Jason and Medea are both responsible for Jason’s success in his quest for the Golden Fleece; however, Medea seems to be more responsible rather than Jason himself. Although it may be Jason who accepted the quest himself, Medea has helped Jason throughout the whole story. She’s provided gifts, tactics/advice, and assistance, so it’s difficult to give most of the credit to Jason. Without Medea Jason wouldn’t of been able to complete the task. This means that he wouldn’t of been able to return to rule the throne over Pelias. Media was more responsible of Jason’s success due to her gift of herbs. On page 17, Medea starts brewing up a powerful concoction of the powerful herbs Hera was suggested to her. Medea exclaims as she threw Jason into the cauldron, “Stranger, for this one day, my herbs will give you the power of a god!” This meant that she offered protection against the forces Jason will go up against. She aided in his …show more content…
At this point near the climax, Jason has a struggle and has doubts about killing the monster ass he stood still being filled with fear. “But Medea did not stand silent and still. Instead, swift as the wind, she sweetly began to sing a chant… And so it came to pass that the great deathless dragon found itself fighting off an overpowering need to sleep,” as quoted in page 21. Comparing Jason, who’s full of fear, to Medea, Jason didn’t do anything at this point. It was because of Medea’s assistance and confidence that she was able to put the dragon to sleep independently. Not only this, but it was revealed that Medea even had to guide Jason even more. On the same page, “She told Jason how to remove the Golden Fleece from the great oak tree on which it hung.” Jason still needed assistance at this point and it felt like Medea had the situation under
Initially, In the movie Medea is not the one with the magical powers to help Jason. Instead, Jason receives help even as a child from the goddess Hera. She grants him help that is set as a limit from Zeus. The gods are using this control because it is a game to them.
Jason was confounded by how to pass this trial and was saved at the last moment by Aeetes'
When people think of Jason, they most likely think of the Golden Fleece. It wasn’t so easy for him to get it though. According to the Encyclopedia of Myths, when Jason was about twenty, he decided to head back to Iolcus to claim the throne back. On his way, he came upon a river. He stopped to help an old lady cross. In the process, he lost a shoe. This lady was actually Hera in disguise. When Jason had arrived at Iolcus, Pelias had noticed he had only one shoe. The king had been warned about a man with only one shoe. He told Jason that in order for him to win back the throne, he had to steal the Golden Fleece, which Pelias thought to be impossible. Jason got a magical ship named Argo. He then assembled a team and headed across the sea to steal it. His army would soon be called the Argonauts. Jason became the leader. Some of the famous Argonauts included Hercules and Orpheus. In order to get the Fleece, Jason had to “yoke two fire-breathing bulls to a plow, saw a field with dragons teeth” and win a fight against the warriors who had come from the dragon teeth, according to the Encyclopedia of Myths. He was able to complete all of these things because he had the help of Medea, the king of Colchis’s daughter. Some believe Madea was a sorceress. Many believe Hera had convinced Aphrodite to make Medea fall in love with Jason. From then on, Medea helped Jason steal the Fleece (“Jason”).
Courageous, powerful, and reckless, Medea left her home without her father's blessing to accompany Jason to the land of Corinth, after using her magic powers to slay the dragon that guarded the golden fleece. She also killed her own brother to slow Jason's chasers. For a while, Medea and Jason lived in harmony in Corinth where they had two children. Later, Jason left Medea for Kreon's daughter. She became grief-stricken at her loss and filled with rage at Jason's betrayal. This, is explained by her nurse during the prologue in World Literature Volume A (pg697), "she'll not stop raging until she has struck at someone",
Aphrodite, caring for only Jason, causes Medea to fall in love with him because of her known magical talents. To help Jason, Medea kills her own brother, betting that her father would stop for her brother’s body parts and allow her escape with Jason. While her escape plan works due to her innate sense of the way people react, Medea is now homeless. Still, the society expected Medea to give up everything for Jason, while he was allowed to ditch her with no social consequences. “And she herself helped Jason in every way. This is indeed the greatest salvation of all,-For the wife not to stand apart from the husband.” (Medea, pg. 616, line
Medea has a conversation with Jason at the end of the story he tells her that he hoped the children who bring down curses on her; she looks at him and says “the gods know who the author of this sorrow.” (Lawall 719) Medea killed his children and yet she’s blaming him for her doing it. The conversation just got uglier and ended with her leaving.
Medea is outraged that she sacrificed so much to help Jason, only to have him revoke his pledge to her for his own selfish gain. She asks him whether he thinks the gods whose names he swore by have ceased to rule, thereby allowing him to break his promise to her. Medea vows to avenge her suffering by destroying Jason's new family and his children. When Jason curses his wife for her murdering at the end of the play, she says to him, 'What heavenly power lends an ear / To a breaker of oaths, a deceiver?
In Medea, a woman betrays her homeland because of her love for a man. Jason is the husband that she ferociously loves and makes sacrifices for. They have two children together: Antigone and Ismeme. In Jason's quest for the golden fleece, Medea assists him in multiple ways. One of the things she does to help their cause is bring about the death of her own brother. Certainly this is a woman who would sacrifice anything for her husband. Weigel records the fierceness of Medea's passion in his critique: "As a woman of passion, Medea is wholly committed to Jason as the object of her emotional life, whether in love or hate. When she loved Jason she did not hesitate to kill her brothe...
Again, this furthers the point that Medea cares about these children more than an animal just slaughtering out of urges. An animalistic urge would act almost immediately. After many discussions within her head, Medea decides that the best route for her children, and her mind, is to end their suffering. Ending the children’s suffering also deepens the suffering of Jason, making it impossible for Jason to ever heal. It was quite obviously a lot more thought went into this decision ending her children, unlike any animalistic, primal
When Jason left Medea to marry Glauce, Medea was plagued with sadness and then with anger. The man she loved, the man that she gave up her life for, had betrayed her. In the patriarchal society that Medea lived in, it was not acceptable for a woman to protest any decision made by her husband. Medea went against all social standards and took revenge on Jason for the wrongs that he had committed. She was willing to take any chance and sacrifice even her most valued possessions. Medea knew that the best way to avenge the wrongs of Jason was to kill Glauce and the children. It was a huge sacrifice for Medea to kill the children that she loved, but she allowed herself to look past that love and only see her hate and contempt for Jason. Medea was willing to go against every rule that society set, so that her husband wouldn't get away with leaving her for political reasons.
A main trait of Jason’s is his obliviousness to everything. Jason doesn’t realize that Medea is crying for a different reason and thinks that whatever he says is right when he asks Medea, “Why is your cheek so white and turned away from me? Are not these words of mine pleasing for you to hear?” (p.55). Jason lacks mindful attention to what is happening around him. Jason was smart enough before to know that Medea is evil and even says that she is “incapable of controlling her bitter temper” (p.43). Mede...
The problem set at the beginning of the play is that Jason has decided to marry another wife, Glauce. Medea is angered and will not let Jason off without punishment. The loss of Jason is not only a matter of passion; Medea has been completely humiliated by Jason's decision to take a new bride. Her pride shows again when she refuses Jason's aid. Though her situation is difficult, she would rather destroy all than accept help from one who has wronged her so horribly. Living as a barbarian among Greeks has made her more defensive, more full of hurt pride. To punish Jason, Medea had her children deliver poisoned gifts to the new bride, to kill her children, Glauce, and Creon. . Medea is not without feeling, nor is she a sociopath. She comprehends the difference between right and wrong, but chooses to follow the dictates of rage.
Because Medea was such a different woman people in her society were afraid of her, including men. As a result of this, before Jason, she never experienced being in love. When she finally experienced this type of love she went to no end for Jason. To protect Jason and her love for him she killed the beast guarding the Golden Fleece, she killed her brother, and she left her home, family and everything she knew for him. Most women would not have gone that far for love, especially women during her time; but Medea was not your average woman. All of the things she did for Jason will come into play, and partly account for her actions at the end of the play.
In The Medea, Medea gives up her home, murdered her brother and tossed the pieces of his corpse and betrays her family to escape with her lover Jason. Against her father's wishes she helps Jason recover the Golden Fleece. Afterwards, Medea and Jason fall in love, get married and Medea gives birth and raises two sons. Unfortunately, Jason abandons Medea and marries King Creon's beautiful daughter. Medea alternates her role from a lover and partner in crime to an obsessive prideful monster. Me...
Medea's plan was set into motion. She has nothing to loose. She is even angrier because she betrayed her own father and her people for him. She even bears the burden of having Pelias killed by his daughters for Jason. She decides to take revenge out on Jason's bride and poisons her. She also doesn't want Jason to take the children from her. She decides to kill them, but agonizes over this decision before killing them. Some critics view this as a pathetic attempt at motherhood. I know there is a certain bond between mother and child. She just wants to hurt Jason as much as she has been hurt. "She first secures a place of refuge, and seems almost on the point of bespeaking a new connection. Medea abandoned by the entire world, was still sufficient for herself." (blackmask).