Medea Strengths And Weaknesses

In the play Medea, Jason would be considered to be somewhat of a villain. He is also play the role of the antagonist. The strengths and weaknesses Jason shows are somewhat of any man of his time period. The strength that is displayed would have to be his want for power. He talks about how he is marrying the princess to gain power so that his family to live comfortably and not have to be poor. When Jason was to marry Glauce, that their sons would have a place in society. He was only trying to protect his family, but at the same time he did not plan to hurt Medea as bad as he did.

The weakness Jason displayed was foolishness and selfishness. The foolishness is the way, Medea is able to deceive him so easily. He gets manipulated by Medea into asking Glauce to let his sons stay in Corinth and unknowingly delivering the cursed gifts. The selfishness is he cares more about himself than he does others. He is a shallow man, that although he clams to think of his family when marrying Glauce he first thought of himself as being powerful.

I feel Jason should have thought about how leaving his wife would make her feel.

She was the women that stood by his side and did anything for him. She lost everything just to be with him because they were in love. Medea felt so much love for this man the she stole and killed her own brother for him. Jason should have considered her feeling when he decided to leave her. I also feel Jason could have saved his children instead of abandon them. He talked about how he was trying to make better lives for them. I feel that abandon them was not the way to do it. When he divorced Medea, not only was she paying for it but the children where as well. The divorce effected them as

well.
Jason can be described as a round character because of his actions at the end of the play. He started off as a mean and self-person, as the play progressed and Medea’s evil doing got to him you could see change in him. Jason was hurt, which made him feel a way he did not show in the beginning of the play. He could no longer be selfish because all the things he wants loved was taken away from him all at one. He could now feel how Medea felt when he left her for his new bride.
The way Medea punished Jason was a little unduly. I think she did not have to kill her own children, when she could have just left so he could not ever see them again. The death of his bride was accept in away because the bride could have married whoever she wanted but she married Medea’s husband.
The author of this play’s response to justice is when you feel you desire justice you will do everything in your power to get it. The author show that when Medea try to get justice for herself and success at the end. Jason did her wrong by leaving her for another woman so she got justice and got pay back for all the hurt she felt. When you do someone else wrong, bad will come your way.