In the work prologue‚ we discover Jason ’s quest to Colchis to obtain the Golden Fleece as a task created by his uncle‚ Pelias in order to claim his rightful inheritance. He assembles a team and they set sail for Colchis on the ship‚ the Argo. Upon reaching Colchis‚ King Aeetes instructs Jason to plow “a field with a team of fire-breathing bulls.” (Euripides 527). During his task‚ he meets King Aeetes ’ daughter‚ Medea. Medea‚ proficient in magic‚ helps Jason. She helps him “plough the field
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outside of Medea’s house and laments the way Jason has slighted Medea by taking another wife‚ the Nurse speaks of the “eternal promise” Jason and Medea made to each other on their wedding day (17-21). The Nurse wishes Jason were dead for the way he has abandoned his wife and children‚ so strongly does she feel vows should not be broken (83). When the Tutor enters the scene‚ he expresses a much more cynical view regarding Jason’s decision to leave his wife. He asks the nurse
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‘Jason is punished more than Medea in Euripides’ play’. DiscussJason is the real criminal in Medea‚ do you agree? In the play Medea written by Euripides‚ the patriarchal society of ancient Greece is examined and the role of women in a male centred society is explored. In this world where “the middle way‚” or moderation in all things is valued and reason and logic are seen to be the ideal‚ there is no room for passion or emotion which further limits the value of women. In response to Jason’s
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The role and Significance of Hubris in the fall of Jason As is archetypal to all Greek tragedies‚ ‘Medea’ by Euripides chronicles the downfall of a noble hero‚ Jason‚ as a result of a combination of factors like fate‚ hubris and the will of the gods. In ‘Medea’‚ the hubris of the main character‚ Jason‚ was his pride. This drove him to betray his wife Medea’s trust and defy moral parameters set by the gods. Euripides employed the hubris of Jason and his act of disobedience towards the gods as a reflection
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relate to feeling. Medea tells the story of the jealousy and revenge of a woman betrayed by her husband. She and Jason (her husband) lived a happy life‚ they were married and had 2 beautiful children. Medea had left her home and her own father to live with Jason. The situation changes though‚ when Jason falls in love with another woman‚ Glauce the daughter of Creon‚ ruler of Corinth. Jason sees this new love as a good opportunity for he and his family to gain a better life‚ thus he leaves Medea for
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The brutal course of revenge which Medea exacts on Jason may suggest that in the pursuit of revenge‚ one render any prospect of attaining justice to be void. However in an indirect way‚ Medea ’s course of revenge which implicates the lives of innocents‚ exerts a punishment on her. Ultimately‚ the fact that Medea is not directly subjected to a punishment for her extreme course of her revenge is attributable to her ancestry - she is the grand-daughter of the Sun-God. This nullifies any suggestion that
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A mother is capable of murdering her own children; however‚ one may struggle to understand what motivates her to do this. This is the conflict that readers encounter in the play Medea by Euripides. After her husband‚ and famed hero Jason‚ leaves her to marry another woman‚ Medea responds by murdering their children. Yet‚ readers and even characters in the play are confused at to what Medea’s motives are behind this horrendous act. Many people believe that my murdering her children‚ Medea was saving
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Euripides‚ Medea allows others to rule her conscience which results in her destructive actions. Through their words and actions‚ other characters push Medea into her excessive nature. Medea is heartbroken when she hears the news that her husband‚ Jason is leaving her and their sons for the King of Cornith ’s daughter. Medea ’s Nurse watches as ever since Medea "realized her husband ’s perfidy‚ she has been lying there prostrated‚ eating no food‚ her whole frame subdued to sorrow‚ wasting away with
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influence to help Jason secure the Golden Fleece; then‚ having fallen in love with him‚ she fled her country and family to live with Jason in Iolcus‚ his own home. During the escape across the Mediterranean‚ she killed her brother and dumped him overboard‚ so that her pursuers would have to slow down and bury him. While in Iolcus‚ she again used her devilish cleverness to manipulate the daughters of the local king and rival‚ Pelias‚ into murdering their own father. Exiled as murderers‚ Jason and Medea settled
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former princess of Colchis and wife of Jason. Medea was taken out of her homeland by Jason and his ship‚ Argo‚ into the land of Greece. Medea loved Jason because she was shot with a love arrow by Eros‚ who was commanded by Aphrodite‚ goddess of love‚ to do so. What she did not know was that in following Jason‚ she would come face to face with betrayal‚ agony‚ and death. Medea’s encounter and journey with Jason has made her a victim and a hero. When Jason arrived in Iolcus to claim his throne from
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