During the first half of the text, I felt sympathy for Medea as for her husband left her alone for another woman.  Even with his explanation, I still felt as though Medea was the victim.  However, as Medea developed the plan to kill not only Jason’s new wife and her father, the idea that she was willing to kill her own children as well, shows signs of immortality.

“For one short day / forget our children.  Afterward, you’ll grieve. / For even if you kill them, they were yours; / you loved them,” (lines 1273-1275).  Why was Medea prepared to murder her own children just to get revenge on Jason?  One main point she made previously in the text was that child birth is the most painful experience anyone can encounter.  Is it possible she tried to recreate the pain of childbirth by taking his children away from him forever?

By killing her children, was the overall outcome of birthing her children more painful for Medea, herself or Jason?  She went through the birthing process and now has to grieve over their death.  However, the children’s death was unexpected for Jason.  Is this a sign of immortality or is Medea just cold hearted and emotionless?