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Is Medea Repellent? For what reasons would a modern or Greek audience find Medea so 'repellent'? - Do we find her repellent because of her quality of rage? - Her behaviors are extreme, as are her emotions. She is described as "wild with love" "wild with love" - Her sacrifice of everything for the love of one man could be considered unreasonable by some. Therefore, for these people it may also be impossible to understand the quality and quantity of her rage against him. "Jason was my whole life" " Her world has turned to enmity, and wounds her where her affection is deepest" "It has crushed my heart" - The Greeks were very interested in extremes of emotions. They enjoyed seeing the consequences of letting these emotions go unchecked and unguarded. - "Medea is an example of passion carried too far, she chooses revenge over mercy and reason" - Do people find this need for revenge a repelling characteristic...

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