Deception and manipulative motivations get you nowhere, but back to square one. You are angry and feel betrayed, so you become deceitful and manipulative, but soon the situation will change and people will see you for who you are. The lights go on and your true self is revealed and you lose the people closest to you. Medea was betrayed, someone left her, she became deceptive, people saw her true face and she was left alone. Medea always gets what she wants and people don't realize it. He knows no other way to communicate with people without manipulating them at the same time. The facade of intelligence only lasted for a time until the community realized that Medea is conniving. Medea uses two rhetorical devices in her conversation with King Creon. During this scene Creon enters with his attendants declaring that he will exile Medea from her land. The first rhetorical device is logos and is used when Medea persuades people through the use of reasoning and using supporting evidence. Logos is a very effective strategy because it uses facts, statistics, and other sources to support its claim. After Creon orders Medea to leave with her two sons, Medea says, "What is the reason, Creon, for banishing me?" (281). Medea is so direct with her question that nothing is lost in translation. Asking Creon such a question makes him question himself and his actions. Creon continues by saying that he is afraid of her and her evil plans. Medea acts as if she doesn't understand why anyone would be afraid of her, especially a king. He even states, “You gave your daughter away to the man you wanted. Oh, I certainly hate my husband, but you, I think, have acted wisely” (309-311). Indirectly she is applauded......middle of the card......the athegy of pathos really sold the deal for her because Creon was able to pity her and her children while looking at things in a new prospect. Rhetorical Strategy Pathos was more useful to Medea because Creon actually agreed to give her more time. Medea using the logos strategy did not have a great effect on Creon because the only thing Medea assured him was safety because she said she was not angry with him. Medea's manipulative motivations help her get through life day after day, but at the end of each day she must accept that she's escaped everyone. Medea pushed many people who cared and loved her out of her life to attack and ruin a person's life. The facade of being smart only lasts until people realize that you are truly deceitful and manipulative. Works Cited Euripides and Alan Elliott. Medea. London: Oxford UP, 1969. Print.