abandoned The betrayal is even worse because Jason does not think he has done anything wrong He tells Medea that he married the princess to give their children a better future But Medea sees this as an excuse She feels that Jason has thrown her away now that he no longer needs her Medea feels betrayed as a woman She says We women are the most unfortunate Medea s Revenge Plan In revenge tragedies the hero or anti-hero often plans their revenge carefully Medea is no different At first she acts like she accepts Jason s decision She even sends gifts to the new bride a poisoned crown and robe When the princess puts them on she dies in great pain Her father King Creon also dies trying to save her Medea does not stop there She wants to hurt Jason as much as possible She believes the best way to do this is by killing their two children This is the most shocking part of her revenge She says I ll do it kill my children now without delay Even though she loves her children she decides that killing them is the only way to truly punish Jason She wants him to suffer forever Violence and Destruction Revenge tragedies usually end with bloodshed and Medea is no exception The deaths of the princess Creon and the children are brutal Medea s actions destroy Jason s life completely He loses his new wife his children and his reputation Medea s revenge is successful but it comes at a terrible cost She loses her children too though she seems to care more about punishing Jason than her own grief Medea says I'm dangerous to enemies Hero or Villian After carrying out her revenge Medea escapes in a chariot sent by her grandfather the Sun God Helios Jason is left alone completely destroyed Medea is a complex character Some people may see her as a villain because she commits terrible crimes Killing her own children is a shocking and cruel act However others may see her as a tragic character because she was deeply wronged and acted out of extreme pain The play does not give a clear answer Instead it makes the audience think about justice revenge and the consequences of extreme emotions Gender and Power Medea s revenge is also about fighting against a society that treats women as inferior She is angry not just at Jason but at the unfair rules that let men abandon women without consequences By taking revenge she rebels against these rules even if her methods are horrifying For these reasons Medea fits the revenge tragedy genre It has all the key ingredients a betrayal a clever revenge plan violence and themes of justice and power Medea s actions are extreme The play shows how anger and hurt can drive a person to cross every moral line and how no one truly wins in the end Unlike some revenge stories Medea does not die or show regret Instead she escapes leaving chaos behind This makes the play both thrilling and unsettling