Medea is an extremely tragic play where each scene brings about more suffering than the last. The very first line of the play says, “I wish the Argo had never set sail” (pg.528, line 1). This quote already puts the reader in a place of regret and disappointment. Each character in the story has something horrific happen to them that either immensely alters or ends his or her life. With all of the pain that is seen though out the story, one might wonder which character suffered the most. The answer to this question is not clear until the end of the play when the reader gets to know the characters better. It is unseen in the beginning, but by the end of the play, Jason is the character who ultimately suffers the most in Medea. At the start of the play, it appeared that Medea was the character who suffered the most. When she first makes her entrance in the play, she is in agonizing pain about her husband Jason leaving her for a new marriage with the princess of Corinth. The nurse says, “She won’t touch food; surrendering to pain, she melts away her days in tears, ever since she learned of this injustice” (529, 29). Medea feels that Jason has taken everything from her and has left her with no reason to live. She repeatedly claims that she only wants to die. This situation is still easy to relate to in today’s time and it makes the reader pity Medea. She is a mother of two young children whose husband has decided to leave her for another woman, leaving his family and the ones who love him behind. During the conversation she has with Jason, she displays her feelings of disgust and utter betrayal at his actions. She reminds him of all she has done for him and all she gave up to be with him. It is very easy to be sympathetic of her and see Jason as the enemy and the one who is at fault for causing so much pain. Everything seems to be going wrong for Medea. First, her husband leaves her, and she is soon going to be exiled from the land. At this point it seems no one but Medea is going to suffer. Jason is getting a new bride while she and her children have to find a new place to live. As the story progresses, the readers see who she truly is as she turns her suffering into revenge. It is understandable for her to be hurt by her husband’s actions, but she takes her rage way too far. She turns her sorrow into anger that overtakes her every thought and action to the point where it makes her seem psychotic. The reader begins to see how truly evil she is as she unveils her plans to kill the princess