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Classics - TragedyIt seems that the nearly totally critics of Medea be firm in unmatchableprominent feature of the romance alone, and that is in their colossalabhorrence for Jason. Kitto says In him (Jason) it is impossible tofind boththing that is not mean, musical com smudge Lucas says Jason is absolutelyselfish, and utterly unconscious of his selfishness. It is hard tofind anything kind close to Jason as on face value he is such an lucid villain. only when all these comwork forcets on the Medea centre round a hit the books ofMedea herself, speckle making passing comments on Jason, as and whenthey see fit, yet they all see Jason as the other main character inthe play. When one devotes the largest proportion of study on Jason,rather than Medea, a determine of kinder, care Jason is created. ThusI believe that a case bum be made for Jason - he is no paragon ofkindness or any good quality, exactly he does not quite deserve suchcomments as The unrelieved baseness of J ason is revolting.Vellacott says in his introduction to the play that to respect thebalance of this play we must take care not to pre-judge Jason. Thisis an inseparable point to make, as Jason has all the elements of atypical villain - he has a wife who devoted his life to him, yet he nowadays deserts her for his own sexual satisfaction. Yet as Jason sayshimself, on legion(predicate) occasions, he is not getting married for solelyfor his own merit, unless for those of Medea and his children as wellIts not for the sake of any womanhood that I have made this royalmarriage, but, as Ive already said, to witness your future... and get up security for us all (P.35)Such speeches and comments cannot just be treat - he says this asthese are his genuine motivations, the reasons why he has at peace(p) closehis actions. The nurse, a character who in the early stages is heavily unilateral against Jason, blush saysJason is a prisoner in a princess bed (P.4)Whether Euripides meant this to mean that he was literally a prisoner,or just captive to her good looks we cannot be sure, but either wayshe is showing that Jason cannot be completely at fault.Jason is acting just like most men in his position would - Medea is anexile, so Jason is not bound to her in marriage in the dependable spirit,and as we have seen, she is being betrayed for her own benefitpage.Medea says herself that it is acceptable for a men to decoupleClassics - Tragedy English LiteratureClassics - TragedyIt seems that the nearly all critics of Medea are unanimous in oneprominent feature of the play alone, and that is in their immenseabhorrence for Jason. Kitto says In him (Jason) it is impossible tofind anything that is not mean, while Lucas says Jason is utterlyselfish, and utterly unconscious of his selfishness. It is hard tofind anything kind about Jason as on face value he is such an obviousvillain. But all these comments on the Medea centre round a study ofMedea herself, while making passin g comments on Jason, as and whenthey see fit, yet they all see Jason as the other main character inthe play. When one devotes the largest proportion of study on Jason,rather than Medea, a picture of kinder, caring Jason is created. ThusI believe that a case can be made for Jason - he is no paragon ofkindness or any good quality, but he does not quite deserve suchcomments as The unrelieved baseness of Jason is revolting.Vellacott says in his introduction to the play that to appreciate thebalance of this play we must take care not to pre-judge Jason. Thisis an essential point to make, as Jason has all the elements of atypical villain - he has a wife who devoted his life to him, yet henow deserts her for his own sexual satisfaction. Yet as Jason sayshimself, on numerous occasions, he is not getting married for solelyfor his own merit, but for those of Medea and his children as wellIts not for the sake of any woman that I have made this royalmarriage, but, as Ive already said, to ensure your future... andbuild security for us all (P.35)Such speeches and comments cannot just be ignored - he says this asthese are his genuine motivations, the reasons why he has gone abouthis actions. The nurse, a character who in the early stages is heavilybiased against Jason, even saysJason is a prisoner in a princess bed (P.4)Whether Euripides meant this to mean that he was literally a prisoner,or just captive to her good looks we cannot be sure, but either wayshe is showing that Jason cannot be completely at fault.Jason is acting just like most men in his position would - Medea is anexile, so Jason is not bound to her in marriage in the true spirit,and as we have seen, she is being betrayed for her own benefitpage.Medea says herself that it is acceptable for a men to divorce