Similarities Between Medea And Creon

Just in case, the plight of the maids was not horrible enough, the story of Medea and Jason will really bring out the twisted fates and delivery of punishment or rewards. Of all the mythologies, Medea and Jason is one of the most heart wrenching and frustrating. Medea, hit by Cupid and falling in love with Jason, stops anyone who gets in Jason’s way. She is loyal to a fault; loyal to the point of murder. No doubt her love for Jason pushed her to commit murder for him, but not reciprocating loyalty to a woman that dedicated was his ultimate undoing. Medea gave up everything, even her humanity, just to be loyal to Jason, but in return, he chooses to leave her for another woman. Cheating on her was not enough though, he added insult to injury …show more content…
As the myth goes, Creon makes a law saying that anyone who tries to bury Polyneices corpse. Polyneices’s dead body is literally rotting on the ground, but the gods demand all men be buried so they can travel to the underworld which is where heroine Antigone steps in. Not only is Polyneices a beloved brother, but he deserves the right to be buried, and sent to the underworld to be judged, as the gods have designed. In decreeing it unlawful to bury Antigone’s brother, Creon has not only challenged the loyalty of Antigone to her brother, but her loyalty to the gods. Ismene fears the decree more than the gods’ wrath and urges Antigone to do the same, but Antigone knows that she is justified in following the gods. So Antigone ceremonially buries her brother with a sprinkling of dust, but is ultimately caught and brought before Creon. In realizing Antigone is the defender and that she has a justified reason, Creon is clearly upset. However, he cannot let Antigone go for fear of being seen as a weak king who does not keep his word (even though his subjects were not opposed to him letting Antigone go free). In a rather large fight over whose pride will win out, they both come out victors, completely resolute in their decisions. Antigone is taken to a cave and abandoned to starve to death as punishment. Now in the cave, Antigone takes her own life, which then leads to Haemon (her fiancé) killing himself next to Antigone, then Eurydice (Haemon’s mother) hears of Haemon’s death and slits her own throat. Now Creon has no family left, unless you count Ismene, but nobody seems too. What does any of this have to do with loyalty, punishment or rewards? Well, it’s clear that Creon is severely punished for making a law defying the gods, as he loses his future