The nurse seems like a very good, wholesome woman in which her status as a slave has brought her to the possibilities of this other, more humble life. She responds to Medea's anger in a soliloquy that expresses the irrationality of Medea's wish to punish her own children for Jason's offense. The nurse ominously foreshadows that the "rage" stirring inside Medea will not "relax" until it has been exercised, and the only real hope is that she can target an enemy rather than a friend. Later the chorus highlights that it would be very stupid of her to commit suicide because of a man's love.
This may be the first time Medea shows some maturity and self-control— she comes out other house and asks the chorus if they think it is fair to place punishment on Jason for the suffering he has caused her. This seems fair to me because she talks about the place of women and how they become their spouses’ possessions, cannot participate in public activities, and have to endure the pain of childbirth. I mean, I would be mad too if my husband left me and my family to remarry some random woman.
Creon approaches the house to banish her and her children from Corinth, which had been rumored earlier. Creon fears that Medea may use her infamous intelligence to seek revenge against him, Jason, and his daughter Glauce, whose hand Jason has taken in marriage. While Medea prepares to be exiled and have to live beyond the walls of Corinth, she makes a plan to kill Creon, Glauce and her husband.
Going back to one of my questions from the first post, 100% yes I think Medea is going to get revenge, one way or another. She wants to be treated fairly, just like any other woman would, but hopefully without harming here children.
Ok, so I want to talk about the comment about women becoming their spouses' possessions and not being able to participate in public activities because that is so sad but completely true. I feel like it would be foolish of her not to seek some justice for herself. I mean Jason truly hurt her and that should not be left unsaid. However would it give her the most satisfaction if she got the full revenge she was thinking of. Nothing she could bring upon him will change what he did to her. But here she says: "Woman, on the whole, is a timid thing:[…] but, wronged in love, there is no heart more murderous" (31). She really is determined to take back what has been stripped of her- her family and dignity.
ReplyDeleteNow, she has also successfully killed Glauce, do you think if was right of her to then kill her children just to make Jason feel the guilt of everything he had lost? To me i feel that was excessive to kill them when Glauce was dead. Now all she had to do was really kill Jason if she wanted that ultimate satisfaction of revenge. And, she could just choose to not see her children; she did not have to take their life as well.
Also to comment on Medea committing suicide, I really don't think it would solve anything if she did. That isn't getting justice against Jason or Glauce it is just straight up giving up. And it is safe to say no man is worth dying for like that. If he was willing cheat on her obviously he was just a horrible husband in general and making that comment about being practically slaves to her husband, I feel like she should be relieved to be away from them.