CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Broken Oath, Heroides, Euripides
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Jason and medea in corinth: jason and medea have two sons, jason arranges new marriage. She had helped jason get through the trials that her father set up, and in return all he. Glauke, daughter of creon, ruler of corinth had to do was marry her and now he won"t do even that. Generally she ends up just killing creon and his daughter: euripides" medea is a different version of the myth. According to the play, she says that she does this because she gets the children to help with the plot. The children bring the magical, poisoned clothing to creon and his daughter. Because she has involved her young children, she thinks that the city of corinth will kill them. To stop that from happening, she kills them herself. At the end of the play, she also says that she killed them partially to punish. The reason she is mad is that jason broke a bond.
