Jason and Medea are both responsible for Jason’s success in his quest for the Golden Fleece; however, Medea seems to be more responsible rather than Jason himself. Although it may be Jason who accepted the quest himself, Medea has helped Jason throughout the whole story. She’s provided gifts, tactics/advice, and assistance, so it’s difficult to give most of the credit to Jason. Without Medea Jason wouldn’t of been able to complete the task. This means that he wouldn’t of been able to return to rule the throne over Pelias. Media was more responsible of Jason’s success due to her gift of herbs. On page 17, Medea starts brewing up a powerful concoction of the powerful herbs Hera was suggested to her. Medea exclaims as she threw Jason into the cauldron, “Stranger, for this one day, my herbs will give you the power of a god!” This meant that she offered protection against the forces Jason will go up against. She aided in his …show more content…
At this point near the climax, Jason has a struggle and has doubts about killing the monster ass he stood still being filled with fear. “But Medea did not stand silent and still. Instead, swift as the wind, she sweetly began to sing a chant… And so it came to pass that the great deathless dragon found itself fighting off an overpowering need to sleep,” as quoted in page 21. Comparing Jason, who’s full of fear, to Medea, Jason didn’t do anything at this point. It was because of Medea’s assistance and confidence that she was able to put the dragon to sleep independently. Not only this, but it was revealed that Medea even had to guide Jason even more. On the same page, “She told Jason how to remove the Golden Fleece from the great oak tree on which it hung.” Jason still needed assistance at this point and it felt like Medea had the situation under
Medea has a conversation with Jason at the end of the story he tells her that he hoped the children who bring down curses on her; she looks at him and says “the gods know who the author of this sorrow.” (Lawall 719) Medea killed his children and yet she’s blaming him for her doing it. The conversation just got uglier and ended with her leaving.
According to the article, “Jason Iason,” Medea and Jason got married after he gave the Fleece to Pelias. Jason didn’t become king, though, because of something Medea did. Some believe Jason helped her plot the death of his uncle, but others say it was all Medea’s idea. She convinced Pelias’s daughters that they could make him look young again. All they had to do was chop him up and put him in a pot, and that’s what they did. The people of Iolcus were disgusted. Jason and Medea were forced to flee (“Jason”). They lived happily for a while, having many children. Their delightful life ended, though, when out of nowhere, a king offered his daughter to Jason. He accepted the marriage proposal, leaving Medea and their children. Some think that Jason was cheating on Medea before he told her about his new lady friend, though (“Jason Iason”). Medea was so infuriated, that she sent the princess a poisoned wedding dress. The dress ended up killing the princess and the king. Medea wasn’t done yet. To get even more revenge on Jason, the Encyclopedia of Myths says that Medea murdered all their children. Other stories say that the citizens were so upset about their king and princesses deaths, that they killed Jason and Medea’s children. Either way, their kids end up being murdered. When his children and fiance died, and his wife left him, Jason grew very lonely and depressed. Thus leading him to pray to the
Initially, In the movie Medea is not the one with the magical powers to help Jason. Instead, Jason receives help even as a child from the goddess Hera. She grants him help that is set as a limit from Zeus. The gods are using this control because it is a game to them.
Again, this furthers the point that Medea cares about these children more than an animal just slaughtering out of urges. An animalistic urge would act almost immediately. After many discussions within her head, Medea decides that the best route for her children, and her mind, is to end their suffering. Ending the children’s suffering also deepens the suffering of Jason, making it impossible for Jason to ever heal. It was quite obviously a lot more thought went into this decision ending her children, unlike any animalistic, primal
The problem set at the beginning of the play is that Jason has decided to marry another wife, Glauce. Medea is angered and will not let Jason off without punishment. The loss of Jason is not only a matter of passion; Medea has been completely humiliated by Jason's decision to take a new bride. Her pride shows again when she refuses Jason's aid. Though her situation is difficult, she would rather destroy all than accept help from one who has wronged her so horribly. Living as a barbarian among Greeks has made her more defensive, more full of hurt pride. To punish Jason, Medea had her children deliver poisoned gifts to the new bride, to kill her children, Glauce, and Creon. . Medea is not without feeling, nor is she a sociopath. She comprehends the difference between right and wrong, but chooses to follow the dictates of rage.
In Medea, a play by Euripides, Jason possesses many traits that lead to his downfall. After Medea assists Jason in his quest to get the Golden Fleece, killing her brother and disgracing her father and her native land in the process, Jason finds a new bride despite swearing an oath of fidelity to Medea. Medea is devastated when she finds out that Jason left her for another woman after two children and now wants to banish her. Medea plots revenge on Jason after he gives her one day to leave. Medea later acts peculiarly as a subservient woman to Jason who is oblivious to the evil that will be unleashed and lets the children remain in Corinth. The children later deliver a poisoned gown to Jason’s new bride that also kills the King of Corinth. Medea then kills the children. Later, she refuses to let Jason bury the bodies or say goodbye to the dead children he now loves so dearly. Jason is cursed with many catastrophic flaws that lead to his downfall and that of others around him.
Jason was confounded by how to pass this trial and was saved at the last moment by Aeetes'
With no husband, no country to turn to, and no one she can really depend on for rescue, Medea is trapped by her circumstances. Instead of becoming crushed, however, Medea turns it against those she hate. She attacks the weaknesses in her enemies’ character. Knowing Jason would feel guilty about his abandonment, Medea sent her own children to deliver the poisoned gifts, despite the certain death her children would face being involved in such a plot. Knowing the princess would not resist flashy gifts, she cursed the dress and crown. Knowing the king’s love for his daughter would cause him to rush to her aid, Medea formulated the curse to spread to those who touched the daughter as well. As each facet of her plan had to be executed perfectly to succeed, Medea demonstrated the full potential of her capabilities. She proves that when a society completely scorns and devalues women, everyone will pay as women are incredibly strong.
Medea is outraged that she sacrificed so much to help Jason, only to have him revoke his pledge to her for his own selfish gain. She asks him whether he thinks the gods whose names he swore by have ceased to rule, thereby allowing him to break his promise to her. Medea vows to avenge her suffering by destroying Jason's new family and his children. When Jason curses his wife for her murdering at the end of the play, she says to him, 'What heavenly power lends an ear / To a breaker of oaths, a deceiver?
Courageous, powerful, and reckless, Medea left her home without her father's blessing to accompany Jason to the land of Corinth, after using her magic powers to slay the dragon that guarded the golden fleece. She also killed her own brother to slow Jason's chasers. For a while, Medea and Jason lived in harmony in Corinth where they had two children. Later, Jason left Medea for Kreon's daughter. She became grief-stricken at her loss and filled with rage at Jason's betrayal. This, is explained by her nurse during the prologue in World Literature Volume A (pg697), "she'll not stop raging until she has struck at someone",
In The Medea, Medea gives up her home, murdered her brother and tossed the pieces of his corpse and betrays her family to escape with her lover Jason. Against her father's wishes she helps Jason recover the Golden Fleece. Afterwards, Medea and Jason fall in love, get married and Medea gives birth and raises two sons. Unfortunately, Jason abandons Medea and marries King Creon's beautiful daughter. Medea alternates her role from a lover and partner in crime to an obsessive prideful monster. Me...
In Medea, a woman betrays her homeland because of her love for a man. Jason is the husband that she ferociously loves and makes sacrifices for. They have two children together: Antigone and Ismeme. In Jason's quest for the golden fleece, Medea assists him in multiple ways. One of the things she does to help their cause is bring about the death of her own brother. Certainly this is a woman who would sacrifice anything for her husband. Weigel records the fierceness of Medea's passion in his critique: "As a woman of passion, Medea is wholly committed to Jason as the object of her emotional life, whether in love or hate. When she loved Jason she did not hesitate to kill her brothe...
When Jason left Medea to marry Glauce, Medea was plagued with sadness and then with anger. The man she loved, the man that she gave up her life for, had betrayed her. In the patriarchal society that Medea lived in, it was not acceptable for a woman to protest any decision made by her husband. Medea went against all social standards and took revenge on Jason for the wrongs that he had committed. She was willing to take any chance and sacrifice even her most valued possessions. Medea knew that the best way to avenge the wrongs of Jason was to kill Glauce and the children. It was a huge sacrifice for Medea to kill the children that she loved, but she allowed herself to look past that love and only see her hate and contempt for Jason. Medea was willing to go against every rule that society set, so that her husband wouldn't get away with leaving her for political reasons.
Medea's plan was set into motion. She has nothing to loose. She is even angrier because she betrayed her own father and her people for him. She even bears the burden of having Pelias killed by his daughters for Jason. She decides to take revenge out on Jason's bride and poisons her. She also doesn't want Jason to take the children from her. She decides to kill them, but agonizes over this decision before killing them. Some critics view this as a pathetic attempt at motherhood. I know there is a certain bond between mother and child. She just wants to hurt Jason as much as she has been hurt. "She first secures a place of refuge, and seems almost on the point of bespeaking a new connection. Medea abandoned by the entire world, was still sufficient for herself." (blackmask).
Medea was a very diverse character who possesses several characteristics which were unlike the average woman during her time. As a result of these characteristics she was treated differently by members of the society. Media was a different woman for several reasons; she possessed super natural powers , she was manipulative, vindictive, and she was driven by revenge. The life that Medea lived and the situations she encountered, (one could say) were partly responsible for these characteristics and her actions.