Show by what stages Medea's plan for revenge develops.

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Show by what stages Medea's plan for revenge develops.

Throughout the chapters we have read, it seems that Medea has ever-changing plans in mind. She hasn't seemed to stick to one plan yet, and is probably hesitant or maybe unwilling to carry it off. The questions arises as to whether or not these plans are empty threats, or whether she really intends to put them into action, she might end up favouring a curse rather than having to enact her revenge for herself, or it might just be the case that she does indeed want to have the "pleasure" of killing Jason (?), his wife and Creon herself.

At the beginning of the book, her intentions do not come from her, but it is from the nurse who has heard her ramblings and is making assumptions as to what they mean, and how she plans to go ahead with them "something that she means to do" (p.20). She helps us distinguish what sort of character Medea is, and that helps us get an insight as to what course of action she might revert to "keep a safe distance...mood is cruel...nature dangerous...her will fierce and intractable".

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