Once exiled she reflected on everything she had done and realized that for the most part what she had done in the past was wrong. She"d become the enemy of all for Jason and she shouldn"t have allowed her love for him influence her actions. However, she never really had a choice due to the fact that the gods made her love Jason. She decided to exact revenge for herself. This wasn"t good because revenge only makes you feel better for a momentary lapse of time and it is better .
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to forgive and forget rather than do something that is morally wrong. Her revenge was to kill Jason's bride. This, however, was done mainly out of jealousy. She also killed her own two sons. This has two sides to it. On the one hand it was good because she couldn"t allow them to be mistreated or enslaved because of her own actions. On the other hand it was bad because she shouldn"t have taken their lives. It is morally wrong and she had no right to do it no matter what she may have thought.
That being the case, I think it is time to move on and review Jason's case. He was sent away as a child in order to protect him. Upon growing up he returned to reclaim, from his evil cousin, what was rightfully his. He came to an agreement, with Pelias, to go on an adventure to retrieve the Golden Fleece. Before setting sail he poured a liberation of wine from a golden goblet into the sea and prayed to the gods that Zeus would speed them on their way. Their first stop was at the island of Lemnos. Here they surprisingly gained supplies from the women there that had killed all of the men that used to live there. They moved on and had an adventure with the Harpies. They helped an old, blind man who helped them, in return, through his gift of prophecy. They then set sail for Colchis. Upon reaching Colchis, the home of the Golden Fleece, the gods helped Jason by making Medea fall in love with him. Later he met with Medea and she offered her help by giving Jason ways of accomplishing his tasks.