Medea is different that most stories written from that time. It tells the story of a woman who attempts to, and succeeds in, destroy all of the men that have ruined her life. Most of the stories that were written at this time were about g-ds and heroic men, but Euripides decides to write about a woman’s struggle to find acceptance and equality. A main focal point in this story is the theme of feminism. It is clearly evident as the story goes on that Medea is a woman who, has not gone insane, but has entered a state of mind where she no longer cares for the well-being of the other humans that she lives with. She kills the King Creon and her husband Jason as acts of revenge for banishing her and for leaving her for another woman, respectively. She also commits a heinous act that most woman cannot wrap their minds around, much less follow through. She kills both of her boys, not out of a lack of love, but because she is doing it out of spite for her ex-husband. She wants to take away all possibilities of Jason to have a family.
I agree. I think that madea is actually a stable human at first, but Jason abandoning her clearly is what did her in. This clearly takes a toll on her well being, and because of Jason leaving her, she becomes insane and goes on a killing spree.