Medea kills her two children because

A. she wants to remarry, and the children are in the way.
B. she wants to kill herself afterwards, and she believes a good mother does not leave the world without her children.
C. she is unable to take care of them due to extreme poverty.
D. she wants to get back at her husband Jason for leaving her.


D. she wants to get back at her husband Jason for leaving her.

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