Medea. 0. : Medea. 2. Medea. The Tragic Hero. September

Medea does the unthinkable by killing her children in order to exact devastating revenge on her estranged husband, Jason. Yet, for this heinous act, she is not punished by the gods and is spirited away to safety in the deus ex machina upon which the play ends. In 2-3 paragraphs of careful, thoughtful prose comment on this plot element. What are we to make of this most disturbing of tragedies. Please direct to the point thoughtful answer.