Jason & Medea
How do Jason 's feelings at the end of the play differ from those revealed in other encounters?
In their first encounter, Jason appears to be trying to make himself feel as if he is better than Medea, and as if he is the bigger person than she, “You no doubt hate me: but I could never bear ill-will to you” implies that he is a better person for helping her even though she hates him – and that even after all that 's happened and all she has said he still “could never bear ill-will”. He continues to try and defend his actions, claiming it was for social status, that he didn 't marry for love, but for the fact that he wants to know they will have a good life and not be poor; also, as he marries the King 's daughter, his sons with Medea will be half-brothers to any children Jason may have with Glauce, therefore improving their status on becoming a king of Corinth.
Their second encounter is after Medea has decided her exact plan; she knows how she will kill the princess and the king, and has then also planned to kill her sons. She asks for Jason to attend, and he does, at which point she acts like a stereotypical wife of the time, admitting that she was wrong for all the feelings she had, and that everything that had happened was her fault, that she overreacted because she knew Jason was only doing it for the good of their family. It would seem to be a friendly conversation on Jason 's part, he shows no kind of hostility towards Medea when she speaks to him, and openly accepts her apology, and states when he first speaks to her that he is “ready to listen”. However, later in this meeting he, again, demeens women, “Only naturally a woman is angry when her husband marries a second wife.” perhaps this is true in a sense, however I think anyone would be angry if their significant other decided to marry someone else; not just a woman. After this it could be said that Medea plays up to this, as when he mentions his sons growing up and being strong, she weeps. This may
In their first encounter, Jason appears to be trying to make himself feel as if he is better than Medea, and as if he is the bigger person than she, “You no doubt hate me: but I could never bear ill-will to you” implies that he is a better person for helping her even though she hates him – and that even after all that 's happened and all she has said he still “could never bear ill-will”. He continues to try and defend his actions, claiming it was for social status, that he didn 't marry for love, but for the fact that he wants to know they will have a good life and not be poor; also, as he marries the King 's daughter, his sons with Medea will be half-brothers to any children Jason may have with Glauce, therefore improving their status on becoming a king of Corinth.
Their second encounter is after Medea has decided her exact plan; she knows how she will kill the princess and the king, and has then also planned to kill her sons. She asks for Jason to attend, and he does, at which point she acts like a stereotypical wife of the time, admitting that she was wrong for all the feelings she had, and that everything that had happened was her fault, that she overreacted because she knew Jason was only doing it for the good of their family. It would seem to be a friendly conversation on Jason 's part, he shows no kind of hostility towards Medea when she speaks to him, and openly accepts her apology, and states when he first speaks to her that he is “ready to listen”. However, later in this meeting he, again, demeens women, “Only naturally a woman is angry when her husband marries a second wife.” perhaps this is true in a sense, however I think anyone would be angry if their significant other decided to marry someone else; not just a woman. After this it could be said that Medea plays up to this, as when he mentions his sons growing up and being strong, she weeps. This may