Jason

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…

Medea is without a doubt one of the most powerful women in literature, redefining femininity in a male-dominated environment, becoming a symbol of passionate revenge in history. Author Euripides creates interchangeable roles as a relentless heroine and inversely as an immoral antagonist within Medea, making it difficult to pinpoint the exact source of her expansive power; regardless we see Medea’s protagonist, time and time again, rise above her oppressors in a display of her mighty influence…

When concerning Medea, with Jason as the tragic hero, reader’s come to the conclusion that Jason is the cause of this cause and effect situation of death that durates the story. In Euripides’ Medea readers sympathize with Medea and her mental deterioration initiated and accelerated by Jason’s greed, acts of misogyny, and dehumanization towards Medea which, in turn, spreads tragedy and brings suffering to the community. One can either find Medea or Jason to be the tragic hero of this tale.…

have never acted in the manner that she did, and the blame is to fall upon Jason. Through the actions of Jason from the marriage, the dissatisfaction with his home life and the want for bigger and better things, and finally the ultimate betrayal…

Even the nurse is fearful of what Medea may do, “her ways are too wild, her nature is hateful, her mind is too willful.” (Lines 110-111) Hurt and full of resentment because of the affair, she plans to hurt Jason but worse than how he hurt her. Her intent is to cause the maximum damage , even if the actions would wound her just as badly. As she plans the murder of Jason's new wife and her two children, her main reasoning is that she spares herself being humiliated…

Medea. Medea’s love for her husband, Jason, is so much, and so is the pain when Jason betrayed her…

in her marriage to Jason). The key to understanding this symbol is that…

higher class, has “her heart on fire with passionate love for Jason” (1). She is too eager and impulsive that she willingly sacrifices everything, including her family and homeland, in order to be with him. Medea’s marriage with Jason would become secure when she aids him in the retrieval of the Golden Fleece. However, she soon realizes that Jason was not a man of her own kind, when she is soon struck with bitter grief and betrayal when “Jason has taken a royal wife to his bed, deserting his own…

motherhood. Jason has an inability to comprehend the actions that he does will affect those around him. Medea’s passion for vengeance on those that have mistreated her is a greater driving force then those that she loves deeply. Creon by letting others manipulate him to doing what is better for others can lead to just as tragic outcomes. It is often in when one is selfish and is only looking to better themselves that will lead to horrific outcomes however by not choosing what is…

with Jason, however, the love Medea shares for Jason is not reciprocated. Jason refers to Medea’s people as barbarians when he tells her, “instead of living amongst barbarians, you inhabit a Greek land,” and she proves him right through her actions throughout the play. She acts out in a barbaric way, especially to those she loves. Medea is so vengeful that she is willing to to kill her own children to hurt Jason. Jason and Medea are madly in love, or at least Medea is madly in love with Jason.…