Perseus: Movie Clash With Modern Culture

Later Percy and his friends go on to battle classic enemies of Greek Mythology. These movies take their own spin on Greek Mythology, while still telling us about elements from classical Greek Myths. This series became popular because of the fun spin that it took off of Greek Mythology and how it showed the audience the fun and appealing stories that come with mythology. This movie taught people of the gods and demi-gods it interested young people in a topic that had died out since the times of its origins. The next example is Clash of the Titans this movie is a light rendition of the tale of Perseus. This story is a live action rebelling of the famous tale of this Greek hero. We are shown many classic tales of this hero. An example of a tale told is how he conquers and kills the monster Medusa. The movie depicts the way Perseus killed the monster in a captivating and interesting way. This movie taught people of one of the most interesting heroes from Greek Mythology and gave it a rebirth through an immersive and stimulating experience. Finally another example of mythology influencing movies is Norse Mythology in Marvel movies, in the form of Thor. Thor is a character derived straightly from Norse Mythology. The movies show us many different characters, settings, and character relationships that are present in classical Norse mythology. In the Thor movies Norse mythology and its beliefs are showcased and visually depicted in a realistic image. Research shows that these movies have great signs from ancient mythology. It shows us examples of mythology's rebirth in

Perseus commences the quest ignorant to the perils and tribulations that lie ahead. Luckily, Hermes and Pallas Athena decide to

Perseus an important character in Greek mythology because he shows many traits valued by Greek culture.What is exactly a hero in ancient Greek mythology and culture, and what role does fate play in myths? A hero is one extraordinary individual who represents the values greatly admired and sought after in ancient Greek society. Perseus showed the epic traits of ;family,perseverance,and couragesness. These were all very valued in ancient Greek culture. I will be; summarizing Perseus' story, how he demonstrates the values of ancient Greek society, and explaining his cultural significance and how fate plays a big role.

Symbolic Archetypes- Haven vs. Wilderness, Perseus felt safe around his mom until a guy asked her to marry her and

“Iran was the epitome of evil” This was the world’s view of Iran during its revolution. Persepolis is the autobiography of Marjane Satrapi, and it is written from a child’s perspective. Telling Persepolis from a child’s perspective affects the empathy a reader would have for Marji because people often feel more sympathy for children than other adults. Children are often seen as innocent, impressionable, and kind. This places them in a separate category where they are often judged as innocent until proven guilty because they typically do not have the experience nor the will to lie, hurt, or deceive people. Adults, unlike children, can have all or some of the aforementioned characteristics that cause them to be judged as guilty until

An author’s construction of the protagonist/s creates as compelling method to demonstrate the tension between an individual’s values and wider society’s intolerance. Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis (2000), an autobiographical graphic novel, and Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird (1960), a traditional prose-fiction novel, use similar techniques to draw connections to the conflict between the two worlds, despite the two different textual forms. As Satrapi and Lee depict characters struggling to mediate between their individual progressive ideologies and society’s discriminatory dogmas, both texts ultimately present the irreconcilable nature of the divide between the personal and public. As such, the audience is able to establish a range of connections when both texts are considered together, through the confliction between the opposing public ethics and individual ideologies.

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel that provides insight into a young girl living in Iran during the hardship of war. Persepolis takes place during the childhood of Marjane Satrapi. It gives a background of the Islamic Revolution and the war in Iran. Satrapi attempts to guide herself in a corrupted world filled with propaganda. She tries to develop her own morality concerning religion, politics, and humanity. Satrapi was blessed enough to have high class status and parents who had an open mindset about the world around them. Thanks to her slightly alternative lifestyle, she is able to reconstruct gender norms that society has set by depicting the different ways women resist them. “Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological Reflections on Cultural Relativism and Its Others” by Lila Abu-Lughod is an essay detailing the misconceptions surrounding the veil. Through this essay we can see how colonial feminism, the form of feminism in which western women push for a western way of living on their third world counterparts, has shined a negative light on cultures all around the world - particularly Islamic women. The essay shows how women who don’t conform to American societal structures are labeled as women who urgently require saving. Through this essay one can develop a thorough understanding of the veil itself and the many representations it holds to different entities. Although in Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Satrapi

The movie Percy Jackson Lightning thief transforms the legend of perseus by modernization of the hero's journey, the hero archetypes, and classic hero themes. Percy Jackson is not the same hero as perseus, but they do have a lot of things in common. The movie, Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief directed by Christopher Colombus was about how Hades, took Percy's mom because he thinks that Percy has Zeus’s lightning bolt. The story of Perseus published by D'Aulaire is about how the hero Perseus needed a wedding gift for polydectes, so he whent to kill medusa.

After the hero is no longer willing to accept his suffering in the ordinary world, he moves out into the new world that will take him to his journey. The goal of the journey is partially the acceptance to the call to adventure, while the hero leaves the old world, there is no turning back for him. In response to what have happened to Perseus’ family, this was an opportunity to move out of his ordinary life. In the Call to Adventure phase, the hero goes out to his journey in reaction to his crisis. Perseus, who returns to Argos with the surviving soldiers, goes to see King Kepheus and Queen Cassiopeia of Argos, who are his allies. Zeus, who is Perseus’s father, and his mentor, which is the one who gives him advice and a magical aid, became angry on the humans for going against the Gods. Hades takes it as an advantage to act with vengeance against his brother. Hades then appears in the King’s palace, kills the soldiers, and reveals

Perseus son of Danae and Zeus, was thrown into the ocean while locked in a chest at birth by his grandfather because of a prophecy. Later found by a fisherman named Dictys who raised Perseus with Danae. The ruler of the land Polydectes was the brothe of Dictys and wanted Danae, so he told Perseus that he wanted a gorgon head. Perseus went on a long journey trying to find a gorgon. Athena and Hermes help find the gorgons and give Perseus the Equipment to kill a gorgon. Perseus travels back home to Polydectes after killing Medusa and shows everyone Medusa's head. Turning everyone into stone. Later he finds his mom and they go back to his grandfather. Perseus kills his grandfather afterward.

This cartoon illustrates a woman losing her belief in god. This is a main idea explored throughout Persepolis, as Marjane slowly loses her faith. Near the beginning of the book Marjane was very religious and wanted to be a prophet when she grew up. However as the book progressed she stopped talking to god and no longer wanted to be a prophet. This is most likely due to the fact that Marjane has been through many hard times and feels that God is no longer helping her, that he has no power. This connects to another extraordinary book called Night, by Elie Wiesel. Similarly, Elie lost his faith as he observed terror and Marjane seemed to feel the same way. Although the topic is sad and heavy the image seems light as if the woman is lifting a weight on her shoulders. This could be said about Marjane, she felt no longer trapped by her religious beliefs.

Marjane Satrapi says in multiple interviews that she does not subscribe to feminism; instead, she describes herself as a humanist. However, her graphic novel memoir, Persepolis, has several themes at its core that convey feminist ideals. Throughout the novel, Marjane constantly expresses frustration with Iran’s strict regulations on women. She also grows up with strong female relationships in her family; these women help shape Marjane into the woman she is today, a woman who won’t stand for inequality.

Set in revolutionary Iran during the 1980s and 1990s, Persepolis, a beautiful film, tells the story of a young girl, Marjane, growing up during the revolution. The theme of Persepolis is about tension and freedom: the tension of the country, the self-inflicted tension of Marjane, and the need of freedom for everyone. Director Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud uses movement, humor, expressions, sound, and editing to pull this theme together. The combination of these different techniques in each scene completes the total effect of the movie.

The 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans was released to theaters on April 2, 2010. It made $493,214,993 in gross revenue and was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film begins with the introduction of the Titans. The titans ruled the earth before they were overthrown by the Olympians, specifically Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. The ruler of the Titans was Cronus. Most of the Titans fought with Cronus against his father Zeus, but ended up being banished to Tartarus, which is located beneath the underworld.

For this film review, I watched the film Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. It tells the story of Percy, son of Poseidon, and his quest to discover both who he is and who stole the mighty lightning bolt of Zeus. The film is aimed at families, and generally shows an accurate representation of the Greek myths. There are a few key differences though, which are mostly used to present the Greek Gods in a better, more likable tone for the movie.