Logan Williamson
ENG 2423 – World Literature I
McPherson
Sept. 27, 2015
Medea: Essay 1
One word can be used to sum up Medea and her antics: crazy. Everything starts off fine and dandy for Medea and then takes this sudden shift to about the heaviest topic discussable - murder. There’s a lot of variables here to consider in terms of Medea and Jason. I initially reacted with a doubt on Jason’s end and confirmed that Medea could actually make a good case in defense of getting back at him. I knew she suffered immensely from Jason’s leaving her for another woman, and judging from how badly she handled it, she did need some form of therapy. What i failed to see was how unstable she really was. This was more and more impressed in me as I continued …show more content…
His conscience got the best of him and though reluctant, he eventually caved. Before executing her masterplan, she met up one last time with Jason, and subtly he antagonized her and sort of rubbed salt in the wound. It’s unclear whether it’s intentional or not. He pokes at her with insincere extensions of grace, denounces any former covenant made with her, and just needles into her that his remarriage was actually done for her, not in spite of her, and that she should be grateful to him. Medea internalizes his temperament towards her, and ultimately sees her ex-lovers quarrel with Jason as a competition. She tries to “settle the score” on what pain he inflicted upon her. Hurting him could’ve, in fact, been done through justifiable means because in the words of John Rambo, “he drew first blood.” Revenge was, on these grounds, a reasonable cause, or so it seemed. Then this Real Housewives episode got a dash more menace thrown in the pot. The automatic hatred of Jason was warranted because of his insensitivity to Medea, tossing her out like trash. A counterattack is justified, in theory. But Medea unfortunately didn't know how to act within her means. She overstated with her vengeful tactics, and it resulted in the murder of her own children, the king, and the king’s daughter. Then, after all was
ENG 2423 – World Literature I
McPherson
Sept. 27, 2015
Medea: Essay 1
One word can be used to sum up Medea and her antics: crazy. Everything starts off fine and dandy for Medea and then takes this sudden shift to about the heaviest topic discussable - murder. There’s a lot of variables here to consider in terms of Medea and Jason. I initially reacted with a doubt on Jason’s end and confirmed that Medea could actually make a good case in defense of getting back at him. I knew she suffered immensely from Jason’s leaving her for another woman, and judging from how badly she handled it, she did need some form of therapy. What i failed to see was how unstable she really was. This was more and more impressed in me as I continued …show more content…
His conscience got the best of him and though reluctant, he eventually caved. Before executing her masterplan, she met up one last time with Jason, and subtly he antagonized her and sort of rubbed salt in the wound. It’s unclear whether it’s intentional or not. He pokes at her with insincere extensions of grace, denounces any former covenant made with her, and just needles into her that his remarriage was actually done for her, not in spite of her, and that she should be grateful to him. Medea internalizes his temperament towards her, and ultimately sees her ex-lovers quarrel with Jason as a competition. She tries to “settle the score” on what pain he inflicted upon her. Hurting him could’ve, in fact, been done through justifiable means because in the words of John Rambo, “he drew first blood.” Revenge was, on these grounds, a reasonable cause, or so it seemed. Then this Real Housewives episode got a dash more menace thrown in the pot. The automatic hatred of Jason was warranted because of his insensitivity to Medea, tossing her out like trash. A counterattack is justified, in theory. But Medea unfortunately didn't know how to act within her means. She overstated with her vengeful tactics, and it resulted in the murder of her own children, the king, and the king’s daughter. Then, after all was