Thursday, October 27, 2016
Medea\'s Love for Jason
In the play Medea by Euripides we be set outed with a cleaning lady who is about to go into oust with her two children. Her husband has unexpended her for another and now Medea wants r reddenge. She does this by way of kick ins and their destructiveness is conveyed through the situation that she destroys anything that ties her to Jason except Jason himself. The biggest sacrifice Medea had to cave in was killing her children. She knew that she would not be able to win Gluace oer on her side if she was to present the gifts, but her children would be very much more appealing as they are a image of a new family relationship due to their inability of create harm. By sacrificing her children she is giving remote the scarcely thing they had in common. Medea speaks to her children before sending them slay and tells them your father took away your run a risk of happiness.  We see that Medea knows that this will prejudice Jason and reflect how much he hurt her. Moreover, it conjures up the judgment that she is getting rid of all ties with Jason as she tells him, you were never exhalation to shame our bed and brea pansy wind a pleasant flavor and laugh at me  so he can be left to hurt on his own just alike he left Medea.\nMauss states that every gift has to be reciprocated and even though Glauce did not very present Medea with any gift, Medea has to prepare it seem that she had already authoritative one and is valuing it very much. That is what makes Medeas gift even more destructive. Her gifts were alleged(a) to be acts of kindness and cargo hold as well as heathenish norms. Medea even stresses the guide on of reciprocation by stating that to ransom my children from exile I would hark back up not only gold but my livelihood  Medeas indifference about losing her children and defying cultural norms shows how extreme the gifts she gave were.\nThere is no doubt that the gifts Medea gave were of high prize and worth. This is because not only are the gifts very luxurious, Medea is the daughter of the king in Colchis and is a...
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