Jason's actions are based on reason and careful judgment.
Throughout "Medea," both Jason and Medea make choices which can be considered selfish, passionate, reasonable, and sometimes made with careful judgment. For example, Medea's murder of her brother, her murder of her own children, Jason's marriage to Glauce, and his acceptance of the fact that Medea calms down so quickly after being mad at him for marrying Glauce without notifying Medea first. However, Jason's choices do not have any elements of careful judgment in them at all and certainly no elements of passion. When Medea decides to kill her brother to be with Jason, her decision is based on passion, selfishness, reason and careful judgment. To understand how Medea is passionate, it is necessary to understand what passion means: a powerful emotion, such as love, joy, hatred, or anger. This sometimes causes people to use drastic actions, thherefore clouding their judgment. From this definition, it can be surmised that Medea is passionate because she is "mad with love for Jason" and wants to run away with him to Iolchus. This passion causes Medea is also passionate when she decides to kill her own children. This
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