Monday, May 4, 2009

Medea Journal 3:



Jason and Medea have very different views on the gods. Jason has views of the gods being on his side, while Medea sees them on her side as feminist.

38.160-163 "O mighty Themis, and Artemis, Queen, for all the fine vows I bound him with, See what my hated husband has done."Medea believes that the gods are on her side, and that they would protect her and keep her life happy, but she was wrong.

54.680 "Till you've done something0been somewhere-special?"
She finishes the prophecy without even hearing it. This shows that she is connected to the gods. Also she is the daughter of a son of a god herself. So she holds a high opinion being slightly more immortal than the average human in the first place

50.525-526 "Well, as far as I am concerned, it was Aphrodite and no one else in heaven or earth who saved me on my voyage."
Jason believes that the goddesses were protecting him not his wife.

77.1405-1414. Jason views the gods as a justice keeper. But he believes they should always be on his side and not on any others. While Medea has done a terrible crime of killing her own children she still thinks that she should have the gods on her side as well.

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