and emotional composure, evident through her first appearance:
             "Medea comes out. She is not shaken with weeping, but cool and self-possessed."
             Medea's astonishing ability to switch emotional and dramatic moods indicates her emotional strength. At one point, Medea can be moaning and bewailing her losses. The next, she can be quietly and cold-bloodedly planning revenge on those who have wronged her.
             "Why should I hurt them, to make their father suffer, when I shall suffer twice as much myself?...What is the matter with me? Are my enemies to laugh at me? Am I to let them off scot free? I must steel myself to it."
             Medea's femininity is expressed through her emotional rage. She commands an extraordinary range of emotions and this strengthens her power in the play. Medea's cleverness enables her to manipulate other people's weaknesses and the needs of both her enemies and friends. When Creon expresses his affection for his daughter, Medea is quick to exp
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