Jason's Arguments In Euripides Medea

In Euripides’ play Medea, Jason provides many arguments for why he owes Medea no allegiance or appreciation. The first argument was about how Medea spoke badly of the royal family. “You uttered unholy curses against the royal family” (CMIC 514). Jason doesn’t think Medea deserve appreciation if she keep insulting the royal family. The second argument started when Medea talked about how she saved him during the process of obtaining the golden fleece. Jason argues that it was Aphrodite who led him through his voyage. “Since you lay too great a stress on gratitude, I consider that it was Aphrodite alone of gods and men who made safe my voyaging” (CMIC 512). “However by saving me you took more than you gave, as I shall tell you” (CMIC 512), is the third reason why Jason doesn’t

To begin, Medea is not actually Greek. “She is not Greek, and her ethnic identity distinguishes her from Jason and all the other Greek characters in the play” (CMIC 510). If we are talking about ancient Greek society, Greeks would obviously be in favor of Jason, a Greek, rather than Medea, a foreigner. Another reason as to why Jason’s arguments would be convincing is because he is a male and Medea is a female. Female were less important than males back in the ancient times. The audiences would listen to Jason rather than Medea because of that reason. The last reason why I believe the audience would choose Jason over Medea is because of the fact that Medea killed her own family. Looking back on the Greek character of Clytemnestra, she was hated more because she killed her husband. Because she was hated more, I believe the audiences would hate the type of people who kill their own blood, which is why they wouldn’t listen to Medea. Jason was trying to provide a better life for Medea and his children, but instead, Medea kills her children to cause more pain to