How Does Jason Build Suspense In Medea

In any good piece of literature, the author constantly builds up suspense. The author does this by giving the readers an idea of what is going to happen while keeping the characters oblivious. The reason for this is to make sure that the audience is interested. In the play Medea, the author executes this process perfectly by having the simplest of actions create great complications. In a nutshell, the play Medea, is about a barbaric woman, Medea, whose husband Jason, abandons her and their children for another woman, who just so happened to be a younger and more beautiful princess by the name of Glauce. Like anyone would be, Medea was devastated and furious so she sought out to get revenge on Jason, however, she only wanted revenge because

Because of Jason, Medea lost everything, her family, her kingdom, and him. Before traveling to Corinth, Jason was in search of something called the Golden Fleece and Medea had fallen for him. In fact, she fell so hard for him that she would do anything and everything to help him and win his love. However, she took it too far to the point where she willingly killed bother her father and brother just to help Jason. Jason knew that because of Medea's insanity she was left with nothing, making him become her everything. However, he threw Medea away as if she were nothing, creating this emotional instability within her. In lines 35-39, Medea is so enraged that she said "The pain of this suffering-this intense pain. Am I not right to weep? Oh my children, cursed children of a hateful mother-may you die with your father, his house, may you perish, crash down in ruins." Although Medea sounds as if she is so angry she could kill, in lines 168-171, she wishes that someone would kill her when she says: "Oh why can't a bolt of lightning strike me? What point is there in living any more? I want death to come and sweep me off-let me escape this life of suffering!" Because of this instability, Medea's anger and hatred towards Jason began to be her drive to get

Jason not only neglected Medea and his kids, but he also chose neglect the psychotic things that Medea did. Jason was well aware of the things that Medea did for love, but he did not think of what she would do for hate and revenge. "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," although this line is coined by William Congreve and not Euripides, it directly relates to Medea because she proves it true. When Medea's anger takes complete control of her, she becomes obsessed with the idea of making Jason's life a living hell. She goes about doing so by firstly persuading Creon to grant her one more day in Corinth so she can't devise a plan and carry it out. When Medea is talking to herself in lines 1256-1259, the readers find out what she did when she said: "On her head the royal bride already wears the poisoned crown. That dress is killing her." In lines later in the play, a messenger comes to Medea to inform her of what happened in Creon's palace and the news excites her because she was able to kill both the King and his daughter. By doing so, Medea leaves Jason without a wife, and any hope of becoming King someday. When Aegeus stopped and spoke to Medea, she found out exactly what she had to do in order to hurt Jason as much as he hurt her. In lines 941-946 Medea said: "I'm going to kill my children. There's no one that can save them