Medea Quote Analysis

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“Jason has betrayed his own sons, and my mistress, for a royal bed, for alliance with the king of Corinth” (Euripides 17-18).
This is stated by the Nurse. At the beginning of the story the Nurse briefly describes what happens, while she is mourning over Medea’s decisions. She describes what happens to lead to Medea’s decisions. Jason, Medea’s husband, abandons his wife and children. Then, he remarries a princess, daughter of the king of Corinth. This causes Medea to get jealous and make plans to get revenge on Jason. The nurse says that Jason is not loyal and very greedy. Jason is described by the quote.
The quote explains one of Jason’s personalities. It shows how Jason is not loyal. When people get married they pledge allegiance to each other and their vows, similar to signing a contract. Jason …show more content…

This is a part of Medea’s plan. Jason comes back home to apologize to Medea. She does not accept the apology. So, she starts to make a plan to get back at Jason. These are two parts of her plan. Medea wants to kill the princess because Jason remarried the princess, and he would be devastated. Also, she wants to kill her kids because she believes that if she does not get them, then nobody should. This whole plan will get revenge on Jason for Medea. The quote is Medea explaining her plan.
This plan shows how mad and greedy Medea is. Medea wants to kill the princess to get revenge on Jason. Obviously, killing a princess is a very big crime. She would get arrested and possibly sentenced to death, but she thinks it is worth it just to get revenge on Jason. This proves that she is mad. Also, she planned to kill her kids. Medea loves her kids and want them to be safe, she begs the king to let them stay. She thinks it is better for them to be dead because she cannot have them for herself. This is very greedy. Medea’s greediness and madness is shown though this

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