Medea Argumentative Essay

"When love is in excess it brings a man no honor nor any worthiness. But if in moderation Cypris comes, there is no other power at all so gracious" (Euripides). In the play Medea by Euripides, Medea is driven entirely by passion and fury and does not consider the consequences of what she is doing. She is so focused on her desire for vengeance that she does not stop to deem if what she is doing is right or wrong. Others around her do not console her but instead push Medea into her excessive nature. In the play Medea by Euripides, Medea allows others to rule her conscience which results in her destructive actions. Through their words and actions, other characters push Medea into her excessive nature. Medea is heartbroken when she hears the news that her husband, Jason is leaving her and their sons for the King of Cornith 's daughter. Medea 's Nurse watches as ever since Medea "realized her husband 's perfidy, she has been lying there prostrated, eating no food, her whole frame subdued to sorrow, wasting away with incessant weeping"(Euripides, 38. 22-25). Medea prays for death and believes that "life has lost its savor"(42. 224-225). She has come to understand that she and her children will stay in Cornith living a quiet life when she hears word that
Throughout the play, Medea is driven entirely by her passion for revenge and does not stop to consider the consequences of her actions. Both Creon and Jason push Medea into her excessive nature which causes her to lash out leading her to make the choices she makes. By the end of the play Medea makes sure that Jason has no one left when she leaves him and proves that ,"When love is in excess it brings a man no honor nor any worthiness. But if in moderation Cypris comes, there is no other power at all so gracious"