I asked my teacher this, and she didn't really give me an answer. I just can't help thinking about how Medea did all those wrong things for Jason's sake and then bad things happened to them, and when Jason did all those wrong things for "Medea and his sons," bad things also happened to them. It chuckle whenever I think about it. I didn't find any line in the script that showed Jason's stand on the killings. Maybe Jason said something about it before the start of the play.
What do you think?
2006-07-16 21:04:52 · 2 answers · asked by walrus carpenter 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Jason is all about himself. He used Medea's powers to obtain the Golden Fleece, and when she was forced to choose between her father and brother over Jason, she was under Aphrodite's spell and chose Jason. Jason, happy to be there, let her do whatever she wanted so that he could get the fleece. Once she gave up her family, her country, and everything she knew to live with Jason, she didn't have anything left to give him and he lost interest in her. I don't believe Euripides gives Jason's perspective of the murders other than implied approval of the killings; Jason will do anything to be king. Whenever humans do anything excessively, the gods will dole out bad consequences, regardless of who it is.
If you want to read more about Jason, look up Jason & the Golden Fleece or Jason & the Argonauts in Greek mythology. Euripides told his story from Medea's betrayed point of view.
2006-07-17 09:44:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not, but he was stuck with Medea from the moment she had saved his skin... If there were no bad blood deep down, he wouldn't have decided to actually wed another.
2006-07-17 07:12:51 · answer #2 · answered by Mary Contrary 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋