The play Medea explores the ideas of passion, betrayal, and revenge during the Ancient Greek era. The character of Medea is described as being scorned by her husband Jason and left to take care of their two children on her own. Though she is to be exiled from Corinth, her home, she is given one day to gather herself before she must leave. In this time, she begins to plot revenge against Jason who has left her to marry another woman for his own personal success. Not only does Medea want to murder her husband, but also Creon, the king, and his daughter Glauce who will soon be married to Jason. Eventually, Medea decides to poison Glauce and Creon, kills her children, and brings misery to Jason for eternity while she rides off in a chariot. All …show more content…
However, the deceit she embraces instead is the tragedy in this play. The gods supposedly help Medea to defeat her husband by giving her insight into her sufferings and how she can cause suffering to Creon and Glauce. () Although Medea is a scorned woman who was left by her husband, she disregards her children and treats them as though they are just pawns in her scheme to cause his downfall. All the while, she consults with numerous gods to come up with her grand plan of revenge. I believe that Euripedes wrote the play to show devotion from gods in the form of revenge. Philosophy has a focus on revenge and passion between the gods, and this play instead shows similar styles of revenge through the eyes of people instead. Although the gods are still present in the storyline and actively work with Medea, she executes the plot for revenge herself, and in turn is the one to see the effects of her plan come to fruition. Through his work in this play, Euripedes explores other ideas relative to ancient gods such as intelligence, rage, justice, and pride. Ancient Greek gods are known to be intelligent, prideful, and headstrong in the course of philosophy as a whole. Euripedes exemplifies these traits through the eyes of Medea and in a way that depicts a strong sense of