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In four pages this paper assesses the very different points of view represented by Medea and Jason in Euripides’ Medea in order to determine which states a better case and more compelling arguments to justify his or her actions. There is only a customer-supplied source used with no citation information included.
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a larger scale represented the positions of men and women in ancient Greece. She had sacrificed much for Jason including abandoning her homeland of Colchis, using her powers
of sorcery to assist him in obtaining the Golden Fleece, and even committing murder to show her love for and loyalty to him. After the exiled couple settled in
Corinth, Medea presented Jason with two children and helped him strengthen his social status and professional reputation. He repaid her by divorcing her and marrying Glauce, daughter of Corinths
King Creon. Facing yet another exile by Creon, a desperate Medea contemplates suicide and then the murders of Jason, Glauce, and Creon. At this time, Jason decides to
publicly air his grievances against Medea, stating first that while she had helped him, it was she who profited most because he took from her barbarian land and introduced her
to Greek civilization. Furthermore, he argued that Medea was shortsighted by love and her desire for revenge. By starting a new family with the regions princess, he was
in essence securing his childrens future through his own improved status as a member of Corinths royal family, and in this way Medea would also benefit: "What luckier chance could
I have come across than this, An exile to marry the daughter of the king? It was not-the point that seems to upset you-that I Grew tired of your bed
and felt the need of a new bride; Nor with any wish to outdo your number of children. We have enough already. I am quite content. But-this was the main
reason-that we might live well, And not be short of anything... Also that I might bring my children up worthily Of my position, and, by producing more of them
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