"I shall kill my children...When i have confounded the whole house of Jason, I shall flee the land..."
~Medea
I find the entire idea of Medea's plan to be incredibly stereotypical to the point of sexism.This woman's entire life revolved around her husband Jason. She is willing to kill her own children, and ruin her life just to ruin the house of Jason, or in other words to get back at her husband. Revenge is one thing, but ruining your life merely because your husband has left you is a ridiculous idea. Even though, in a way, the story of Medea does break stereotypes (having her go off by herself, and plot to ruin her husband), it cements the idea that a woman has no life without a man to love and take care of.
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