Hissing and slithering across the stage they imply that woman is comparable to Satan, the serpent, in the Garden of Eden. The costumes the characters wear in the performance make a dynamic statement. The women are clearly labeled in the play as they are labeled in real life. Man's opinion of women's inferiority is made very obvious through the selected wardrobe. It is almost ironic that she is so clearly labeled yet everyone seems to underestimate her powers to some fatal degree.
Apples are a continuous symbol seen throughout the entire production.
Representing the original downfall of man and woman in the Garden of Eden, apples are present at any point in the play when Medea is even contemplating something evil. Their purpose is to remind the audience of Eve's sin as well as how she brought about the downfall of Adam through her weakness. During the climactic scene in which Medea murders her two sons, the fruit splatters everywhere. Though the audience is aware that only apple pieces are covering the stage and Medea, it is easy to imagine the broken chunks of tender apple to be blood and the broken bodies of two little boys. Reading a play certainly has its benefits in that the reader can enjoy a particular scene several times over, search for meaning in the dialogue, and take time to look up any new or unfamiliar words in the script.