Medea was the daughter of the King of Colchis and materially assisted Jason and his Argonauts in the theft from her father of the golden fleece, deterring paternal pursuit by chopping her brother into pieces and dropping them in the sea. In Corinth Jason sought to replace her by marrying the daughter of the King and she took revenge by sending a poisoned robe to the bride, which killed her, and murdering her own two sons by Jason, before taking her departure in a dragon-drawn chariot. Medea is a barbarian, even for her time, full of revenge.
             Revenge is one of the basic tools of the human instinct. Revenge is defined as harming someone in repayment for harm they have caused another, a loved one, or a group you are dedicated to. The theme of revenge in Medea is like saying "what goes around comes around." Medea's search for revenge commences after her husband, Jason, leaves her to gain power and prestige by marrying the daughter of the King of Corinth, Kreon. Medea becomes distraught over the news especially after she reflected upon all that she has destroyed for Jason. She felt lonely, with no fame or respect.
             The play creates a world in which there is no relation whatsoever between the powers that rule the universe and the fundamental laws of human morality. It dramatizes disorder, not just the disorder of the family of Jason and Medea but the disorder of the universe as a whole. Medea had a flaw that caused a mistake in her judgment and leads to her own downfall. She was a woman who suffered from her stolen innocence. However, Jason also possessed many traits that lead to his downfall. After Medea assists Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece, killing her brother and
             disgracing her father and her native land in the process, Jason took a new bride to his bed despite the oath of fidelity to Medea. "could I, a wretched fugitive, have hit upon a greater stroke of luck than marriage to the daughter of t
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