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  • Essay / Analysis Medea against Salome - 2058

    “You, odious thing, oh woman most hated by the gods, by me, by all humanity, you dared to strike you, the children [...] I wish that you die” (Medea 820). Jason hates Medea a lot when she takes revenge on him. In his speech he talks about how all men will hate Medea because of what she did. There is a strong awareness in Jason's mind that men are like the god of women. Jason thinks that Medea must pay all her dues for everything that happens to her. Salomé kills Iokanaan for love. After Salome retrieves Iokanaan's head, Herod begins to resent her. “Herod: She is monstrous, your daughter; I tell you, she's monstrous. Truly, what she did is a great crime” (Salomé 21). Herod is the one who desires Salome, but when Salome does something he doesn't agree with, he begins to curse her. He thinks Salomé is a monster because she did wrong; she kills the holy man. Although Herod is the person who indirectly caused Iokanaan's death, he places the responsibility on Salome. Both Medea and Salome have a tragic love in the patriarchal society. Even if the noble family granted them more rights than other women in the patriarchal society, they remain