Jason and the Golden Fleece - Kyle

The story of Jason and the Golden Fleece begins with Pelias who is the half-brother of Jason's father. He takes the throne by force, which leads to the Oracle predicting that a descendant of Aeson will take revenge on him. Pelias thinks that Jason is who the Oracle predicts will exact revenge, so he sends Jason on a mission to retrieve the Golden Fleece. He sets off with the Argonauts on this task, and overcomes many obstacles along the way. When he gets to King Aeetes, Aeetes secretly plots to kill him. This plan fails though, because his daughter Medea has taken an interest to Jason so she helps him pass these tasks and retrieve the fleece. Jason and Medea return home, but are exiled to Corinth where the king of Corinth offers his daughters to Jason for marriage. Jason accepts and Medea kills the daughters in her rage. Stories of love/revenge have become almost cliche in today's world of entertainment. There are so many stories where a couple "lives happily ever after" or revenge stories where the bad guy eventually gets punished by someone he as wronged. The story of Jason and the Golden Fleece was interesting to me because it didn't really follow this protocol. I've noticed that with a lot of Greek myths where the ending isn't really what you would consider "normal".