eyes on one alone." (231-247) Though it is improbable that women went around .
openly saying things of this nature, it is likely that this attitude was shared .
by most or all Greek women. Later in the play, Medea debates with herself over .
whether or not to kill her children: "Poor heart, let them go, have pity upon .
the children." (1057). This shows Medea's motherly instincts in that she cares .
about her children. She struggles to decide if she can accomplish her goal of .
revenge against Jason without killing her children because she cares for them .
and knows they had no part in what their father did. Unfortunately, Medea's .
desire to exact revenge on Jason is greater than her love for her children, and .
at the end of the play she kills them. Medea was also a faithful wife to Jason. .
She talks about how she helped Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece, then .
helped him escape, even killing her own brother. (476-483). The fact that she .
was willing to betray her own family to be with Jason shows her loyalty to him. .
Therefore, her anger at Jason over him divorcing her is understandable. .
On the other hand, Medea shows some heroic qualities that were not .
common among Greek women. For example, Medea is willing to kill her own brother .
to be with Jason. In classical Greece, women and killing were probably not .
commonly linked. When she kills her brother, she shows that she is willing to .
do what is necessary to "get the job done", in this case, to be with Jason. .
Secondly, she shows the courage to stand up to Jason. She believes that she has .
been cheated and betrayed by him. By planning ways to get back at him for .
cheating on her, she is standing up for what she believes, which in this case is .
that she was wronged by Jason, but in a larger sense, she is speaking out .
against the inferior status of women, which effectively allows Jason to discard .
Medea at will. Third, she shows that she is clever and resourceful.