Examples Of Mental Illness In Under The Red Hood

In the incident when Jason appears with the police after the school shooting, the officer tells of the events, Jason’s apparent heroism, but the fact that Jason had killed another, despite the reasons behind it, he states “What I understand is that my son experienced murder in his heart, and chose not to rise above that impulse. I understand that my son is a murderer.”- Quote, Reg (Coupland, 2003, p.77)

Once he began manipulating Medea, this made him realize, that he can manipulate anyone he chooses to. After he had captured the Golden Fleece, he abandoned Medea and married the princess of Corinth hoping to stable his wealth and gain more power. He, in turn, manipulated the royal family only to have the consistent power he needed and desired. This had then begun to escalate. Jason is now displaying a pattern of his manipulation. As Jason begins to free himself from his “evil” ex-wife, Jason manipulates the past into a lie and much bigger problem from his side of the story. His dishonesty makes his side of the story more believable and by doing so, his manipulation skills had become more deceivable. Jason is in denial of the many things Medea had done for him and when he told his story, he used omission in order to deceive his listeners. Jason then says, “Dark threats cast out against the majesties/ of Corinth, count as veriest gain thy path of exile.” (27). He then blames Medea and having Creon ban her from Corinth.

Jason’s innate desire for self-fulfillment included leaving his wife and children to marry the princess so he could be ranked higher. After the father realized his doings and how it affected his life from there on out he tried to fix it. Time was no longer on his side medea already plotted the revenge plan. Depression and madness struck jason.

The major trait that leads to Jason’s downfall is his overwhelming pride. Medea knows she can use his ego against him and says, “I have reproached myself. ‘Fool’, I said, ‘why am I so mad?’” (p.53). Medea toys with Jason’s need to be above others and always right. Jason doesn’t even think twice about Medea’s sudden change to a servile attitude and accepts how her “mind has turned to better reasoning” (p.54). The arrogance of Jason makes him blind to what is happening around him. Medea is obviously manipulating this weakness to work to her just like how everything works for her: the children work to kill the bride and the deaths work to exact revenge upon Jason.

Though Jason knows his children will leave him, he still makes sure he provides them with a little assurance so they do not initially suffer after they leave him.

Jason was not to blame for the deaths of his children Medea was the one that made herself psychotic and preformed the murders. Medea stayed inside for days crying herself to sleep making herself

On the contrary, the Heissan returned a malevolent spirit while Jason never really died in the beginning. While the Heissan has one personality, not the same can be said about Jason: " Jason developed a second personality. While Jason was a scared, lonely little boy, this other self, which I will call The Mask for simplicity’s sake, was a more assertive, aggressive individual, fearless in the face of any hardship or opponent. When Jason put The Mask on, he wasn’t a little boy any more. He was someone strong, someone powerful, not only capable of surviving, but thriving in the wilderness surrounding Camp Crystal Lake." (Bloodsprayer – psychology behind Jason) When he goes into his innocent personality, Jason becomes a lot more clumsy and not as well formed as his other half. In conclusion, the Headless Horseman can be compared to many movie and book villains, mostly the killers of the pop

After the death of his kids and new bride, Jason is going crazy. Right after the deaths, Jason had nothing to live for. He admits he has lost everything now. He began acting strange and everybody was starting to notice. Witnesses report Jason has not been eating, drinking, sleeping, nor coming out of his house. Some even think he is deeply depressed. Jason tells us, not only is he still hurting from the loss of his loved ones, but he is overcome with anger at Medea and the Messenger. The Messenger was one of the reasons why Medea got away with what she did. Reports state that the Messenger was worried about Jason and went to visit him. While he was there, Jason was so angry he tried to stab him. Luckily, the Messenger escaped with no injuries.

Jason works well with others because his name is jason for darn sake they made a movie of that, (and a cool one too).

I hypothesize when utilizing reexperiencing with Jason it would benefit him regarding being able to fully assess the traumatic event he experiences while in combat. I would hypothesize Jason never fully assessed his feelings regarding the situation because during the event he was in combat which is a highly stressful situation. Being in combat would not have provided him with the opportunity to process what he just experienced.

Later in the play Jason does the reasonable thing and tries to reconcile the problems with Medea. He is obviously not aware that he has done anything wrong. He feels he has merely done what any man in his place would do. Through his marriage to the princess he is now the the heir to the throne of Corinth, which is ultimately something that will benefit Medea and her children. He wants to regain status for his family and give his children to opportunity to have royal lineage. Jason’s plan is to achieve a better life for himself and bring his children out of poverty. All of this would eventually benefit Medea, and he does not understand why Medea can not see things his way. QUOTE

Jason was an uber driver and he was just your average ‘joe’. He did not have any history of mental health, and was not on any medication. He basically seemed like a normal person. Earlier

There are also parts in the play where one may begin to have an understanding of Jason’s motives. In Jason’s first argumentative speech to Medea, he claims that money, possessions and social status is of no importance to him. He declares that his choice to marry the royal Glauce is of good intention, not merely because he is bored with Medea’s bed. Later, when Medea begs Jason to forgive her for her foolishness, he shows kindness and understanding towards her. After all that Medea said about him and his new wife-to-be, Glauce, he states that he is still willing to provide Medea and their sons with anything they may need. Medea pleads for Jason to convince Creon to let their sons stay in Corinth and Jason agrees to try to convince both Creon and Glauce to allow the boys to stay. Jason is still compassionate, showing at least some loyalty to Medea and his family. At the very end of the play, after Medea has killed Glauce, Creon and their two sons, Jason admits that she has ‘destroyed’ him. Jason is completely shattered; everything has been ripped away from him. It’s also unfair when Medea refuses to let Jason bury and mourn the bodies of their sons. Some may feel it is impossible to feel no sympathy for him.

The story states,” Jason must have sensed her feelings. ‘Hey,’ he said. ‘Leo is okay.’ ‘How can you believe that? He didn’t get the cure.

ultimate act of revenge towards Jason. She is so set on getting back at him that she commits the most heinous of acts. She murders her two children. Jason's acts may have pushed her over the edge of sanity, but one can argue that even an insane person would take their own life over the lives of their own children. This brings the insanity to a whole new level.