The play Medea is written by Euripides and focuses primarily on the action of the tragic heroes and their lives as they unfold in a state of conflict. The main beginning of the work begins with the conflict itself, in which the main character Jason abandoned his wife Medea, as well as two children. He basically wants to marry the daughter of Creon, who is the king of Corinth. Her name is Glauce. These are the parts that are the central characters of the play and the plan unfolds in their lives, as well as how the two characters of Jason and Medea turn out to be tragic heroes. (Williamson, 1990)Before delving into the comparison between the two tragic heroes Jason and Medea, it is important to understand what the term tragic hero actually implies. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero in any play is basically a character or individual who has a noble character and displays levels of greatness. Even if the character has an exceptional character, the fact is that this does not mean that the character is completely perfect because, ultimately, the individual's downfall is attributed to his or her own actions. (Williamson, 1990) This means that a tragic hero is primarily an individual whose misfortune, downfall or misfortune arises from his own actions and faults and is the result of the choices the individual makes. However, the punishments the tragic hero receives, or the major price he must pay, far outweigh his crime or poor choices. By going through this excessive punishment and having to pay a greater price than he actually deserved, the tragic hero learns a great deal of self-awareness and confidence to deal with life's accidents. Moving closer to the male character of Medea, she is the main protagonist... middle of the card... eel more sympathetic to Jason than to Medea because she had to pay the ultimate price for every loved one she had. Medea lost only Jason's love, but Jason lost his wife, his father and his two children. The fact is that one feels more sympathetic to Jason in this regard, and his character, although weak and not as strong as Medea's, is considered more deserving of sympathy. This mainly means that you don't just consider a character's nobility or how weak or strong they are, but rather the major losses the character has to suffer, due to a mistake they make by choice. The thing is, when you consider who the greatest tragic hero is, you actually consider the main price the character had to pay and what kind of losses he suffered, compared to the other main character..