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- Created by: Hannah Jeffery
- Created on: 11-06-13 18:58
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- background to medea
- Jason is presented as a typical Athenian man
- civilized
- rational
- logical
- think before you feel
- self controlled
- disciplined
- retrained
- unemotional
- civilized
- Jason was born rightful heir of the Argonauts thrown
- but pelias sat upon is thrown as he was superior
- pelias tries to get rid of Jason by sending him on a quest to find the golden fleece
- sailed on the argo
- they return and pelias is still king
- medea wants jason to be king
- she cant kill pelias her self or she will be kicked out to she plots to get his daughters to do it for her
- pelias is getting old
- medea tells the daughters that she can show them a way that will make pelias young again
- she gets a big pot and fills it with a potion
- she gets a big ram and cuts him in to tiny pieces and throws him into the pot
- she then adds to special herbs
- then a new born lamb appears from the pot
- medea doesn't give the daughters the magic leaves to they kill their father
- daughters tell everyone what medea did and medea and jason are driven out
- medea is not a greek so thier marriage is not legal in Greece so jason is seen as a single man was a mistress
- Jason is presented as a typical Athenian man
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