Medea did everything for Jason and then he let a bombshell out that he was leaving her for Creon’s daughter. She was devastated because she loved him so much and he cheated on her. Medea went out for revenge and she was mad women did not have the same rights as a man in a marriage. In ancient Greek marriage had different concepts than marriage today. In ancient Greek your parents arranged their daughter’s marriage and today a girl gets to pick who she marries. In ancient Greek girls married at ages between 14 through 18 and males were married in their twenties and thirties. Today females and male can marry at any age eighteen years or older. Women could not get a divorce unless the husband agreed to divorce. When they got divorce the children
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Medea didn’t have the right to leave her husband but he could leave her. Jason said she didn’t act like a normal Greek woman because she was not submissive to her husband. This is not Medea’s country so it would be hard to adjust to new customs. I think he cheat on her because he wanted to be the dominant one in the relationship. Jason feared Medea so she was the one who was the dominant one in the relationship. Jason wanted to be king and since Medea got kick out of her home country he could not get it through her. So they came to Greece and couple years later he cheats on her with Creon’s daughter, so then he could marry her and become king like he always …show more content…
In ancient Greek male could only decide to get a divorce and now a days women can get a divorce. In the United States it is estimated that first marriage end in divorce are 40%-50%. 55% of people get divorce because their partner will cheat on them and that lead to their divorce. In ancient Greek if a man did not want a divorce but the female did he could stop her. In ancient Greek it was frown a pawn to have a kid before marriage and toady a lot of women have kids out of wedlock. Unmarried couple have kids are 56% in America. People who had a baby before married have a likely to change to split up because of the child’s birth and that is 7%. Women who marry the father of their child after birth is 14%. Parents who live together without getting married is 80%. It not like it use to be because married rate are going down. Some People don’t want to get married because they are afraid of divorce and splitting half of
Medea didn’t have the right to leave her husband but he could leave her. Jason said she didn’t act like a normal Greek woman because she was not submissive to her husband. This is not Medea’s country so it would be hard to adjust to new customs. I think he cheat on her because he wanted to be the dominant one in the relationship. Jason feared Medea so she was the one who was the dominant one in the relationship. Jason wanted to be king and since Medea got kick out of her home country he could not get it through her. So they came to Greece and couple years later he cheats on her with Creon’s daughter, so then he could marry her and become king like he always …show more content…
In ancient Greek male could only decide to get a divorce and now a days women can get a divorce. In the United States it is estimated that first marriage end in divorce are 40%-50%. 55% of people get divorce because their partner will cheat on them and that lead to their divorce. In ancient Greek if a man did not want a divorce but the female did he could stop her. In ancient Greek it was frown a pawn to have a kid before marriage and toady a lot of women have kids out of wedlock. Unmarried couple have kids are 56% in America. People who had a baby before married have a likely to change to split up because of the child’s birth and that is 7%. Women who marry the father of their child after birth is 14%. Parents who live together without getting married is 80%. It not like it use to be because married rate are going down. Some People don’t want to get married because they are afraid of divorce and splitting half of