passion. A woman who has struggled her whole life with no family and left her

homeland to be with Jason. In this story she went through a immense amount of sorrow

and heartache. A poem was written about the play, “My Name is Medea,” by

Christopher Renny. This poem portrays a lot of the emotions brought out in the play. At

the same time, however, it explains Medea’s feelings and actions as justifiable, when

“Oh, I wish That lightening from heaven would split my head open. Oh, what use

have I now for life? I would find my release in death And leave hateful existence behind

me.“ (Line 143-147) Of course with any tragedy that one must experience, comes the

heartache and pain. What is spoken is not coming from a “well” person. Medea has

been through a lot granted, but a “well” person would not be thinking about death as the

only solution. “She did not fail herself“ the poem clearly says to prove some sort of

revenge against Jason but in all reality she was hurting herself as well. “Who by pride

and want of manners offends his neighbors. But on me t

friends, I only want to die. It was everything to me to think well of one man, And he, my

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