What would one expect to be the behavior of a man who heard that his soon to be wife was poisoned, his children were murdered, and that he had no more offspring to carry out his legacy? This man goes by the name of Jason. Jason was a selfish man. He placed his own pride and well being above his loved ones. He betrayed his ex-wife, Medea, (whom he was married to for many years) for another woman. In Euripides play, Medea, Jason’s greed and insensitivity toward Medea is the ultimate cause of his downfall; which includes his masculinity and the death of his loved ones. Jason is a selfish man. First, He ruined Medea’s future by causing her to betray her family and kill her brother. Second, He caused Medea to flee her homeland and escape to the unfamiliar land of Greece. Last, Medea tricked Pelias’s daughters into killing their own father. Medea says,
For my part I betrayed my home, my father and went with you to Pelion’s slope Iolcus with more good will than wisdom – and I killed Pelias, in the cruelest way possible: at his own children’s …show more content…
Jason lost the lives of his children when he betrayed his wife Medea. Medea stated,
What do I gain by being alive? I have no fatherland, no home, no place to turn from troubles. The moment I went wrong was when I left my father’s house, persuaded by the words of a Greek man. If the Gods will help me he will pay what justice demands. He’ll never see them alive again; the children that I bore him (Line 819-825).”
Medea killed the children because she was angry with Jason’s actions. She knew after his soon to be wife had died the only thing he had left was his children. Medea believed, if she couldn’t have a prosperous and loving life neither could Jason. Now Jason is left alone with no one to carry out his birthright, care for him when he grows old, and pass on any knowledge he experienced from his
For my part I betrayed my home, my father and went with you to Pelion’s slope Iolcus with more good will than wisdom – and I killed Pelias, in the cruelest way possible: at his own children’s …show more content…
Jason lost the lives of his children when he betrayed his wife Medea. Medea stated,
What do I gain by being alive? I have no fatherland, no home, no place to turn from troubles. The moment I went wrong was when I left my father’s house, persuaded by the words of a Greek man. If the Gods will help me he will pay what justice demands. He’ll never see them alive again; the children that I bore him (Line 819-825).”
Medea killed the children because she was angry with Jason’s actions. She knew after his soon to be wife had died the only thing he had left was his children. Medea believed, if she couldn’t have a prosperous and loving life neither could Jason. Now Jason is left alone with no one to carry out his birthright, care for him when he grows old, and pass on any knowledge he experienced from his