In Euripides' play, Medea, the outcome of the play can be glimpsed before the final curtain falls. Medea's plans to destroy Jason, to exercise her black magic on Creusa and Creon, and to kill her children are continually foreshadowed through dialogue, literary elements, and foreshadowing. From the beginning, Medea's dialogue and actions do not bode well for Jason. He seeks revenge and wishes death on his enemies. Her heart is "bitter" and is filled with "black hatred" for Jason due to his betrayal. He rejected her “…like a prostitute” and betrayed “…the children she had borne him” to marry Creusa, daughter of Creon, ruler of Corinth. Medea wants Jason to suffer. He wants her to "...cry blood." Revenge is the only thing that can make his pain bearable, and “annihilation” is “pure music”. He wants to "...annihilate the past" and erase everything that Jason is, was, and always will be. The omen of the young mare tearing the stallion with her teeth symbolizes Medea's imminent destruction of Jason. To do so, he plots to devastate everything Jason loves, namely Creusa, Creon, and their children. Medea plots to leave Jason “friendless” and “companionless.” She sets her plan in motion after Creon banishes her and her children from Corinth. and in exile. Medea begs Creon for mercy, but, although he pities her, he must protect himself and others from her "... dark wisdom." However Medea does not want his pity, and foreshadows his fate when she tells him that in the end, they will see "...who is to be pitied". Medea sets her plan in motion by making a "sick peace" with Jason. He insists that they try to coexist, flatters Creusa, and showers her with gifts to declare a truce. Her oxymoronic use of... middle of paper... are played, no music is heard...." As her thoughts become wilder and more malignant, Medea suddenly seems to come to her senses. She realizes that she cannot hurt her children. Soon, however, her face changes and “love is gone.” She takes the children in and kills them as they beg for their lives the blood of children on his hands. He metaphorically compares blood to wine. He languishes over the loss of the “dear…little grapes that were pressed to make it,” but realizes that it was necessary to do so. He cannot “…endure the endless contamination ” of her life mixed with that of Jason. She dislikes Jason more than she loves her children, and for this she was willing to sacrifice everything to ruin him. She left Jason a “boneless,” “creeping,” “helpless, friendless” man. without a partner” and “without children”..