Theme Of Exile In Medea

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Exile begins before the beginning of the play, when Medea and Jason were first exiled from their homelands. Medea was exiled from Colchis after she had helped Jason retrieve the Golden Fleece. Then, Jason and Medea were banished together from Jason’s land of Iolcus after they were both pinned as murderers. This was after Medea attempted to take the power for herself and Jason from the corrupted King

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