Jason Miller

Fate Leads to Tragedy When it comes to fate nothing can be expected, because it can all change in a moment, such as Medea killing her own children in the play. It seems that Euripides did leave every character to fate, especially Medea by how she chose revenge over her mother instincts in protecting her children. She was battling over the two emotions way out of her control which is exactly how fate makes everyone act. Euripides is an innovator that is how he was capable of grabbing the audience’s

shows the power of revenge. Jason is the victim in this tragic grouping of events. Medea punishes him, because she feels that he wronged her, even though her gruesome plans were much more sophisticated and horrid than Jason’s acts against Medea. Some may argue that Medea would be considered the victim of Jason’s wrath and terrible acts against her. They may believe that she was always innocent, and that everything bad that happened,

Annabeth’s whole journey centers around falling into Tartarus. The Titan and Earth Mother Gaea would be rising in just 11 days. If the Earth Mother rose before Annabeth got to the Doors of Death then monsters would be reborn into the mortal world for an eternity. Before Annabeth fell into the pit she promised her friends that she would close the Doors on the Tartarus side while her friends found the Doors in the House of Hades to prevent Gaea’s awakening. Annabeth had only known about Tartarus through

fate that leads to a horrible death. Medea went into exile for her husband, Jason. Euripides’ themes of exile and connected with the position of women. In Medea, she is sadly nowhere near home, and is without any family to protect her. In the state Medea is because of Jason’s interest with a member of the royal family of Corinth. She has put her family into exile in Corinth by Creon. Due to Medea’s actions in Lolcus, Jason also can’t return to his home. This puts them into a vulnerable position.

The common event made me think differently of Medea. This was through having different actors/actresses reading the same part of the play where Medea speaks to Jason. By having different actors/actresses reading the same scene from Medea, it allowed me to see what the purpose of the play was as well as the personal lesson it taught me. The purpose of this play was to see the emotions of Medea and to validate her reason for murdering her two kids. The personal lesson it taught me was to stick up for

ex-princess of Colchis who was once happily married to the king of Iolcus, Jason. While they are still married, they are far from happy. King Jason has made the decision to abandon his wife and two children to marry the king of Corinth’s daughter, Glauce. Medea is very angered and pained by Jason’s actions and decides they only way to bear this grief is to hurt Jason as deeply as he hurt her. I find Medea’s decision to cause Jason pain to be acceptable but how she does it to be unacceptable. Creon,

correct stereotype? Medea is a play written by Euripides, a Greek author. This tragedy expresses the harmful plans Medea has which seek revenge on her unfaithful husband, Jason. Medea and Jason soon begin to show gender roles. Throughout the play, there is a prominent battle of the sexes; the two main contenders are Medea and Jason, and Euripides shows that a stereotype does not always define a person. Women in the society of Ancient Greece were expected to be very emotional and nurturing to their

Euripides’s masterpiece drama builds on Medea’s important role in Jason and the Argonauts. Now, however, Medea is Jason’s antagonist, murdering his new wife, children and father in law. Medea does this through careful manipulation and scheming, using her intelligence, cleverness and cunning to create plots deadly to those around Jason in order to exact her revenge. Unfortunately for Medea, that same

Medea’s motives through her original acts of evil: betraying her father and killing her brother “(f)or love of Jason” (18). Medea does not commit murder and treason for evil or malicious intentions. Rather, as a devoted wife, she willingly sacrifices her homeland for the love and happiness of her husband, Jason. The moment Medea sacrifices her family for love, it becomes clear that Jason, the priority in Medea’s life, holds the key to her happiness. Medea’s betrayal

only men were permitted to vote and engage in political affairs. For Medea tradition is truth and this is were Jason has failed her, “ You can insult me. You have somewhere to turn to. But I shall go from this land into exile, friendless…And how did I choose it? Did I betray my Husband?.” Medea’s thoughts and actions throughout the texts are driven by tradition, therefore she accuses Jason of betrayal as he has giving