1. Sarah Szczepanski
10/14/10
Lit 1 period 3
Medea and Jason Letters
Dear Jason,
You are the most horrid man I have ever met. You made me do all these things for nothing. I defied my
father so you could get the Golden Fleece because I loved you that much. I killed my brother to slow my
father down so that he could not catch you and kill you. I tricked King Pelias’ daughters into chopping
him up so that you could be king like you were supposed to be. But it didn’t work out and we moved to
another land to be free. The reason why I killed the princess should be obvious enough. She took you
away from me and your kids. You needed to feel pain just like me. Your kids and I needed you more than
her. Don’t even try to tell me that you did it to help us. Killing King Creon was also your fault. If he hadn’t
given you to the princess then we wouldn’t be in this mess. He was trying to drive me out of this country
when I had no place to go. He was a vile king. The death of my dear children was all your fault. I had to
kill the princess and the king but if I didn’t kill the children then they would have to spend their whole
life looking over their shoulder and hiding from people who want to get revenge on me for what I’ve
done because of you. Everything that I’ve done was because of you. I sacrificed my family to make you
safe and well and you repay me by marrying another women and neglecting me and your children. You
will suffer greatly for what you did and you will never be able to get revenge on me. I will be gone.
From,
Medea
Dear Medea,
I am not the horrid man you accuse me to be. Everything that you did was your own choice. I could’ve
gotten the Golden Fleece without your help. It would’ve been harder but I would’ve done it. Your father
would’ve never caught up to my ship; it was protected by the Gods. Killing your brother was useless and
killing King Pelias was also very useless because in the end I didn’t even become the king. So far you
have done all these things for nothing and all these things you have chosen to do is not the least bit my
fault. There was no need to kill the dear princess. I married her so that we could be wealthy and cared
for in this new land. I did it for the sake of you and the children. It was a sacrifice I had to make and a
sacrifice for our family. I love you and I would never marry another woman unless it benefited you and
the children as well. As for King Creon, his murder wasn’t my fault either you chose to give a poisoned
dress to the princess and what father wouldn’t hold the dead body of his daughter for one last time. You
are one evil woman. Nothing is worse than destroying a man’s family. He was only kicking you out of the
country for the safety of me and his daughter, the princess. He knew that you were angry by the
marriage of me and the princess. But as I’ve said before, it was for the good of you and the children. You
shouldn’t have been granted the gift of free will for your will is to do great evil to those who you think
did you wrong which I have not.
From,
Jason