Perseus Reflection

In Greek Mythology parents would try to avoid the prophecy of their son, killing them. For example, Oedipus, his father went to the Oracle of Delphi to see if he will ever get a son. The prophecy had said that they will have a son that will kill them when he grows up. When Oedipus was born, they immediately sent him away to die, however, he managed to survive and was adopted. when he grew up, he surprisingly met his biological father, but then killed him. Filling half of his prophecy. Then he married his mother, later when she found out, she hanged herself. He ended up killing his father and mother. Perseus was a son of Zeus and Danae. His grandfather, Acrisius, had been warned by an oracle that his grandson would kill him and therefore put

A Hero And His Journey To Victory Heroes are born by following a journey that leads them to greatness. They are people that can persevere through their struggles and make it out even stronger. Perseus from the story Perseus and Medusa followed his own path into becoming a hero. This young boy makes a plan to capture Medusa’s head to show his strength and give a gift to the king Polydectes. Through his journey, Perseus mirrors Joseph Campbell’s monomyth by following his own hero quest.

Perseus’s story begins on an island ruled by a ruthless king named Polydectes. Dictys, the king’s brother, stumbles upon a young Perseus and the boy’s mother Danaë inside a great box along the shore. Dictys shelters the two and raises Perseus to be a peaceful, ordinary fisherman. Polydectes, however, wants the young boy deceased so Danaë would consider becoming queen. Perseus soon gains the call to adventure after Polydectes informs him of a killable gorgon. The king knows that no mere mortal can defeat even Medusa. Polydectes eventually coaxes Perseus into retrieving the head of Medusa as a present and thus the king’s plan falls into motion.

Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis recounts the conflicts and disillusionment as a result of living through the tyrannies of the Shah’s and the Islamic regimes. Her main motive was to keep alive the spirit of those Iranians who lost their lives in wars fought for freedom, suffered under repressive regimes or who were forced to leave their families. It highlights the daily conflict between tradition and modernity, West and East, dictatorship and individual freedom. Marjane has used several motifs, such as the veil, the mirror, background panels to emphasize on the situation in Iran and this essay focuses on how the veil becomes the dominant motif for portraying the suppression of individual freedom, knowledge

“The Story of Cronus” is an interesting myth where Cronus eats his children in fear that they would one day take his throne and overpower him. Rhea, his wife, hid their last child, a god named Zeus in a cave in the heart of Mount Ida. He throve rapidly and soon developed great physical powers along with wisdom and intelligence. With the help of Metis, Zeus succeeded in forcing his father to disgorge his siblings. This caused a war in which Zeus had won with the help of the giants. This myth has the theme the struggle for power since Cronus is afraid of his children overpowering him. The novel The Lightning Thief, has the same theme as well since Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon fight with each other.

First off, Oedipus and his family had really rough times. Oedipus’ sons killed each other for the throne, his daughter killed herself, he killed himself, so it was a very weird family. To start off, Eteocles Oedipus’ son he was heroic because he saved his family and country from the enemies who tried to kill the people of Thebes. Eteocles of course saves them from the ruthless and ferocious Argive army. “Against our seven gates in a yawning ring the famished spears came onward in the night; but before his jaws were sated with our blood, or pine fire took the garland of our towers, he was thrown back, and as he turned, great Thebes no tender victim for his noisy power rose like a dragon behind him, shouting war.” This shows that the priest and chorus were talking about the war and how Thebes won at the end of the battle and Eteocles died with honor fighting for his country men and family. He was brave because he went into war against his own brother and he was not afraid that in the end of the battle he would probably kill his brother. “For God hates utterly The bray of bragging tongues; and when he beheld their

Oedipus King is about the story of Oedipus who murders his father and weds his mother, which is the prototype of the Oedipus complex in Psychology. The protagonist or the hero of the tragedy is the child of King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes.

Another myth this story resembles is Zeus and his father, Cronus. In the myth Cronus is a

Sisyphus is the king of a city. He is very smart, but a cheater and lier and is known for being evil. At one point he even got his niece pregnant in an attempt to kill his brother. The gods are not happy with him and so they send Thanatos to keep Sisyphus in the underworld but then Sisyphus outsmarts Thanatos and escapes. He is also able to escape a second time with the excuse that his wife

Through his journey to Pylos and Sparta, Telemachus, who was born into a very privileged and high ranking family, learns how to use his inherited social status and connections for his own interests, which will help him mature into manhood. Telemachus was never old enough to remember what it was like when his father was around. Since Odysseus left, he has lived with his mom and nurse. However, for three years, he has been overwhelmed by suitors, who have taken over his house. Odysseus was never able to show Telemachus how to stand up for himself. Telemachus has been less than passive when going about doing things to get what he wants. When Athena comes and tells him that his father is going to come home, he realizes he has been ignoring what he knows is wrong, such as the suitors throwing parties every night, and that he needs to stop them. He doesn’t have any idea of how he is going to find his father when Athena comes, but he along his way finds that he has many resources and connections at hand that will allow him to find out what happened to his dad. Athena, disguised as Mentor, an old friend of Odysseus, encourages Telemachus to talk to Nestor. "Telemachus, no more shyness, this is not the time!/ We sailed the seas for this, for news of your father —// So go right up to Nestor...// Press him yourself to tell the whole truth:/ he'll never lie — the man is far too wise"(3.16-22) Here, Athena is encouraging Telemachus to be assertive, to get what the needs to know to find his father. Telemachus responds, "How can I greet him, Mentor, even approach the king?/ I'm hardly adept at subtle conversation./ Someone my age might feel shy, what's more,/ interrogating an older man."/ (3.23-27) He is intimidated. The irony is that he himself is of the higher class, and if Odysseus had been home, he would be accustomed to these interactions. This is Odysseus learning that he has high social status and can enjoy the privileges he was born with, such as being able to talk to the king. While there, Telemachus learns of the fate of the family of Agamemnon. Agamemnon came home to find his wife in love with Aegisthus, and together they kill him. Orestes, one of Agamemnon’s sons, avenges his father’s murder and kills

Zeus had a son named Perseus, this story is about him, although he was the son of Zeus. He was just a demigod (half human half god). which meant that he can die like any other legend mortal. So is all started when he and his mother were in a coffin in the middle of the ocean, unfortunately his mother did not make it but he did because he is a demigod. Perseus was just a baby so he did not know Danae his mother, the coffin was out for a some time then a fishing boat stumbled upon the coffin.

During this time Persephone loving mother is on a rampage trying to find her child.She comes to realize that Zeus has given away her only child way to Hades and forces all harvests to stop. “The land will  become barren until her child is brought back to her”she says.After seeing mankind suffer for half a year Zuse finally caves and allows Hermes to go get his daughter.Persephone is ether willing or tricked into eating pormgrnted seed  which bound her to the underworld. Hermes makes a deal with Hades on the world's behalf.Persephone would stay with her mother for half a year and then return to Hades the other half of the

There was a king named Acrisius, he had a beautiful daughter named Danae. The oracle of Apollo told Acrisius that Danae's son would

One day Hades and Persephone had a boy ,named Conselius. As Conselius grew up he didn't feel like he belonged in the underworld. Every six months his mother would go away to the upper world.Now Conselius always wondered where Persephone,his mother used to go for six months of the year.So one day he followed his mother to the upper world. As he stepped into the bright fields,the beauty caught his attention.The upper world also called Earth was full of with bright flowers,The sun shined upon everyone with its happy smile.There were colors he had never seen before.He saw sparkling rainbows and clean water.A beautiful apple tree caught his eye. Conselius ran to the apple tree plucking a beautiful red apple,and chomped on it. Conselius knew the upper world was where he belonged,but also knew his father was waiting for him. Conselius knew his father would let him stay in the upper world.

2,000 years later, a fisherman named Spyros finds a coffin in the sea. A baby and with its dead mother are found in the coffin. Spyros adopts the boy, names him Perseus, and raises