Comparing Cronus And The Lightning Thief

both the myth of Cronus and the novel The Lightning Thief, characters often betray each other in the hopes of gaining more power. In the myth of Cronus, a god named Cronus swallowed his children to avoid being overthrown, as he had done to his own father. In both the myth of Cronus and The Lightning Thief characters often trick each other into giving up their power.

The tragic heroes Creon and Brutus are lessons against being too prideful to listen to others and conversely, being too gullible. In the tragedies Antigone and Julius Caesar, by Sophocles and Shakespeare, the characters Creon and Brutus are similar tragic heroes. Both have noble statutes, and are driven to make their nations prosperous, but their fatal flaws, Creon’s pride and Brutus’s overt idealism and trustingness, cause their downfall. Furthermore, before their downfall, both realize their mistakes, but despair at the knowledge that they cannot change the course of action they have taken.

Gods, spirits, and the supernatural are present in a max amount of trickster tales, these three words are a phenomenon that counter to the understanding of science and the laws of nature. “The sky-god kept all the stories”. This is an excerpt from the story How Stories came to Earth. This trickster tale is about a god who hoarded stories all to himself and did not wish to share any of them with anyone or anything neighboring him. Another story that contains examples of gods, spirits, and the supernatural is Coyote Steals Fire. The god, Thunder, was the caretaker of fire in this tale. Numerous amounts of people and animals wanted to acquire fire, to keep themselves warm and cook food. This story displays the presence of a god that was very self-indulgent

Zeus’ affinity for being the main character of a myth is no different in the epic myth about his fight against Cronus and the Titans or the “Titanomachy.” In this larger-than-life battle Zeus has to overthrow his father Cronus and take his predestined place as king of the gods. In this myth however, Zeus has to grow and overcome many challenges that stand in his way to greatness. Zeus has to ask for help from his mother in order to be able to free his sibling from his father Cronus who had swallowed them whole. After Zeus frees his siblings he has to face the mighty Titans, so he asks the Cyclops and the Hecatonchires to aid him in this battle that lasts

Creon, who depends on the government being obeyed, cannot think of a higher crime than anarchy. When learning how the two sons of Oedipus fought, one died fighting for his country, and the other who broke his exile and fought against his native city. Sickened by his doing, he wishes to lay with death as death has taken his family, but comfort in death will not come for him just yet, as he has to suffer through what he has done.

Have you ever had a father that swallowed you whole along with your other siblings? Cronus a titan, was that father he was part a big family, he died for eating his kids and he has different things that represent him. Titans back in the day were the first to live before the Olympians.

Cronus overthrew his father when he was a teen and he had a fear of his children overthrowing him. He made per cautions but, still had children. He believed in this so much since every generation eventually overthrew their father he went insane. Though every generation went insane before him and he complete forgot why he overthrew his father because of the torture he gave him.

The novel Percy Jackson and Olympians The Lightning Thief is a fictional mythological story about Greek Gods and their Children. Percy, the protagonist, is a twelve year old Demi-God or half blood that is the son of the Greek God Poseidon. Percy was raised by his mother who is a mortal women after he was told at a young age that his father was lost at sea and never returned. Percy is forced to go to Yancey Academy, a school for troubled kids because he has been kicked out of nearly every school he’s ever gone to. Percy is forced to leave Yancey Academy and his home in New York because Zues, King of the Gods, believes that Percy has stolen the master bolt for his father. Percy is now being hunted by monsters sent by hades to retrieve the bolt. Percy and his Mother are taken to camp half blood by his friend and protector Grover, a Satyr. But before they could reach the camp Percy’s

After reading Antigone by Sophocles, readers may believe that the two main characters, Antigone and Creon, seem like polar opposites. However, after digging a little deeper, readers are able to come to a final conclusion that although both characters may not always see eye to eye, they carry a number of similar traits. The characters seem to be so alike that it results in the two to constantly disagree, leading towards the two to continuously find new differences and flaws within each other. They don’t exactly have the same views, for example, Antigone seems to put family over everything else while Creon’s loyalty is more concerned with the well-being of Thebes. However, the two characters do have many similar internal characteristics. They are independent, confident, and stubborn when they want to be.

In ancient Greek Myths, the description of Zeus’ character can range from a heroic leader to that of a vile dictator, depending on the author’s intention. This contrast is especially noteworthy when comparing Hesiod’s Theogony with Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, as Zeus is presented as the world’s protector in the former, while he is portrayed as selfish and ruthless in Aeschylus’ tale.

In the Cronus myth, cronus ate his children so he won’t get overthrown.My summary is,that cronus is a powerful god but he didn’t want to be overthrown so he ate his children at sept for one.My other summary of cronus is,” when he still had a son not eaten the mother saved the last baby and when the baby grew up he saved his siblings and they helped kill and overthrow cronus.”The theme that connects the two myths are that they both have, fate prophecy.

Not all main characters in stories are perfect and successful. Often they are contrasted with other characters that reveal their weaknesses. In Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex, the two rulers, Oedipus and Creon, differ in many ways. These differences lead the two rulers to make dissimilar decisions that guide them to distinct consequences. In Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Creon serves as Oedipus’s foil.

In the Greek Tragedy, Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Oedipus and Creon become tragic characters. Oedipus and Creon exhibit all the qualities of a tragic hero--- hubris, hamartia, and irony. Both men’s strength’s became their weaknesses, leading them to their tragic downfall. The tragedy of Oedipus communicated that fate is set, and one shall not go about trying to change it, yet Creon’s tragedy communicated that if one allows pride to consume them, you will fall.

In Greek mythology, there is always a perpetual notion of power. The desire for power is associated with the father figure of a family. Furthermore, a father sets the tone for his family by setting rules and establishing their reputation. From the beginning of time, there has been angst in losing power, starting with the Earth and sky. Arising fear occurs when a father finds that one of his children is a threat to his throne. It also develops when a father realizes that since he sabotaged his own father, potentially his child could the same. Taking into consideration both of these cases, it is understood that a male parent in ancient Greek consciousness seeks a role having power. This thirst for power has resulted in the betrayal of wives and the attempt to destroy an upbringing of children. Through the fatherhood of Ouranos, Cronos, and Zeus, it is clear that their role is to exercise dominance, moreover keep away potential threats.

In the beginning of time there was nothing but darkness and chaos but then miraculously a being emerged from the empty void called Erebus and night. All was dark, empty and silent until love was born bringing order with it, light was born along with Gaea, the earth from love. Gaea alone gave birth to Uranus, the sky, and he became her husband surrounding her on all sides. Together they created twelve Titans, three cyclops 's and three Hecatonchires (hundred-handed ones). Uranus did not like the Hecatonchires so he hid them in a secret place in the earth which angered Gaea so greatly that she plotted against him. When she asked her children to aid her in taking revenge against Uranus all of them were too afraid to challenge their father except for the youngest Titan named Kronos. Gaea and Kronos planned their revenge and castrated him as he slept. Uranus disappeared after promising Kronos that the Titans would be punished for what he had done. Kronos was then named ruler, married his sister Rhea and locked up the Hecatonchires and Cyclopes in Tartarus. When Rhea and Kronos had many children Gaea and Uranus prophesied that he would be overthrown by a child of his. To solve the issue Kronos ate all but one of his children in hopes of changing his fate. The child that was not devoured by his father was hidden by Rhea and was named Zeus. Zeus grew up and made a plan to get his siblings back and defeat Kronos. He decided on getting a potion to make