In this culminating episode of Medea, Jason must face the full force of his wife Medea's rage over his imprudent desire to marry the princess Glauke of Corinth and abandon the woman who had helped him succeed in his quote unquote heroic quest for the Golden Fleece. The end is not pretty but that is the point as Medea yet again shatters the norms of behavior expected of women in the classical world.