"Medea"

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This paper describes Euripides' play "Medea" as a story about crimes of passion. Through the character of Medea, Euripides illustrates how one woman can become so overcome with rage and vengeance that she disregards all logic. The writer shows how Medea, through bitter revenge, destroys not only what is important to Jason, but to herself as well. Medea's character demonstrates how one person can escape the realm of sanity and do irrational things in the heat of the moment causing irreversible damage.

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"Medea's weakness is revealed through her excessive love and devotion for her husband, Jason. When he leaves her, she is hurt. Her emotion is expressed when explains to the women of Corinth that her heart is "crushed" and that her life has no pleasure left. The depth of her sadness is such that she says she wants to die, explaining that Jason was her whole life. (24) Medea's pain quickly turns to anger, which in turn becomes an intense and irrational need for revenge."

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