Nature Vs. Nurture In Medea's Decision Making

Throughout all of the literary works that we studied this semester, there have been plenty of impactful decisions that our characters have had to make. One decision in particular was Medea’s decision to kill her two children after she has killed the King and Jason’s mistress, the Princess. Medea has been left by her husband Jason, and in a fit of rage she begins to devise a plan to poison both Jason and his new wife. Trying many times to analyze this decision, it becomes difficult to understand Medea’s decision making process. This idea in itself is unethical in any setting of the past or future generations of human beings. But when further examining the situation you can start seeing an underlying theme for Medea cutting the lives of her children short. …show more content…
Men are typically the gender that is hardened, and will do anything they can to make it day by day to make ends meet or provide for their family. Whereas women are generally seen as a more nurturing soul, caring more about the love of their family and the growth of the individuals in the family. When Medea makes the original plan to kill her children it shows how she has drifted far away from the concept of nurture. She has taken a very primitive approach to her plot of revenge against Jason. Instead of nurturing her children and helping them a tough time, she uses them as pawns in a grand scheme to better her life instead of her family as a whole. On the other hand, initially Jason leaves Medea to further progress his own life. In a very selfish move to be near the top of the “Nature” food chain. By the end of the story he has taken the nurturing role of his children, housing them and telling Medea how beneficial it will be for them to be the step children of the Princess. The overall role reversal just shows how powerful love truly is, and how quickly pain can change the way you approach different