Medea's Revenge In Hamlet
Although one of the parts of this plan, the cup filled with poison which would be given to the naive Hamlet, led to the death of Queen Gertrude as she unknowingly drank the contents of the aforementioned cup, leading to her death. Thus, in the case that Hamlet was quick to enact his revenge and did not affect any other being in the process, his mother would not have died. Next, Hamlet’s plan devastated Ophelia as amidst this plan he declared that he never loved her. This assertion affected her as she did not understand that Hamlet was simply feigning madness, and instead she claims “And I, of ladies most deject and wretched,” (Act III Scene II) attesting to the manner in which she was distraught. Moreover, the death of Polonius greatly affected
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Amidst this pursuit, Jason must gather the Golden Fleece. However, at the site of this prize, the king of the island expresses that he does not want to relinquish the fleece and forces Jason to accomplish other tasks to get the chance to win the fleece. During this time Jason meets Medea, and the princess falls in love with Jason. Eventually, Jason gets the fleece and Medea resorts to murdering her brother in order to distract her father and allow for Jason to escape the island. Further, Medea also saves his life by killing the snake to get to the Golden Fleece, and she led Pelias’ daughters to murder their father. Amidst this adventure, Medea conceived two children from Jason. Although, by virtue of the fact that Jason sought after the superficial item of power, Jason eventually left Medea as he was given the chance to eventually become king of Corinth by marrying the daughter of the Greek city’s current king, King Creon. Though this news fails to sit well with Medea, whose face is inundate with tears and she begins to lament being a woman in the cruel, male-dominated society. This is evidenced by her bewailing which reads ““The man I loved, hath proved most evil.—Oh,Of all things upon earth bleed and grow, A herb most bruised is woman. We must pay Our store of gold, hoarded for that one day,To buy us some man's love; and lo, they bring. A master of our flesh. (Euripides 15) Moreover, as evidenced by the nurse, Medea is a diabolical witch and she will surely enact some form of vengeance. This led Medea and her children to become exiled by King Creon, based on the fear of Medea’s wicked plans of revenge. Ergo, attesting to the manner in which Jason’s departure had struck Medea emotionally and physically as she was now without a home. Though, Medea quickly goes on to devise a plan to get her
Amidst this pursuit, Jason must gather the Golden Fleece. However, at the site of this prize, the king of the island expresses that he does not want to relinquish the fleece and forces Jason to accomplish other tasks to get the chance to win the fleece. During this time Jason meets Medea, and the princess falls in love with Jason. Eventually, Jason gets the fleece and Medea resorts to murdering her brother in order to distract her father and allow for Jason to escape the island. Further, Medea also saves his life by killing the snake to get to the Golden Fleece, and she led Pelias’ daughters to murder their father. Amidst this adventure, Medea conceived two children from Jason. Although, by virtue of the fact that Jason sought after the superficial item of power, Jason eventually left Medea as he was given the chance to eventually become king of Corinth by marrying the daughter of the Greek city’s current king, King Creon. Though this news fails to sit well with Medea, whose face is inundate with tears and she begins to lament being a woman in the cruel, male-dominated society. This is evidenced by her bewailing which reads ““The man I loved, hath proved most evil.—Oh,Of all things upon earth bleed and grow, A herb most bruised is woman. We must pay Our store of gold, hoarded for that one day,To buy us some man's love; and lo, they bring. A master of our flesh. (Euripides 15) Moreover, as evidenced by the nurse, Medea is a diabolical witch and she will surely enact some form of vengeance. This led Medea and her children to become exiled by King Creon, based on the fear of Medea’s wicked plans of revenge. Ergo, attesting to the manner in which Jason’s departure had struck Medea emotionally and physically as she was now without a home. Though, Medea quickly goes on to devise a plan to get her