Abandoned by Jason and afflicted by her handicapped condition, Medea is tempted to take revenge on her husband by meditating on killing his children. The protagonist thus finds herself at the mercy of two opposing forces, represented by two distinct figures: on the one hand Polemos, symbol of war and supporter of her intentions of revenge, and on the other Eirene, personification of peace, intent on preventing the protagonist from prevent the protagonist from committing matricide. To an initial moment in which Medea seems about to about to commit the insane act is finally followed by the protagonist's repentance, coming to sparing the lives of her own children and ready to begin a bright new life with them.