How far would you take your revenge? Revenge has been around for hundreds, if not thousands of years. It is something that will always occur. Revenge can be as small as from taking one’s belongings or as big as taking one’s life. Revenge is something that can rule a person’s life. In the play Medea, translated by Philip Vellacott, Medea goes on a killing spree and kills four people. She planned out the details of the murder and how to get away with it. She wanted revenge on her husband. Revenge took over her life. Medea shows how revenge can take over a person’s life. In the play Medea, Medea’s revenge on Jason is all she can think about. Medea is a great way to symbolise that revenge will never vanish. Medea relates to today’s society, even though it was published in 431 B.C. …show more content…
Medea kills four people due to her urge to seek revenge on Jason. Jason, Medea’s husband, marries Glauce, Creon’s daughter. Creon is the King of Corinth. Jason tells Medea that he only married Glauce for her money and royalty. Medea does not believe Jason at all. Medea wants to get revenge on Jason for marrying Glauce. She kills their two kids, Glauce, and Creon. Medea kills Glauce, then her father wants to save her and he ends up dying as well. She wants Jason to suffer even more than what he was from the death of his wife Glauce, so she kills their two kids as well. She won’t let him bury the bodies of his sons. He then put a curse on Medea. Medea got so angry when Jason married Glauce. She wanted revenge. She was so angry that she killed her own kids just to punish Jason. Her revenge took control of her life. She wanted Jason to suffer so much so that she would kill her sons so he would