It is not justifiable to take revenge on someone who has wronged you or someone close to you. However, I understand the sentiment. It is taught it many religions, including my own, that one should never follow the saying "an eye for an eye". One should forgive the wrongdoer and end the conflict there.
This usually does not happen due to the fact that we are human and forgiving can be a very difficult task. How hard forgiving is depends on age and circumstance. For example, a child in lower school will have a hard time forgiving a friend for stealing an animal cracker, but when that child is in high school or older, it no longer becomes hard to forgive friends for taking food. They may not want their food to be taken, but they will not begin a conflict over something so simple and readily available as food.
In the case of Medea, I believe that Jason had wronged her terribly. It makes sense she would feel the need to reciprocate those feelings towards him, however, the extent Medea goes to is simply too far. As I stated before, revenge should not be justifiable, and it should not be justifiable especially when that revenge involves the murder of not one, but three people.
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