Medea is motivated by anger and revenge. Her anger at Jason for being unfaithful motivates Medea to take rash actions and kill all the people dear to her husband. This motivation has consequences for Medea, though. Because emotion is her primary motivator, good judgement tends to be left out of her actions, causing as much pain and loss for her as for the person she tries to hurt.
"Friends,/ I can think of several ways to bring their death about./ Which one shall I choose?"(45). Medea plots to get back at her husband by ruining his marriage through murdering him, his wife, and his father-in-law.
"It is the supreme way to hurt my husband"(58). Medea refers to how she is going to kill her sons as a way to hurt her husband. She knows that killing her sons will be the most difficult and painful thing that she will ever do, but in her anger she c an only think of getting revenge on her husband.
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