Tragedies like these were confrontations — merciless verbal duels in which two characters plead ... fills Medea’s golden-boy-narcissist of a husband, Jason, with an itchy, nasty aggression ...

Ulysses, Antigone, Creon, and many others. Characters from myth who have never ceased to fascinate readers and audiences. Authentic icons of ...

The leading men are powerful, rock solid characters, not easily thwarted. So, when Jason finally breaks under Medea’s cruel hand he shatters. I wasn’t quite convinced by the action behind the ...