Over and over in the play we are constantly hearing that Medea is clever, her cleverness is her most distinct attribute. There are some parts that it doesn't seem that she is so clever rather than other people are just dummies.
After she had decided that she was going to kill everybody, she runs into an old friend, Aegius, and in just a few moments together this guy has already agreed to put her up no questions asked. Is this guy and idiot? Only moments before she pretty much told him that eventually a bunch of ticked off people are going to be looking for her, probably because of something she did and this boob agrees to it. That wouldn't fly today.
If I went up to one of my buddies and said,
"Hey bill, I kinda need a favor."
"Sure pal anything."
"I need to stay at your place for a while."
"No problem, what a couple of days or so?"
"More like for ever and if the Cops come looking for me, I need you to hide me and tell them I'm not here and if the FBI and swat teams come I need you to tell them to get lost. Whaddya say? -- Bill....Bill...Hey where ya goin'?"
I guess I'm just not very clever.
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