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There is a difference between justice and vengeance. In Medea, the character Medea does not seek justice at all, rather, she seeks vengeance. Medea has no respect for human life, not that of her children, not even her own. Medea does not show compassion for any other person no matter how innocent they are. She takes the innocent lives of others to feel better about her own. Medea not only shows she is cold hearted she is a complete sociopath, taking multiple lives in her quest for vengeance. When Medea discovers that Jason is leaving her she becomes hopelessly depressed and wishes to die. “I wish from that blue sky the white wolf of lighning Would leap, and burst my skull and brain, and like a churning babe cling to these breasts- Ai! - Ai!” (99-100) She also becomes blind with rage and hell bent on seeking revenge against Jason. She is so angered and distraught she even wants to take the lives of her own children. “Death. Death is my wish. For myself, my enemies, my children. Des