“You hateful thing, or woman most detested by the gods, by me, by all men, you have dared to strike your children [...] I wish you would die” (Medea 820). Jason hates Medea very much, when she takes revenge on him. In his speech, he talks about all the men who will hate Medea because of what she has done. There is a strong awareness in Jason's mind that men are like a god to women. Jason thinks that Medea should pay for everything that happens to him. Salome kills Jokanaan because of love. After Salome obtains Jokanaan's head, Herod begins to blame her. “Herod: She is monstrous, your daughter; I tell you it's monstrous. Truly, what he has done is a great crime” (Salome 21). Herod is the one who has desire for Salome, but when Salome did something he didn't agree with, he begins to curse her. He thinks Salome is a monster because she messed up; kills the holy man. Although Herod is the person who indirectly causes Jokanaan's death, he entrusts the task to Salome. Medea and Salome both have tragic love in patriarchal society. Although the noble family has given them more rights than other women in the patriarchal society, they continue to be so
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