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In five pages this paper argues that Medea is less guilty than Jason in this defense case on her behalf. Only the primary source is listed in the bibliography.
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case becomes especially difficult when the murder victims are children. There is perhaps no person more vilified than Medea. What kind of a woman could choose to murder
her own children? A woman who has sacrificed everything in her life for the man she loves only to be publicly humiliated and stripped of everything that meant the
most to her. Jason was Medeas soul mate, and she truly believed they would be together until death parted them. But Jason was a master manipulator, and for
him Medea was nothing more than a steppingstone to get ahead. He used and abused her the same way he used and abused everyone of his life, thinking only
of himself and never of his wife and children. To Jason the absentee father, his children were nothing more than property he could claim and discard at will.
The only parent who was always with them and looking out for their best interest was Medea. When Jasons abandonment stripped Medea of her social and legal identities, she
was essentially a persona non grata. Because he did not take his children with him when he married King Creons daughter, Jason sentenced his children to the same alien
status in Greek society. Everyone speaks of the cold-blooded Medea who slaughtered her children to avenge Jasons betrayal. But perhaps it would do the jury well to remember that
Medea is a human being with strengths and weaknesses whose best intentions can sometimes be clouded by flawed judgments. There is no one who is above reproach, or who
has not committed an act he or she wishes to take back. Medea is no different. For her, losing Jason was worse than losing her own life.
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