Medea CompositionEssay title: Medea CompositionMedea CompositionControl is a theme that has been relevant in many of the plays and novels we have analyzed this year. King Lear’s daughters controlled him, society controlled IM, and Othello’s jealously controlled himself. Although control is perceived as a somewhat “evil” characteristic, it always shows power. Control and Manipulation go hand in hand, since once a person is manipulated the manipulator has taken control. In the play Medea, Medea is a master of manipulation. She exploits each victim’s flaws and uses them to seize control of there trust. Once she has grasped her victims trust she uses them for her own interests. Medea’s wit and unrelenting passion for revenge contributes to her unjustified methods of manipulation and enables her to control friend and foe with unparalleled ability.
Before the play starts she uses her power of control to help Jason and his aragonites on their heroic deeds. Medea begins here manipulation with her own father. While she is escaping with Jason and the Golden Fleece on his boat, her father pursues them to capture Jason and regain the fleece. Medea knows that her father is dedicated to family honor and would do anything to keep it. Medea comes to the conclusion that if she kills her brother and throws the pieces overboard her father will have no choice, but to stop and gather the pieces for an honorable burial. This horrible task proved important to Jason’s escape and well being. Later Jason returned to his homeland with Medea and found his kingdom was taken and his father disgraced. These evil deeds were done by King Pelias and Jason was bent on seeking revenge. Medea assisted Jason with her knowledge of human greed. King Pelias was getting old and once he died the kingdom would fall apart, so she told his daughters that if they killed and boiled him it would restore his youth. The daughters did as they were told and Jason regained his kingdom. With the help of Medea’s cunning and ruthless actions she and Jason lived happily until Jason betrayed her.
Once the play starts we see Medea’s unrelenting control on her beloved Jason and everyone associated with him. She discovered Jason had married another woman and gained a thirst for revenge that could only be quenched by the blood of everyone who was dear to him. Medea’s ability to see each characters weaknesses sealed her plan for revenge. When she was banished from Corinth, she was ordered to leave immediately. However, she needed at least one more day to set her plan up, so she started by manipulating Creon into letting her stay in Corinth. Playing on Creon’s pity, Medea succeeded by mentioning her children and how they would need more time to prepare for the departure. This mistake enabled Medea to once again use her control and seek a place of refuge. When Aegeus came along
Gathering the strength for her escape, Medea and the other members of EoM were sent into a massive battle with Cerberus. This battle quickly turned nasty, causing the EoM members to retreat from the battlefield to return to Corinth. However, one of the EoM members, Jana and a fellow member who did not fight with her for long was soon captured by Cerberus along with most members of Phoenix Rising.
In order to get out of this mess, Medea and her gang had a plan for helping the Phoenix’s escape, so they decided to stay around for a while when Cerberus arrived. They took a mission to the Greek City, but in the process the group met an EoM member, Phos. Phos had become very dangerous during an assault on the Greek City, so they had to stay there to save him. However, after Phos made his way to the Greek City to help stop the assault, she and the other members of EoM were kidnapped by Cerberus.
The group found a safe house to stay in for the time being when a battle had begun between the three sides. Before long, the group was taken hostage and later turned over to Cerberus. The members soon discovered the truth about their escape pod, the Bumblebee from Olympus. When asked if they would help one way or the other, Medea and her group assured that she and her gang would and that she knew of any allies who might help them. However, once the group realized the truth about the Bumblebees, there was no way they could trust Cerberus again unless they would pay special attention to the Bumblebees. Once there, the group were taken to a safe house and then to the location they found themselves in a fight with the Cerberus. After the group was successfully captured down to the point that they took cover, after a short period of time after they found a place to sleep once more that the group had to return to they home.
Gathering EoM into a squad of EoM Squad
Medea and her members arrived in their squad and left with a message for their new teammates. To the group’s relief, they could hear one of the EoM members thanking them for their kindness. The EoM Squad came into the squad together and began to perform drills for them. Medea and her members performed some of the drills and showed some of the group how they could use their abilities to take on the Cerberus in combat. When someone brought the group their way at dawn, Medea began to panic and made everyone feel at home. However, by the time they were ready to get off the bus, all six EoM Squad had been assembled. When they were on the next flight, they encountered an armored Cerberus, but this didn’t stop their group from running. Before Medea’s group could take the Cerberus, they were captured by Cerberus. The group managed to escape and began running to the town as the soldiers started to fight over their lives and lives are at stake.