Jason had a rough life. His Uncle killed his Father and took his throne, so Jason's mother sent him off to live with a centaur. Fast forward 20 years and Jason wants to take back the throne that is rightfully his. Jason approaches his Uncle, and he is given the task of finding the ancient mythical Golden Fleece and bringing it back to Iolkos. He sets on his ship, Argo, with a crew of heros to find and retrieve the Golden Fleece. He sails to Colchis, where the fleece is believed to be, and asks the King there if he can have the fleece back. The King makes Jason do a bunch of ridiculously impossible challenges, but because Jason falls in love with the King's daughter (Medea who is a sorceress) she helps him complete the challenges. Jason and Medea then sail home to Iolkos, where his Uncle gives him the throne. However, the locals don't like that Medea can use magic so they drive them out of Iolkos to Corinth. There Jason marries the Kings daughter, making Medea lose her chill. Medea then kills Jason's new wife and also their children and then she ascends to Mount Olympus and marries Achilles. Alone and an outcast, Jason sits down next to his boat, Argo, where a rotted pole falls down and hits him on the head killing him. Thus ended the short, tragic life of Jason.
Love and revenge are pretty intertwined ideas. Though I feel like if the love is strong enough there shouldn't be any need for revenge, but usually that's not the case. Normally in the stories where the love takes a turn, one party messes up big time (i.e. cheating, lying, losing their marbles, etc.) causing the other party to seek revenge. This revenge is usually big and dramatic, and basically adds fuel to the already flaming fire. So basically the moral of this story is don't do anything to mess up your love, or you will feel the wrath of revenge.
"Jason & The Argonauts." PBS. PBS, Nov. 2005. Web. 04 Dec. 2014. <http://www.pbs.org/mythsandheroes/myths_four_jason.html>.
P.S. here is a link to Taylor Swift's catchy song about revenge :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2iuV04GpKI
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