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Icarus And Daedalus Determination

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Determination was helpful in the characters in reaching their goal. It was what drove the characters from Demosthenes and Icarus and Daedalus to achieve their goals in the face of daunting challenges and seemingly insurmountable defeat. Determination was also the source of motivation, even inspiration, one would need in order to accomplish something or keep on trying.
In the myth, Demosthenes by John Haaren, Demosthenes’s determination toward accomplishing his goal of becoming a lawyer was critical. One way determination was helpful in Demosthenes trying to reach his goal was that he was able to overcome his oral difficulties. According to the text, it states that “…to improve his voice he spoke with stones in his mouth, and to …show more content…

One way determination was helpful in Icarus and Daedalus trying to reach their goal was that the determination to accomplish this goal was what led Daedalus to build wings that they needed to escape. According to the text, Daedalus “…fashioned two great wings like those of a bird”, inspired by the sea-gulls outside who were “sure of [their] liberty”. Determination made Daedalus inspirited to innovate and find a way to escape. A second way determination was helpful in Icarus and Daedalus trying to reach their goal was that one of the factors that drove Icarus and Daedalus to fly away was determination. Without their determination, Icarus and Daedalus would not have been able to escape the tower, which would have resulted in a very different ending. For example, if Icarus and Daedalus did not fly, they would have stayed in prison until they died or the king instructed the guards to release them. A third way determination was helpful in Icarus and Daedalus trying to reach their goal was that determination was also helpful in the sense that it made Icarus and Daedalus have hope and the belief that they could succeed in escaping. As stated in the text, it was a challenge to escape: “… [He] managed to escape from his cell; but it seemed impossible to leave the island, since every ship that came or …show more content…

One way determination plays into the outcome of both plays into the outcome of both texts is that because of their determination (and the motivation with it), the characters were all able to accomplish their goal in the end. In Icarus and Daedalus, both father and son were able to escape, as stated in the text, “…quench the thirst of his captivity…” and in Demosthenes, Demosthenes was able to become more than a lawyer at the end; in the text, it states that “He soon acquired great influence in Athens and became one of the ten official orators.” A second way determination plays into the outcome of both texts in a similar way is that determination was what made the characters not give up until the end. Without the determination they had, both Icarus and Daedalus and Demosthenes would not have kept on persisting to push the limits that eventually made them succeed in fulfilling their goal (Demosthenes did this by doing hard training, while Daedalus did this by building wings). A third way determination plays into the outcome of both texts in a similar way is that determination was what made each character dedicated, which makes the end happen. In both stories, the determination of each character had an important role that led to the end of the story. In Icarus and Daedalus, both characters’ perseverance leads to them escaping but because of the small lack in Icarus’s (determination), he drowns,

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