MEDEA	JASON
more royal - divine	less royal - human
aggressive	ambitious
divine and royal pedigree	no credentials except his luck
first appearance offstage: this makes her unseen and scary (horror movie syndrome)	first appearance onstage: ordinary and on a level with the other human characters
foreigner to Greece; outsider	foreigner to Corinth, but a Greek
a self-imposed exile from her nation	strong Greek nationalist (makes a speech about the superiority of Greeks)
Colchis has a reputation for witchcraft	mundane: gets ahead by mortal means
woman with a past: already killed family members, among others	adventurer (both senses of the word) who shares Medea's shady past
history of using children to get at adults (her victimized brother)	uses women to get ahead (Medea and Glauke)
determined	ruthless - will do anything to get ahead
says she hates her children and wishes they were dead	says he is concerned about the fate of Medea and his sons
jealous and protective of her own interests	duplicitous, or just naive? What is likely to be the fate of his sons by Medea if he marries Glauke?
clever and crafty	charming and diplomatic
views marriage as sacred	looks upon marriage as vehicle for economic or social advance; Jason is a fortune hunter