Jason And Medea

Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based on the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BCE. The play emphatically describes the Medea revenge mental, to women’s humble status expressed deep sympathy and misfortune. Their horrible consequence is caused by their extreme emotions and the fact that their actions stem from selfishness, creates the two unpleasant characters, and therefore it is impossible for the audience to choose a side. Medea's actions are more unacceptable than Jason's to some degree as they cannot be understood using simple logic and common sense. Jason’s action is more influenced by the social value in Ancient Greece. Basically, it is the product of both characters temerarious behaviour that

Through the words of the nurse, the audience is able to see Medea’s extreme passion. Not only did she break up with her family and country but also persuaded Pelias’ daughters to murder her father, as “her heart transfixed by desire for Jason.” As she is “ruled by passion”, Medea does not even hesitate to kill her brother whose blood she shares with, as well as The King of Corinth Creon. This shows that the inordinate passion is not only destructive but also rebarbative. Besides, the author demonstrates the excessive reason is also rebarbative. The contrast between the heartbroken cry of Medea who wishes "if only could die" with Jason's explanation of his betrayal communicates to readers his cold-blooded nature. His excessive justifiability is further clarified by blaming Medea’s exile as her “own choosing”. This demonstrates his lack of emotion for Medea, his wife who “betrayed own family” for him. In this case, Euripides suggests that both Jason and Medea are equally repugnant and therefore become impossible to take a

In order to achieve her crazy love, Medea killed all the people who stop her without hesitation. Jason’s criticism to Medea at the end of play further highlights this as he describes Medea as a 'deadly passenger who had betrayed father and the country that reared'. Euripides suggests that everything Medea has done for love is similar to what Jason did for ambition. Although love sounds like a better excuse than ambition, but it is also stemming from selfish. On the other hand, Jason’s decision to marry the princess of the Corinth who can bring him more advantage can fully demonstrate his selfish, ignoring the suffering of his wife who “seeks to please her husband in all she does”. As well as Jason tried to deny what Medea did to him by saying “Cyprian” is the “only person” that “lent success to his voyage”. Euripides clearly reveals the selfish of both character; therefore they are both equally repugnant to the audience which makes it impossible to take a