Jason And Medea Character Analysis

The story of Jason and Medea all begins with Jason trying to reclaim his father’s throne and his adventures to do so along with the help Medea. Everything did not go accordingly and their situation got worse. It then becomes into him betraying the one who helped him and her revenge. The story is a tragedy and how Jason and the Gods brought about his downfall.
The story first starts off when Jason’s uncle Pelias decides to usurp the kingdom of Lolcus in Thessaly from Jason’s father. Pelias didn’t want anyone to claim the throne so he locked Jason’s father away and his mother, was exiled. Jason’s Mother did not want Pelias to kill Jason since he was heir to the throne so she hid him away with the centaur Chiron hoping to keep him from harm. Chiron was a centaur, half-man, half-horse, who trained warriors. While Chiron kept Jason safe, he also reared him to become a warrior. Twenty years later, Jason now a grown man, he returned to Lolcus to confront Pelias about his throne. On the way to confront Pelias Jason stopped to at a river to help an old woman across the river. The old woman who was Hera the Goddess, she was testing Jason to see if he was worthy of her help. While he helped her across the river he lost a sandal in the river.
Jason confronted Pelias to regain his rightful place as king. Pelias saw that Jason had only

There the women killed the men, but the Argonauts were used to repopulate the island. Another adventure was when they met king Phineus, who offended the god’s, was harassed by harpies at dinnertime making it impossible for him to eat. Luckily two members of the Argonauts were descendants of the North Wind allowing them to chase the harpies off. For their help, King Phineus warned them of two clashing rocks called the Symplegades and told them of how to pass through them. They managed to pass through unscathed by having a bird going through