Medea

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The messenger says to Medea, "Are you sane or raving mad?" And she replies, "I could make suitable reply to that, my friend." How might she explain herself? (600-800 words)

When the messenger reported to me the horrible scene that had taken place inside Creon and Glauce's palace, which since that time I had been identified as the murderer of the royal house. In hearing the news, my reaction of accepting the news with composed satisfaction and fulfillment add to those suspicious being put on me. And my response to that matter of "excellent" and boasting the messenger as my "benefactor" may have startled the messenger a lot. There is no wonder that they doubted whether I was sane or raving mad. I have got my own suitable reply to that, and that is V yes, I'm sane when I say I'm happy to have killed GlauceXand yes, I'm also about to go raving mad because I know I have to finish the revenge on Jason in a minute by killing out children.

Most people are horrified by my nasty intrigues and frightened of my evil spirit. I confess even I myself consider the means of murdering Glauce is vicious and it was me who nursed those plans of murdering and made them take effect. But that's the only way I could carry out my revenge on J


But for my next step to kill my own children, I'm totally confused up. On one hand, it would add to my great satisfaction when Jason's in sorrow upon hearing the death of his own children, Jason's suffer would be my happiness; on the other hand, the children are mine too, I would bear double the grief when I kill my own child by my own hands. I am raving mad to have the plan of infanticide. But it's the only way to make Jason suffer the most.

Remember when Jason was still with his Argonauts and came to my motherland Colchis to fetch the Golden Fleece. It was me who saved his life and willingly deceived my father, shamefully murdered my brother, killed the serpent that kept watch over the Golden Fleece, thus lit the torch of his success. And while our stay in Iolcus, I put his rival Pelias to the most horrible of deaths by his own daughters' hands, and ruined his house, all for the sake of Jason. I have committed so many sins to those I shouldn't have offended all because of Jason. But what did he give me in return? After I have born him two lovely sons, he now spurns and insults me, what's more, he abandoned the mother and children, went for another woman. He was gaining hea

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Approximate Word count = 802
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