Medea Vs Creon Analysis

The story, Medea, was a Greek tragedy that showed the cruelty and pain that Medea had faced ever since she met Jason. She did everything right, even helped him survived a couple of times. After being exiled along with Jason, they went to Corinth. The audience is able to see how each characters are portrayed differently in the story. In the different conversations that Medea has with Creon and Jason, we discovered different things about each character. In the conversation between Medea and Creon, the audience learns how Medea was seen by Creon and the people of the village. Creon saw Medea as a threat to his and his families’ safety because of what Jason did to her. In addition, the audience learns that when Medea was angry, she couldn’t be

He showed his weakness by making the following statement, “I’m afraid of you,” (288). My impression is that Creon was weak by being afraid of Medea considering he was a king. In addition, I feel he showed too much compassion by exiling Medea instead of killing her. The problem I had with his action was that Medea had done nothing wrong, yet she was being punished for Jason’s actions. Even after Medea told him, “I don’t have it in me to do wrong to a man with royal power,” (314-15), Creon showed weak authority by complying with Medea’s request to stay one more day rather than sending her away immediately. In conclusion, the audience discovers that Creon was a weak leader who was not willing to use his authority, even when he had an imminent threat like Medea

My impression of Jason is that he was a selfish man that only sought glory and a good life for himself. In other words, I feel he was not a real man for not trying to save his children or his wife, who had done everything right. Although he did offer some financial assistance, the reality was that he was just trying to show courtesy and didn’t care about them or felt any remorse for what he did to them. Jason expressed his feelings about his family by saying, “You are now an exile because of your own foolish words. To me it makes no difference,” (453-455). By stating that, Jason showed the man he really was by being greedy. The audience is able to see Jason for what he truly was at the beginning of his conversation with