Medea, a Friendly Enemy

'Death is my wish for myself, my enemies, my children' (Euripedes translated by
Robinson Jeffers, Medea 11). Medea is hungry for death. She wants to taste it on her lips and
wishes others to do the same. The value which Medea gives death is to use it as a weapon against
her enemies. On the other hand, the women and the nurse fear death. Death, to the women and
to the nurse is something that should not be wished for. 'O shining sky, divine earth, Harken not
to the song that this woman sings' (13). One of the Greek women says this, for Medea is
screaming out that she would like…