Medea Loss Of A Child Essay
The Loss of a Child
In most circumstances, it is difficult for one to feel sympathy for a character that is the cause of their suffering; however, in Medea, this is not the case. Although Jason can root the causes of his sufferings to his own wrongdoings, with the loss of innocent children, he certainly suffers the most out of the characters in Medea. Because Jason is not entered into the play until far into the plot, the audience has a biased opinion of him from the start. This time allows for other characters to depict him as they see, without Jason there to defend himself. After reading the first few pages of the play, we already have a bias against Jason and believe he is immoral. These beliefs are predominantly based on the statements of the nurse and the tutor. He is depicted by the nurse as a man that has betrayed his family, “Jason has betrayed his on sons and my mistress” (Lines 16-17). This line provokes the audience and turns them away from Jason.
When Jason finally makes his appearance on stage, he still is not a likeable character. He is very arrogant, ignorant, and manipulative. He tries to persuade Medea that divorcing her and remarrying was actually benefiting both …show more content…
What pain did Jason deal with? First, Jason’s second wife and father-in-law were poisoned and killed by Medea. Murder is the epitome of a lack of human moral, certainly lower than infidelity. There is no excuse for Medea’s murder. There will not be an excuse grand enough to take another’s life, especially an innocent child’s life. Jason had to suffer the death of his children, also killed by Medea. Murder alone is the most inhumane act possible, and the cold-blooded killing of innocent children shall be deemed callous and merciless. Comparatively, Jason’s sufferings outweighed Medea’s sufferings in large. While Medea simply lost the role of her husband, she did not physically lose a loved one. That is a much greater
In most circumstances, it is difficult for one to feel sympathy for a character that is the cause of their suffering; however, in Medea, this is not the case. Although Jason can root the causes of his sufferings to his own wrongdoings, with the loss of innocent children, he certainly suffers the most out of the characters in Medea. Because Jason is not entered into the play until far into the plot, the audience has a biased opinion of him from the start. This time allows for other characters to depict him as they see, without Jason there to defend himself. After reading the first few pages of the play, we already have a bias against Jason and believe he is immoral. These beliefs are predominantly based on the statements of the nurse and the tutor. He is depicted by the nurse as a man that has betrayed his family, “Jason has betrayed his on sons and my mistress” (Lines 16-17). This line provokes the audience and turns them away from Jason.
When Jason finally makes his appearance on stage, he still is not a likeable character. He is very arrogant, ignorant, and manipulative. He tries to persuade Medea that divorcing her and remarrying was actually benefiting both …show more content…
What pain did Jason deal with? First, Jason’s second wife and father-in-law were poisoned and killed by Medea. Murder is the epitome of a lack of human moral, certainly lower than infidelity. There is no excuse for Medea’s murder. There will not be an excuse grand enough to take another’s life, especially an innocent child’s life. Jason had to suffer the death of his children, also killed by Medea. Murder alone is the most inhumane act possible, and the cold-blooded killing of innocent children shall be deemed callous and merciless. Comparatively, Jason’s sufferings outweighed Medea’s sufferings in large. While Medea simply lost the role of her husband, she did not physically lose a loved one. That is a much greater