Medea is an impeccable example of a woman controlled by the devastating effects of love. Unfortunately, those effects lead Medea to commit a serious transgression: murder. It takes the lives of not only a king and his daughter, but also two of his own sons. Even though the king's death was more of a negative consequence than a direct murder, Medea planned all their deaths down to the last detail. From the beginning, Medea's nurse observes Medea's transformation from abandoned lover to enraged murderer. At one point the nurse says: “He won't stop getting angry until he hits someone” (4). He realizes Medea's extreme emotional turmoil but can do nothing to calm her. The nurse can provide a first-hand account of Medea's slow descent into moral destitution. He sees how upset and angry Medea is at Jason, but unfortunately doesn't realize the gravity of the situation until it's too late. The nurse is with Medea when she makes the decision to kill King Creon, his daughter, and his own children. Medea confided in her nurse saying: "I avail myself of you in all the affairs of the great...