“I can’be help it; I just con’t control my feelings.” If anyone has ever been a slave to passion, it is surely Medea, for her emotions know no bounds. Enaomred of Jason’s bravado, she falls madly in lvoe with him (Cupid’s arrow being also part of the reasons), she is willing to achieve with her great cunning and supernatual powers, even if it means ruining her family.

We all have emotions and they can significantly influcence our choices. Hence, we must consider whether their impact is constructive or destructive. Are they moving us to right action or wrong action? Those like Medea, who place too much emphasis on feeling at the expense of thinking, are likely to ignore the consequences of their actions. Had Medea thought about the morally horrendous nature of the deeds she planned, perhaps he would have restrained her emotions and refrained from such murder.

Did you ever have your emotions get better of you? Perhaps you lost your temper with someone or were enamored of someone and ended up doing something (stupid) that you later regretted. How did you feel afterwards? What might you have done differently had you kept your head? Why might that have been a better way to behave?