Jason Patric

Jason as the Foil of Medea In Medea, by Euripides, the two main characters Jason and Media are forced to leave Lolkos and have taken refuge in Corinth. Jason has the possibility of establishing a position of standing in the community by marrying King Creon’s daughter. Medea is enraged by Jason’s betrayal of her and their two children and she vows to stop the marriage and exact revenge. In the play, Medea and Jason are set up as foils. Medea is completely dependent on the

throughout this story. Her husband Jason betrays Medea, when he abandons her and her children for another woman. Medea then realizes that Jason used her for her power and then dropped her when the chance to be more powerful arose. Medea’s nurse says: “Jason has betrayed his sons and her, takes the bed a royal bride,

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

that provides another with misinformation, liars can also be known as seducers, whom deceive and take one for advantage for their own selfish reasons. For example, Jason, the leader of the Argonauts seduced and abandons Hypsipyle for the quest of the golden fleece. Later he also abandon's his wife whom won him the golden fleece. Jason tricks these women into thinking he loved them, whereas his only pursuit was meant for his own

Euripides Medea is a tale that hinges upon crime, punishment, and revenge. Jason, Medea’s husband, whom she helped rise to power and fame through the discovery of the Golden Fleece, has decided to abandon his wife in favor of a woman who will benefit his social position. Medea has given up everything to help her husband be powerful and is, of course, very angry that he betrayed her so easily. Prior to Medea and Jason’s return to Corinth, Jason's father had died, and his uncle Pelias sat, without

1. Analyze how The epic of Gilgamesh is an epic. a. The elements of an epic consist of many things. A few of those elements are that it has a vast setting (many countries around the world), A hero that battles natural and supernatural forces, and Divine intervention in the lives of humans. Gilgamesh contains all these elements and more, thus making is an epic. 2. Discuss hospitality in The Odyssey. a. Hospitality goes two ways; Guest have responsibilities just like the

mostly concern their gods and heroes such as; Hercules, Achilles, Theseus, and Perseus. Of the many Greek heroes, Jason is the most heroic due to the fact that although he is abandoned at a very young age, he is still able to survive, also he proves to Hera the goddess who hated heroes that he is worthy to be favoured by her, and he completes the impossible quest of the Golden Fleece. Jason is born in a very superior family, having a father who

non-Greek woman Medea who married Jason a Greek man. However, Jason no longer wants to be with Madea because he wants to the marry the King’s daughter Glauce, to obtain a higher class status in Corinth. Medea and Jason have two sons together who Medea later kills along with the King and Princess solely because, she wants revenge against Jason for his betrayal of her and their marriage. Medea’s actions represent her extreme emotions of hurt, anger and betrayal to prove to Jason the extent of her mental, and

Reflective statement QUESTION: How was your understanding of Cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? In our interactive oral we discussed the cultural and contextual considerations of Euripides’(c. 480 – 406 BC) play Medea. We discussed Greek theatre and influential playwrights like Sophocles, Thespis and Aeschylus. Thespis added multiple actors to the originally single person chorus. Similarly in Medea Euripides uses multiple people

background is more surreal. This picture represents the hurt and angry Medea that wants revenge. She is livid and she will do anything to make Jason feel her pain. Even if it is sacrificing her own pain by killing her children. She knows that Jason want a family with his new wife and my taking away the people he loves there will be no family. Therefore Jason will not be happy and that will satisfy