Jason Patric

Euripides infanticidal re-imagining of the Medea myth continues to arouse controversy more than a millennia since it was penned in the fifth century BC. A key reason it does so is because of the way in which Euripides challenges and offends what are still, even in the 21st century, traditional notions of motherhood. As such, Euripides infuses his work with a great deal of ambiguity about Medea’s tragic downfall. Medea finds herself with extraordinary amounts of power coming about from not tolerating

husband Jason has abandoned her for another woman now that she has finished helping him find the Golden Fleece. By helping him, Medea can never return to her family and is forced to follow Jason until she decides that she has had enough and rebels. I believe that since Medea’s action were in retaliation for the humiliation and pain caused by her husband, and she clearly showed remorse at various points she is a victim. Looking back to the time of the search for the Golden Fleece, Medea and Jason were

Medea: a classical tragedy In the greek drama Medea, by Euripides, Jason; Medea’s deceitful husband, decides to marry King Creon’s daughter. Jason claims that his decision to remarry is the best decision for his sons and Medea. His decision resulted in the tragic deaths of King Creon, his future wife, and his two sons. Medea is a classic greek play because it contains the following unities required for a classic: one setting, one day, and one central conflict. Made takes place in one setting

sorcery, and necromancy), vengeance, and crossroads. She has been worshiped by many throughout the years, including Medea in the play The Medea by Euripides. Medea, much like her patron, is an outsider (Jason brought her from Colchis to Corinth), a sorceress (as she used various magics to aid Jason as he stole the Golden Fleece), and vengeful. While not a goddess of crossroads, she faces complex choices of which the outcome impacts nations and which change her perspective drastically as the play progresses

Medea is unwilling to compromise the revenge she desires to inflict on Jason, regardless of the suffering she will face in return. Although Medea is ruthless in her actions, she also displays some compassion for her children while describing her plan to hurt Jason(25, 768). By the end of the play, Medea kills her children, this is due to her unwavering desire to inflict suffering on Jason in revenge. Her desire to hurt Jason is fulfilled but at a cost; by killing her children medea inflicts inflicts

Timeless Tales of Gods & Heroes, Jason the main character in the story “ The Quest of the Golden Fleece” is a hero for the following reasons, he is brave; he is selfless; and he is generous. Jason is selfless because on page 129 the text states, “Finally he answered, ‘I will make the trial, monstrous though it is, even if it is my doom to die’” (Hamilton 129). The text shows how Jason was willing to give his own life if it will benefit the life of another. Jason is selfless because he puts the lives

In Home'rs eipic "The Illiad", The charcters Achilles, Hector, Medea, and Jason all had some great characteristics and also had not so great characteristics that eventually led to each of their down falls. Hector is the great warrior of the Trojan army, he fights with might and vigor, but often lets his impulsive behavior get in the way of good decision making. Achilles is the leader of the Achean army, he has glimpse of greatness but often lets his anger get in the way of decisions. Medea is

Medea: tragic hero or spiteful killer? That's the question many seem to struggle with after learning the story of Medea and Jason. While reading this Greek tragedy, it is easy to think that Medea is more of a villain than she is a tragic hero because she kills her children. However, in my opinion, Medea is the better tragic hero as opposed to Jason. As a superior, Medea shows all of the seven traits that pertain to tragic heroes. Hamartia, peripeteia, catastrophe, catharsis, anagnorisis, hubris

into her wanting to seek revenge. Medea being this powerful woman and grieving the way she did, did not mix well. Her vengeance caused her to make sure her soon to be ex-husband, Jason felt every bit of pain that she felt. To proceed with such, she killed his to be wife with poison and also killed their two boys. Leaving Jason all alone to himself never being able to feel love again. Both Medea’s and Achilles vengeance are dark. Later, in the Trojan war, Achilles fooled Hector into trusting him by saving

herself when she sees Jason and Medea together because she knows that by this way they will manage to retrieve the golden fleece. Also, she is invested because she is the one who helps Jason throughout his journey and wants him to reclaim his throne by getting the gift of gods, the golden fleece. However the film’s portrayal of the same character i.e. Hera is completely away from the original myth. For example she puts an excessive and exaggerated amount of effort in helping Jason getting to and retrieving