Examples Of Who Is Responsible For The Death Of Medea

Who is responsible for the death of Jason and Medea's kids, Jason or Medea? Both carried out actions that were not the best, and that might have led to the kids' deaths. Medea and Jason were madly in love, eventually, Jason chose to break his oath and leave Medea for a beautiful young princess. Medea is furious and decides to take action, first, she poisons Jason's new bride (the princess). Then she runs away but kills her and Jason's kids first. Jason believes in the free will of man but Medea believes in the fate of god (She and Jason's oath to the gods to be married). Medea is responsible for the death of her family because she let her indignation for Jason leave her to get in the way of everything else in her life, especially her kids.

Medea showed extreme emotional reactions, filled with anger, sadness, and betrayal. For example, she killed her own kids as an act of revenge on Jason. A reader knows she is being dramatic because at one point in the play, she says, “I am desperate! I have nothing left to lose!” (Line 811)She also murdered her own brother and Jason's new bride in order to achieve what she wanted. Medea was so dramatic she even said she wanted to die herself, and when someone wants to die, they clearly do not care who goes with them. “Oh, how I wish I could die! How I envy the dead!” (Line 102) Medea clearly was not in the right state of mind, some could say she was going crazy, causing her to be over-the-top

Medea was betrayed by her husband and was left with nothing. The only thing she has the power to do is get revenge, in the most hostile way possible. Medea believes women are just living in the man's life, “We women are accustomed to living in a man's shadow” (Line 246) It is shown in the play how Medea was left with very limited options, start a new life in a place she doesn't know anything or anyone or get revenge, she chooses revenge. She is also angry with Jason for thinking she is nothing and that he can leave her so easily. Irony is shown by Medea when she says, “A woman, though she be wronged, must swallow her anger.” (Line 534) Medea did the opposite of that, she let her anger show and did not hold