Characters and Relationships
This woman is the main character of the play and wants revenge on Jason.
Who is Medea?
Medea is planning revenge on Jason- what did he do to her?
Leaves her to marry the princess Glauce
Medea is especially angry because, in ancient Greece, this group of people had very little power.
Who are women?
Medea is furious at Jason because he did this to her after everything she did for him.
What is: Leave her to marry a princess?
Medea comes from this distant land, which is seen as foreign and dangerous to the Greeks.
What is Colchis?
This man was Medea’s husband but left her to marry a princess.
Who is Jason?
Medea kills Jason's new wife by giving her this type of deadly gift
What are poisoned robes?
Jason gives this as his excuse for why he married Glauce
What are social status, power, and security?
Medea’s first act of revenge is against this person.
Who is Glauce?
Medea is the granddaughter of this sun god, who helps her escape.
Who is Helios?
Jason leaves Medea to marry the daughter of this king
Who is King Creon?
Medea tricks Creon into letting her stay in Corinth for this amount of time.
What is one day?
Medea is often described as being very clever and using this to get what she wants.
What is intelligence or cunning?
Creon dies while doing this to try and save his daughter
What is touching her (or hugging her)?
Jason was famous for being the leader of this group of adventurers.
Who are the Argonauts?
This ruler of Athens agrees to help Medea by giving her a place to live
Who is Aegeus?
In the end, Medea takes her revenge to the extreme by doing this to her own children.
What is killing them?
The play explores the idea of whether this concept is ever justified or if it only ever leads to more suffering. What is the concept in question?
What is revenge?
Medea does not let Jason do this for their children after she kills them.
What is bury them?
What were the argonauts originally on a quest to find, prior to this story?
Medea and Jason originally met during his quest to find this legendary treasure.
What is the Golden Fleece?
After Medea gets revenge, she escapes Corinth using this magical object.
What is a chariot pulled by dragons, gifted by Helios?
Medea struggles with this difficult decision because she knows it will cause her pain, but she believes it will hurt Jason more.
What is killing her children?
After everything she has done, Medea shows no regret and instead does this at the end of the play.
What is taunt Jason and escape to Athens?
Medea’s story is part of a larger tradition of Greek mythology where women take revenge against unfaithful husbands. This tragic queen, for example, kills her husband Agamemnon after he returns from the Trojan War.
Who is Clytemnestra?