Medea

It has long been debated whether in the play “Medea,” Medea was attempting vengeance or justice on Jason. In order to have this argument, you must first find out what vengeance is and what justice is. Vengeance is the act of revenge, getting back someone who has wronged you. Justice is fairness, the act of setting something or someone equal. Therefore, the real argument is whether Jason has committed more wrongs to Medea than Medea has committed against him.

It is true, of course, that Medea had done many things for Jason. Medea explained all this when she said, “I cheated my father for you and tame the fire-breathing Brazen-hoofed bulls; I saved your life in the field of teeth.... I poisoned the great serpent and got you the Golden Fleece; and fled with you, and killed my brother when he pursued us, making myself abominable in my own home; and then in yours I got your enemy Pelias hacked to death by his own daughters’ hands..... My rapid and tricky wisdom: you it has served, You it

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Medea caused Jason more pain then Jason could have ever caused her.

In spite of all the things that Medea did for Jason, you have to look at the wrongs she has committed him. She time and time again insulted Creon and brought exile onto herself. Now no one would shelter him, and he spent the last part of his life as a homeless wanderer. ” (Medea 256) Jason has offered Mede!

a a good life, one which she could have lived happily with her children in Greece. But Medea let her hatred for Jason get in the way of her life. ” (Medea 254) Medea brought her exile onto herself when she openly insulted Creon. “Jason, a Greek Myth” explains, “From the day that Jason broke faith with Medea, the faith that he had sworn so many times in the name of the gods, he was haunted by ill fortune. ” (Medea 255) However, Jason has done many things for Medea’s benefit.

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