Is Medusa a victim or villain?

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Question: Is Medusa a victim or villain?
Position1 of 3›: Medusa is a villain

This position holds that Medusa is a villain. It argues she did something wrong and was punished as a result—breaking her sacred vow to the goddess Athena, and, in some tellings, being condemned for her vanity—so her monstrous fate was deserved.

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Medusa was punished for her vanity
Medusa was boastful of her beauty, so much so that she had an abundance of pride. Her vanity would go a step too far when she would knowingly have an affair with Poseidon in Athena's temple, angering the goddess.
Medusa broke her vow to Athena and was punished for it
Medusa was not raped by Poseidon and willingly broke her vow to the goddess Athena. For these offenses against her patron goddess, Athena punished Medusa and turned her into a monster.