"In Mythology, I am still reading about Medea and the quest for the Golden Fleece. Here is someone that I recognize. When Medea falls in love with Jason, it grabs me by my throat. I can see her. Medea sneaks Jason things to help him: ointments to make him invincible, secrets in rocks. She has magic, could bend the natural to the unnatural. But even with all her power, Jason bends her like a young pine in a hard wind; he makes her double in two. I know her" (Ward, 38)

I feel like this represents Esch when she talks about Medea because she herself has fallen in love with somebody (Manny) and she sees how they are so similar. And when she talks about how Jason "bends her like a young pine" I feel like this represents how Manny has control of Esch even when he does not know it. Esch feels a real connection with Medea and realizes that they have a lot more in common then she thought. She believes that she "knows her" because of how they act and how they both are strong but the people in their lives (Manny and Jason) can push them right into the ground. 

This is an oil painting of Jason and Medea and was created by John William Waterhouse in 1907. In the painting, Medea is creating a potion for Jason so he can complete the tasks that Medea's father has set for him. The facial expressions of Medea show that she is very concentrated on making this potion for Jason. Jason's expressions show that he is very anxious and desperately needs the potion to make sure Medea's father likes him. 

I think this image symbolizes Esch because of all the hard times she went through in the book with her baby, the storm and not having someone to guide her through life. The storm and lightning symbolizes the hard things that she has experienced and even though these things have struck her and have brought her down, she is that rainbow. She is the rainbow that will push through the clouds and shed a little light on a time that might not be happy or clear.