Judgement On Medea Of Colchis

My fair citizens of the Jury, we are here today to pass judgement on Medea of Colchis. For the unforgivable sins of murder, in the first degree. Creon, king of Corinth, his daughter Glauce, and even Medea’s very own flesh and blood, her two children. These poor helpless souls fell victim to Medea’s rage, jealousy, and hatred. I urge you not to take her actions lightly for she was once a sinner, and will undoubtedly sin again if capital punishment is not inflicted. Before Creon, Glauce, and the two children. There were other victims who suffered her wrath. Pelias of Iolcus, and even her own family members. From her own incriminating words “I myself betrayed my father and my home, and came with you to Pelias’ land of Iolcus. And then, showing more willingness to help than wisdom, I killed him, Pelias, with a most dreadful death.” p16. The Gods themselves should pass judgement on Medea, but she is of a foreign land. A land of barbaric customs, witchcraft, and sorcery. She is not cultured in the ways of Greece. Her actions are criminal and unjustified. The witch Medea only knows of hate, and that is all she will ever know. After brutally murdering her own children, when confronted by the victimized father. Jason questioned her reasons for committing such acts. All she could reply was “To make you feel pain”. p46. Medea did all this just to spite her husband, who gave himself to a rich family so that their children could be brought up in a wealthy household. “Also that I might bring my children up worthily Of my position, and, by producing more of them. To be brothers of yours, we would draw the families Together and all be happy.” p18. Jason, the man that brought this wildling into a cultured society, allowing her to take up the ways...

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... poor innocent children to cut all ties and flee to a harbor of safety. Ignoring the will of the children, and their cries of help, she struck them from this world. “What can I do and how escape from my mother’s hands?” p41. Medea is a cold blooded killer that is capable of the unthinkable. Disposing anyone in her path, betraying her own family and home, and putting her duties of a mother to shame. “O your heart must have been made of rock or steel, you who can kill with your own hand the fruit of your own womb.” p41. I beg the Jury to show not even a drop of compassion when the name Medea is present. And do not pity the beast, for pity only fuels her bloodthirst. Medea is a living demon and must be put to death this moment. O fair citizens of the Jury, strike this hellish creature where it stands or the God’s themselves will intervene and purge her from this world.