Jason and Medea in Euripedes play are both `strong.` Compare these two characters in terms of the amount of power each has and the limitations imposed upon each by the society in which they live.

Jason and Medea - Power and Limitations in Euripides ' Medea

Jason and Medea are the protagonists of one of the best known Greek myth . The story told by Euripides basing on this myth , a story of love hate and revenge is still popular , inspiring modern dramatists and filmmakers on creating new works of art basing on this plot . One of the reasons why this story is still of current interest is that Medea ' is a great illustration of differences between male and female power . This plot is about strong people , capable of making difficult

decisions , and acting according to them , a story of man , who betrayed his wife and his oaths , and of women , who betrayed her very substance

The story starts at the point when Jason leaves his wife , Medea with their two sons to marry the daughter of Corinthian king Creon . Medea is mad at her husband , she feels betrayed and left out by the man she loved , and she cannot do anything to make her husband come back . Woman 's position in Greek society was not very high . She either was a beautiful thing man fought for , like Trojan Helen , or a woman to bear children and keep the house in . Medea complains that Of all things that have life and sense we women are the most hapless creatures first must we buy a husband at a great price . and herein lies the most important issue , whether our choice be good or bad . For divorce is not...