason possesses many traits that lead to his downfall. After Medea assists Jason in his quest to get the Golden Fleece, killing her brother and disgracing her father and her native land in the process, Jason finds a new bride despite swearing an oath of fidelity to Medea. Medea is devastated when she finds out that Jason left her for another woman after two children and now wants to banish her. Medea plots revenge on Jason after he gives her one day to leave. Medea later acts peculiarly as a subservient woman to Jason who is oblivious to the evil that will be unleashed and lets the children remain in Corinth. The children later deliver a poisoned gown to Jason's new bride that also kills the King of Corinth.

This cruelty is shown when she can justify in her mind that murdering her children is the best solution to guarantee their safety with the gods and gaining complete revenge on Jason. Medea states, “Next after that; for I shall kill my own children. My children, there is none who can give them safety”. However, Medea realizes that her plan might even be too much for her to follow through with as she begins to weep.

This epic begins with Medea’s Nurse speaking of the sorrows facing Medea's family. Eventually, the Nurse is joined by the Tutor and Medea’s’ children, and the pain and anguish Medea is feeling from Jason's betrayal are introduced, as well as the imminent danger her children are in. The Nurse explains to the Tutor that she fears for everyone’s safety, as she knows of the