Sorrow & Violence in a Play & a Poem

After helping Jason murder his brother to further his ambitions, Medea and her two children are rejected by her husband so he can marry King CreonÆs daughter, Glauce, thereby furthering his ambitions. His actions fill Medea with pain and anguish, as she becomes lost in the depths of sorrow. Our first image of Media expresses this condition: ôAh, me! a wretched suffering woman I! O would that I could die!ö (Euripides 431). Medea is brutally devastated by JasonÆs betrayal. She at first plans to murder Jason, Glauce, and Creon, but eventually her sorrow and rage will expand her murderous plans to include the two children she bore by Jason to further hurt him.

Like the speaker in Prufrock, Medea is first depressed and even suicidal from her sorrow. However, unlike the speaker in Prufrock, MedeaÆs reaction to her sorrow becomes external. The narrator in Prufrock remains depressed, self-pitying, and isolated. Medea turns outward, fooling Jason and h

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