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· Comprehensive SummaryÊáÎíÕ ÔÇãáEuripedes' Medea opens in a state of conflict. Jason has abandoned his wife, Medea, along with their two children. He hopes to advanceíÑÝÚ his station by remarrying with Glauce, the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth, the Greek city where the play is set. All the events of play proceed ÊÈÏà out of this initial dilemmaãÃÒÞ ÇÓÊåáÇáí , and the involved parties become its central characters.Outside the royal palace, a nurse lamentsÊäÏÈ the events that have lead to the present crisis. After a long series of trials and adventures, which ultimatelyÝí ÇáäåÇíÉ forced Jason and Medea to seek exile in Corinth, the pair had settled down and established their family, achieving a degree of fame and respectability. Jason's recent abandonment of that family has crushedÕÏã Medea emotionally, to the degree that she curses her own existence, as well as that of her two children.Fearing a possible plot of revenge, Creon banishesíäÝì Medea and her children from the city. After pleading for mercy, Medea is granted one day before she must leave, during which she plans to complete her quest for "justice"--at this stage in her thinkingÊÝßíÑ , the murder of Creon, Glauce, and Jason. Jason accuses Medea of overreactingíÊåãåÇ ÈÇáÑÏ ÇáÇäÝÚÇáí . By voicing ÈÇáÊÚÈíÑ Úä her grievancesãÙÇáãåÇ so publiclyÚáÇäíÉð Ãæ ÌåÇÑÇð, she has endangeredÚÑÖÊ ááÎØÑ her life and that of their children. He claims that his decision to remarry was in everyone's best interest. Medea finds him spinelessÖÚíÝ ÇáÔÎÕíÉ, and she refuses to accept his token offersÚÑæÖ ÑãÒíÉ of help.Appearing by chance in Corinth, Aegeus, King of Athens, offers Medea sanctuaryãáÇÐ in his home city in exchange for her knowledge of certain drugs ÚÞÇÞíÑthat can cure his sterilityÚÞã. Now guaranteed ÖãäÊan eventual haven ãáÇÐ äåÇÆíin Athens, Medea has cleared all obstacles ÃÒÇáÊ ÇáÚÞÈÇÊ to completing her revenge, a plan which grows to include the murder of her own children; the pain their loss will cause her does not outweigh the satisfaction she will feel in making Jason suffer. ÇáÃáã ÇáÐí íÓÈÈå ÝÞÏÇä ÇáÃæáÇÏ áä íßæä ÃËÞá ãä ÇÑÊÖÇÆåÇ ÈÊÇáíã ÌíÓæä For the balance of the play, Medea engages inÊäåãß Ýí a ruseÍíáÉ ÎÏÚÉ Ãæ; she pretendsÊÏÚì to sympathize with íÊÚÇØÝ ãÚJason (bringing him into her confidence) and offers his wife "giftsåÏÇíÇ," a coronetÅßáíá ÐåÈ and dressÑÏÇÁ. OstensiblyæÈÔßá ãÒÚæã , the gifts are meant to convince íÞäÚ Glauce to ask her father to allow the children to stay in Corinth. The coronet and dress are actually poisoned, however, and their delivery causes Glauce's death. Seeing his daughter ravagedÃÊáÝÊ by the poison, Creon chooses to die by her side by dramatically embracing her and absorbing the poison himself.A messenger recountsÊÍßì Ãæ ÊÓÑÏ the gruesome ÑåíÈ details of these deaths, which Medea absorbs with cool attentivenessÇäÊÈÇå. Her earlier state of anxietyÇáÞáÞ, which intensifiedæÇáÊí ÒÇÏÊ ÍÏÉ as she struggled with the decision to commit infanticideÇÑÊßÇÈ ÌÑíãÉ ÞÊá ÇáÃØÝÇá , has now given way to an assuredÃßíÏ Ãæ ËÇÈÊ determinationÅÕÑÇÑ to fulfill her plans. Against the protestsÇÍÊÌÇÌÇÊ Ãæ ÔßÇæì of the chorus, Medea murders her children and flees the scene in a dragonÊäíä -pulled chariot ãÑßÈÉ ÎÝíÝÉ ÐÇÊ ÃÑÈÚ ÚÌáÇÊ provided byæÇáÐí ÒæÏ Úä ØÑíÞ her grandfather, the Sun-God. Jason is left cursing his lotäÕíÈå ; his hope of advancing his station by abandoning Medea and marrying Glauce, the conflict which opened the play, has been annihilatedÃÈØá , and everything he values has been lost through the deaths that conclude the tragedy. TRANSLATED BY MUHAMMED GAD ELSADAT ELSADAT2050@YAHOO.COM OOOOOOOT I TOOOOOOO