Medea Essay

Evil is a subject that many tend to shy away from due to the unfriendly relations associated with it. In the play Medea had done certain actions that can be considered controversial within the walls of evil. Even though Medea had done certain actions in the story that can be categorised under being wrongful, Medea was the victim of a man's attitude towards women due to the fact that she had many feelings going on that greatly affected her actions that could not be organized under her control.

Medea's actions during the play occurred through her judgment that had been impaired through all of the emotional events that had been going on that Jason had created making her the victim of his actions. Her feelings were out of her control thus leading to her actions being out of her control as well. Medea had become very saturnine person through the heartbreak that Jason had struck on her. Jason had used her for her rank in Corinth and her powers of sorcery for his own needs. In the story Jason was confronted by Medea and he claims that “It was [Medea’s] own choice. Blame no one but yourself.” (Euripides 35). He was trying to pin all of the events that just happened and all of the grief that was happening on Medea. She felt disgusted with Jason hardly believing that he could do such a thing thus affecting her emotions and mental thoughts to a point in where she was not thinking clearly thus making her actions out her own control. In addition to her actions being out of her control, Medea had an intense emotional background with Jason which eventually affected her actions. Medea had given up everything for Jason as she believed that he was the love of her life while Jason had used her for her rank and power. Jason thanks Venus for his upbringings for Medea was just a tool in her chorus (Euripides 33). Jason is saying that he does not want Medea to think she was helping him but that she is only another object that he takes advantage of. Jason never thought about Medea as anything other than an easily usable object. He never cared about her and only wanted to get rid of her after using her and then go to the next woman that would do the same for him. Because Jason had these sort of feelings towards Medea, she grew even more vengeful and hurt so with these strong emotions that could not be controlled thus clouding her judgement. Equally as important, Medea’s benign nature augments the understanding of Medea’s actions. Medea came from a background of very powerful women that use their special powers for bad. Medea states “My reputation … it has been my curse and ruin.” This demonstrates how Medea feels about how she was automatically categorised as a wrongdoer which she defends that she is nothing of the sort. She was very different