Medea,2

In the greek tragedy Medea the two contending characters have two very different outlooks on the role that gods play in their lifes. Medea who is the daughter of the son of Helios the god of the sun believes that she is closser to the gods than other people and talks to them as if she could influence their decisions and actions. Jason however speaks of the gods and fate as if is at their mercy like most other people of Greece.
Medea seems like she has control over her decisions and her future because of the way she talks to the gods. The first example of this is when she refrences Zeus, "O Zeus, remember the author of this crime" (43). She is refering to Zeus as a judge and trying to convince him to think the way she wants him to. She is trying to persuade him that Jason is the one at fault. The second example of this behavior is when she rejects the gods, "O you gods-not for me-ever" (52). Medea believes she is in control of her own future and she is rejecting the idea that the gods govern her life. Unlike other characters she does not blame the gods for choosing an evil fate for her she blames the decisions she made in the first place and the people who betrayed her.
Jason and his new family see the gods in a diffrent light. They think the gods chose their fate and therefore use them as scapegoats for blaming their trouble on. Creon runs his daughters side as she dies and says, "O gods!... let me die with you, my daughter" (70). Creon is asking the gods to manipulate his fate not trying to convice them to do so. He does not believe it is in his power to change his future and therefore he must ask for it to be changed. Jason thinks of the gods in the same way as his new family, "and the gods have unleashed the fiend in you on me" (74). Jason blames the gods for his troubles not his decision to find a second wife.