says I ve made up my mind my friends I ll do it kill my children now without delay Her act of murdering their children is a way of ensuring that Jason s life is filled with misery and sorrow Hopelessness Medea is completely alone and abandoned in a foreign land She thinks she has lost everything her home her family and now even her husband Medea feels that Jason has not only broken his promises but has also dishonoured their marriage She says You ve broken faith with me In her hopeless state she decides that the only way to regain control over her life is by taking such a tragic step Preventing Further Disgrace Medea takes her revenge on Glauce and Creon She fears that her children will be treated as outcasts or even killed if they remain alive To prevent them from being harmed by others she takes matters into her own hands She believes that it is better for them to die at the hands of their mother than to suffer worse fates at the hands of their enemies Medea s decision to kill her children is a result of her extreme pain and betrayal So she desires to make Jason suffer as much as she does