Hercules: The Mythological Hero Of Hercules

“ A huge boar was ravaging cattle on mount Erymanthus, and again Hercules was required to capture it alive. This pised him no problem… he chased the boar… until it collapsed… and then bound the beast in chains.” ( Creighton 99) He got a lot of experience from this labour because he had to chase down this wild boar, and then chain it up. So if any tragedies like this occur in the city, he would be able to take care of it. “ The third labour imposed on Hercules was the capture of a deer with golden antlers… Eurystheus wanted him to bring the animal back alive, Hercules brought it down by shooting an arrow neatly through the forelegs.” ( Creighton 98) To hit a shot like that, there is lots of experience necessary, so even before the 12 labours, Hercules had these amazing skills of running, shooting, hunting and so on. The best hero, most also have the most experience and skills, that is why Hercules is the greatest hero. Without these skills, and without this type of experience, you are not fit to be called the best hero. Hercules is the only one with these skills and experience, that is why is the best

The hero often finds help from a supernatural aid or a mentor. The hero must go through many tests and trails some of which include temptresses and tricksters. Ultimately, there is always a final test or supreme ordeal. In the movie Hercules, the former god must now find a way to become a hero. He enlists the help of Philoctetes, a trainer of the heroes, to help. During his training Hercules must save a girl named Megara. After Hercules saves Meg she goes to Hades domain where she is working for the god. She tells him about the boy who saved her and Hades quickly realizes that Hercules is not dead. He sends Meg, Pain, and Panic to destroy him before it is too late. Meanwhile, Hercules is feeling more than slightly discouraged when people refuse to believe that he is trying to become a real hero. When Meg shows up at his house he is elated and they go out on a date of sorts. During said date, Meg realizes that she is in love with Hercules. After Hades finds this out he strikes up a plan to get Hercules to give up his power. Soon after he goes to Hercules’ training center and makes a deal with him, he won’t hurt Meg as long as Hercules gives up his power. The boy agrees and Meg is let go, but not before Hades lets the secret of her ties to him out. Without his power Hercules is helpless as Hades lets the titans go and they wreak havoc among the gods. Because Meg

In the myth Hercules is a Warrior, but in the Disney animation he is a Seeker. Hercules seeks home. Hercules’s quest is find out where he comes from. He knows he doesn’t belong on Earth because of his super-human strength. Hercules fears not being accepted by others. He wants to belong some place where there are others like him. He doesn't feel like a normal human. Hercules's dragon is Megara because he is falling in love with her, which is distracting him from his quest. Falling in love with Megara compromises everything for both sides of the fight. Hercules's task is to fight every monster he comes up against in order to become immortal in order to go home. Hercules wants to rejoin his family in Olympus now that he has found where he actually belongs. Technically his quest is finished at this point but, he has not proven himself worthy yet. Hercules's virtue is immortality and love. Hercules loves Megara and will do anything for her. He even goes down to the Underworld to save her soul so that he can have her in his life. Hercules gives up immortality to stay on Earth with Megara because of his love for

Hercules is not the hero that greek mythology glorifies him to be. His ruthless acts to “purify” himself from killing his family, are nothing but him following commands of robbery, whether it be of a life or possession. He is less of a hero and more of a modern day hired ‘hitman’. Hercules agreed to completing the twelve tedious labours, however bad they might be. If he was ordered to steal something, he would. If he was told to kill something, he would do it. His actions are more alike the ones of an assassin or hitman rather than a selfless hero.

Both in the story and the movie Hercules does risk his life many times to protect those he cares for. These each lessons on how in order to move forward in life one must make sacrifices to become a bigger person. If Disney's goal was to deliver the message to kids and adults I feel that even

There are many cultures around the world that value different character qualities. Some of these are expressed through the stories that are passed down from generation to generation. A very popular story many cultures have their own spin on is Hercules. This story originated from Ancient Greece, but many people in American society are more familiar with the Disney version than the original. The basic storylines of these versions are the same, but some of the intricate details that help define the cultures these stories come from, vary. These changes help highlight the differences between American society today and Ancient Greek society in the time this story was written. The most significant changes in these two stories is the childhood of

Hercules was a character portrayed in classic Roman Mythology. He was known to be the son of Zeus, and went on many great adventures throughout the lands; saving lives, defeating villains, and slaying treacherous monsters. Throughout his many trials, he gained fame, fortune, and a place amongst the Gods of Olympia. By looking at the mythological stories of Hercules, we can see that many of Joseph Campbell’s “Stages of the Hero’s Journey” can be applied to the stories about him.

She died saving him and he's the only one who can save her. In Hercules, he goes from zero to hero. He goes from a dorky kid that everyone avoids to a hero, a son of a God. He finally finds where he belongs and feels like he has a purpose.

Hercules felt that he needed atonement for the sinful action. He innocently murders his family with his enormous amount of strength because he became a psychopath after Hera, Zeus’ wife, cursed him to go mad because she had a great amount of dislike towards Hercules. According to the following quote,

While completing tests the Hero learns qualities about themselves and learns the skills to complete the tasks at hand. Hercules finds hidden qualities deep inside himself that help him figure out how to beat the task at hand. He finds that there is more to himself than just strength and power. He is also cunning and intelligent. Hercules completes the tasks at hand in this stage and the tasks help shape his character. Hercules learns a little from each task which helps his character build. A key example of this is how Hercules handled cleaning the Augean stables. He decided it was not possible to clean the stables himself because the mares dung kept coming so he decided to wash out the feces with the rivers Alpheus and Peneus. Hercules finds his great character flaw in the 5th labor. This flaw is his wild temper. Augeas was furious that Hercules completed the task and he had to give one-tenth of his cattle to Hercules. Augeas decided to dishonor their previous agreement so Hercules killed him and stole all the cattle for himself. This was an action of rage not logic and hurt his chances of getting credit for the task. He learned from this because his cousin, King Eurystheus, made Hercules do another task because he did not manually remove the waste from the stables and he killed Augeas. Hercules discovered his character traits and flaws in the initiation phase which prepared him for the return phase of a Hero's

Nearly every book or movie today is about someone who has to overcome a great deal to reach their goal. None better than a classic Greek mythology tale of Hercules. Despite being born of the gods and having amazing strength he was raised by mortals and had to face challenges from the god of Hell itself, Hades. But every new monster or challenge he endured seemed to only convince him that he had to make it past the next one. Had the privileges of being a god just been handed to him, he would have never pushed himself and realized his full

"The 12 Labors of Hercules" demonstrates a Hero's Journey by assigning Hercules many excruciating tasks designed to kill him. Hera and King Eurystheus are in cahoots and continually try to brutally and indirectly end the hero's life. Hercules was sent to do his twelve labors for his cousin, King Eurystheus, after murdering his wife, Hera, and their children. Hera was being manipulative and messing with Hercules’ head, so he had a fit and a bit of insanity and ended up killing Hera and their offspring. Hercules did not seem to know or understand what was going on when he killed his family and felt dreadful when he realized what he had done, so he prayed to Apollo seeking assistance.

Hercules learns his lesson of not being selfish and to have an open heart when he finishes his labors and becomes a god Zeus says this ““A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the size of his

Take a minute to look at the world around you. Notice how different people are. Notice how lucky some people are. Notice how unlucky some people are. Notice the amount of people who are so famous or popular. Then notice those who are nobodies. Disney’s Hercules is a film about a young hero, Hercules, who was born a God, but was forcefully taken of everything but his strength. He was taken of this by Hades, the God of the underworld, who is out to destroy the other Gods of the world and destroy Olympus forever. Throughout the movie Hades is faced with the fact that Hercules may return to stop him from pursuing his evil plan. Hades goal is then to defeat Hercules and finish his scheme . In the film Hercules, the writers use the evil genius to reveal, that humanity will use many resources in order to make themselves seem better than others because they fear that since they may be less fortunate than them, they may be overlooked by the society around them.

Hercules was favored by the gods from few quest and even a labor. For the sixth labor the goddess Athena helped Hercules by scaring off the Stymphalian bird he had to do this because the birds were causing a plague with their numbers. Hercules shot arrows at the birds when Athena scared them. Hercules had many terrible experiences with love because of Hera. ”He was helped by Athena to drive them out of their converts. ”(Hamilton 172) Hercules was considered the greatest hero of gods because he had the most strength out of all and great emotion. When he was a baby Hera sent two snakes to kill him but Hercules held them both up and killed them. Even though he is called the greatest this didn't mean he was necessarily good most of the times when he did bad things it was hera controlling his mind. He killed his wife and three children when he was being controlled. “When Megara had borne three sons he went mad.” Later he killed his wife and children.