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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Medea\'s Love for Jason

In the lend Medea by Euripides we are presented with a woman who is closely to go into exile with her two children. Her conserve has left(p) her for a nonher and nowadays Medea wants r rasege. She does this by way of gifts and their destructiveness is conveyed through the fact that she destroys e rattling matter that ties her to Jason except Jason himself. The biggest make Medea had to make was killing her children. She k novel that she would non be able to learn Gluace over on her facial expression if she was to present the gifts, however her children would be much(prenominal) more(prenominal) sympathetic as they are a symbol of a new relationship due to their softness of causing harm. By sacrificing her children she is giving away the solitary(prenominal) thing they had in common. Medea speaks to her children before send them off and tells them your father took away your chance of happiness.  We see that Medea knows that this result endure Jason and reflect ho w much he hurt her. Moreover, it conjures up the idea that she is getting discharge of all ties with Jason as she tells him, you were never going to shame our be intimate and lead a kind life and laugh at me  so he apprise be left to hurt on his own provided like he left Medea.\nMauss states that every gift has to be reciprocated and even though Glauce did not really present Medea with either gift, Medea has to make it seem that she had already received one and is valuing it very much. That is what makes Medeas gift even more destructive. Her gifts were supposed to be acts of forgivingness and appreciation as considerably as cultural norms. Medea even stresses the point of reciprocation by stating that to save my children from exile I would give up not only gold but my life  Medeas indifference about losing her children and defying cultural norms shows how extreme the gifts she gave were.\n on that point is no doubt that the gifts Medea gave were of highschool value 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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