Medea

In Euripides’s play “Medea”, Creon, the king of Corinth is the most foolish character in the whole story.  Although he is one of the minor characters, plays the most important role by pulling the trigger of events that lead to tragedy.  The first unfortunate event is that when Creon lets his daughter, Glauce marry Jason who is already a husband of Medea and a father of her two sons.  It puzzles me how a king of a country could let this happen in the land where everyone’s eyes are towards him.  I do not know what effect this outcome would have brought in Euripides’s time, but in the world I live now, it would not only be disgraceful, but also be disgusting since a man abandons his family to marry another woman who may provide him power.  If I were the king, I would have forbidden my daughter to see him.  The second event that Creon made a mistake is not banishing Medea right away from his country.  This is the biggest, stupidest mistake he makes since he heard about her vicious cleverness and he knows that he will be regretting this.  This foolish action gives Medea an opportunity to prepare her revenge, and from her revenge, Creon suffers and dies, which is a tragedy.  Every one of his decision leads to a step closer to his tragedy, which could have been prevented if he changed his decisions.  If Creon were wiser, he could have saved his daughter and himself in the play.