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
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book‚ the main heroine‚ Medea‚ starts to threaten revenge on her husband‚ Jason. She states “If I can find the means or devise any scheme to pay my husband back for what he has done to me”. Through this she is just touching on her anger that she has built up within her for her husband. The main theme of the play is: “What goes around comes around.” The theme of revenge in the sense of Medea’s strong desire to seek revenge on Jason. Many Greek plays contain female characters that take the role of the
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tragic hero and one tragic hero only. However‚ in Euripides’ drama Medea there are two tragic heroes within one story. One of these heroes is who the play is titled after‚ Medea. The other tragic hero is Medea’s ex-husband and father of her children‚ Jason. To be classified as a tragic hero‚ a character must present certain qualities such as‚ a royal status (king‚ queen‚ princess‚ prince etc.)‚ an extraordinary power (wisdom‚ compassion‚ strength etc.)‚ a fall from grace based on the hero’s own actions
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audience to sympathise with them and get emotionally involved with the plot. The two main characters‚ Medea and Jason‚ each have certain qualities of the Tragic Hero‚ but neither has them all. This makes them more like the common man that is neither completely good nor evil‚ but is caught in the middle and forced to make difficult decisions. Euripides’ ‘Medea’ is a play based on the myth of Jason and the Argonauts. The play was originally performed around 431 BC and was written as a part of the festival
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makes her far guiltier than Jason Traditional audience vs modern audience Emotion love obligation < life Justification does not equal right Responsibility – guilt 1. MEDEA: 2. JASON: 3. COMPARISON: In Euripidies play‚ Medea‚ Although both Medea and Jason committed wrongs‚ Medea’s acts of revenge ultimately make her more guilty than Jason. Medea‚ in a desperate act for justice‚ acted out in many murders‚ killing the ones closest to her. Jason‚ blinded by his desire for power
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Assignment #2: Demonstrative Communication Jason Thomas BCOM 275: Business Communication and Critical Thinking May 27‚ 2013 Dr. Joel Maier Demonstrative Communication plays a major role in the business communication and critical thinking. The way we nonverbally communicate and how we communicate without writing can determine the success or failure of a business transaction. For example‚ facial expressions‚ tone of voice‚ body language‚ pace‚ rapport and other forms of demonstrative communication
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Although Jason can root the causes of his sufferings to his own wrongdoings‚ with the loss of innocent children‚ he certainly suffers the most out of the characters in Medea. Because Jason is not entered into the play until far into the plot‚ the audience has a biased opinion of him from the start. This time allows for other characters to depict him as they see‚ without Jason there to defend himself. After reading the first few pages of the play‚ we already have a bias against Jason and believe
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character whose unyielding motivation is what drives the play. It is also tempting to dismiss her actions as crazy‚ however using the word crazy implies that there are no reasons for the things she does when in fact there is. Throughout the play Jason acts as a manifestation of everything Medea sees wrong with regards to the male-female relationship. If anything Medea is a calculating and cunning individual who puts her own principles above anything else including her own children. In fact the
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protagonist Medea learns that her husband Jason breaks every vow and betrays her by taking another woman to bed. Feeling outraged and hurt‚ Medea decides to take revenge. She carries out her plan successfully and the play concludes with Medea escaping off to Athens. Throughout the play‚ two distinct concepts of beliefs and point of views are revealed in the two main characters of the play‚ Medea and Jason. Medea sees the world through the views of passion whereas Jason sees the world through the views of
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