Medea Medea is a character existing outside of the typical Greek value and social systems that existed in the Greek Polis’s at the time of the play’s inception. She is strong willed‚ powerful‚ intelligent‚ cunning‚ volatile and independent. She possesses many traits and characteristics reserved and associated with Greek heroes in other plays common at the time. It could be possible to assume that a typical Greek audience of the time (likely predominantly male) would find this character absurd
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it was right for Medea to kill the children. The children are a “product” during Medea and Jason’s relationship. Since Medea feels like Jason betrayed and tainted their relationship‚ she feels like letting the children not live is like destroying every last remnant of their relationship. She also feels that killing the children would punish Jason and as a mother‚ she doesn’t want anyone else to harm her own children‚ so she kills them as a sacrifice. Personally‚ it was a dour scene of killing
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Anthology” 739). Euripides could not have chosen a more downtrodden role for Medea. Here is this woman who has stood by her man through thick and thin. She has turned her back on her family and killed her own brother while helping Jason capture the Golden Fleece. “Oh my father! Oh‚ my country! In what dishonor I left you‚ killing my own brother for it.” (Medea 164-165) Despite all of her devotion to her husband he has fallen in love with someone new‚
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commonly take that pride to the point of being cocky. Due to this mindset‚ she does not allow anyone but herself to have the final word. She did not even cave in when Jason asked to have the bodies of his dead children to provide a proper burial‚ because she refused to allow anyone the satisfaction of seeing her as weak. After Jason asked for the children Medea responded‚ "Oh‚ no! I will myself convey them to the temple of Hera Acraea; there in the holy precinct I will bury them with my own hand
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this‚ before Jason‚ she never experienced being in love. When she finally experienced this type of love she went to no end for Jason. To protect Jason and her love for him she killed the beast guarding the Golden Fleece‚ she killed her brother‚ and she left her home‚ family and everything she knew for him. Most women would not have gone that far for love‚ especially women during her time; but Medea was not your average woman. All of the things she did for Jason. But start when Jason betray her‚ all
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In the work prologue‚ we discover Jason ’s quest to Colchis to obtain the Golden Fleece as a task created by his uncle‚ Pelias in order to claim his rightful inheritance. He assembles a team and they set sail for Colchis on the ship‚ the Argo. Upon reaching Colchis‚ King Aeetes instructs Jason to plow “a field with a team of fire-breathing bulls.” (Euripides 527). During his task‚ he meets King Aeetes ’ daughter‚ Medea. Medea‚ proficient in magic‚ helps Jason. She helps him “plough the field
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outside of Medea’s house and laments the way Jason has slighted Medea by taking another wife‚ the Nurse speaks of the “eternal promise” Jason and Medea made to each other on their wedding day (17-21). The Nurse wishes Jason were dead for the way he has abandoned his wife and children‚ so strongly does she feel vows should not be broken (83). When the Tutor enters the scene‚ he expresses a much more cynical view regarding Jason’s decision to leave his wife. He asks the nurse
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‘Jason is punished more than Medea in Euripides’ play’. DiscussJason is the real criminal in Medea‚ do you agree? In the play Medea written by Euripides‚ the patriarchal society of ancient Greece is examined and the role of women in a male centred society is explored. In this world where “the middle way‚” or moderation in all things is valued and reason and logic are seen to be the ideal‚ there is no room for passion or emotion which further limits the value of women. In response to Jason’s
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The role and Significance of Hubris in the fall of Jason As is archetypal to all Greek tragedies‚ ‘Medea’ by Euripides chronicles the downfall of a noble hero‚ Jason‚ as a result of a combination of factors like fate‚ hubris and the will of the gods. In ‘Medea’‚ the hubris of the main character‚ Jason‚ was his pride. This drove him to betray his wife Medea’s trust and defy moral parameters set by the gods. Euripides employed the hubris of Jason and his act of disobedience towards the gods as a reflection
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relate to feeling. Medea tells the story of the jealousy and revenge of a woman betrayed by her husband. She and Jason (her husband) lived a happy life‚ they were married and had 2 beautiful children. Medea had left her home and her own father to live with Jason. The situation changes though‚ when Jason falls in love with another woman‚ Glauce the daughter of Creon‚ ruler of Corinth. Jason sees this new love as a good opportunity for he and his family to gain a better life‚ thus he leaves Medea for
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