Theseus The King: A Short Story

“The Flight of Icarus” is about Daedalus and his son, Icarus, trying to escape a labyrinth . Daedalus made wings from feathers and wax to escape. Daedaus told Icarus to no go to high into the sky or too low but then Icarus went to high up and the wax started melting. Icarus didn't pay attention to Daedalus about staying in a moderate flight zone, and then he fell in the ocean and drowned. I would encourage you to not take risks, and if you still won't listen then remember what happened to Icarus.

The poem “Icarus” by Edward Field explores the downfall of a man named Icarus from glory to mediocrity. He crossed the sea with huge wings to escape prison, but he flew too close to the sun, which melted his wings, causing him to fall into the ocean. Field uses several literary devices, such as connotation, alliteration, metonymy, and repetition, to adapt the Icarus myth to a contemporary setting.

Waxon Wings, written by Ha Songnan, is a saddening story of a women named Birdie. It covers the life of Birdie from when she was 10 years old to the time she is 27. Birdie never seemed to fit in with the others kids, and she loved the sensation of being in the air. She felt like she was flying, and that was exhilarating for her all throughout her life, no matter how dangerous it may have been. The story ultimately turns out to be very sad, as Songnan is known for in her writing. The story of Waxen Wings seems to be very similar to a tragedy, and it also captivates its readers in a different way due to the second person narrative. Also, it has some very intriguing literary devices.

Theseus goes through great measures to travel to either meet his father or volunteer to participate in the fight against Minotaur in Labyrinth. Before Theseus' birth, his

Whether it be the sea or land, nearly every expanse of the world is dominated by humanity, but there exists one stretch that only dreams can reach in full: the sky. Greek mythology expresses this idea of its unattainable power as home of the gods and realm of the King of the Gods Zeus, but there is one example that solidifies it as the one unreachable territory. That example is Ovid’s story of mortal Daedalus and Icarus, father and son, who with their tinkered wax wings made their attempt at escape from their exile through flight, only for one to succeed and the other to fall in a reckless soar to the searing sun. Naturally, with the universal dream to fly and the tragedy within it, the tale resonates deeply with everyone who reads it, and even today it is clear how impactful the story is to so many with the dozens of poems written in inspiration. One of these poems is Landscape with the Fall of Icarus,

When Theseus heard of this he volunteered to go as one of the seven. e was taken on a blacked sailed ship and taken to a palace where the people would have a great meal and supposed to have a nice time. Usually people didn't have a good time at the palace because they were afraid of the minotaur but theseus made everybody feel better by making conversation and jokes. That night a lady gave him gold string and when they got to the minotaur labyrinth Theseus tied the string to the cave entrance found the minotaur and then killed him. He followed the string back freeing the minotaur reign of terror.

Upon his death, my father became that island, and I turned into one of those birds, flying in a circle to land on the rock of my life. Later, he existed in a series of memories: playing baseball with him, learning carpentry from him, or listening to him play his horn.

Birds are also major symbolic images in the story. Flight, which is associated with birds, acts as a stand-in for awakening. The ability to spread your wings and fly is a symbolic theme that occurs often in the novel. Mademoiselle Reisz tells Edna "the bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings” (138). She uses birds to forecast Edna's future and evaluate Edna's strength. In order to soar like a bird, Edna must be strong, but Mademoiselle Reisz realizes that Edna is weak. Reisz says, "it is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth" (138). Mademoiselle Reisz understands that Edna is not like herself and cannot fight society. Later, when Edna realizes the hopelessness of her situation, birds, once again, symbolically foreshadow her fate. Upon reaching the beach on her final walk, Edna looks around and sees: "A bird with a broken wing was beating the air above, reeling, fluttering, circling disabled down, down to the water" (189). This bird is the final omen that reflects Mademoiselle Reisz's words: "it is sad to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth" (138). The bird, disabled and weakened because of its broken wing, falls back to earth and suffers defeat. Edna soon does the same when she kills herself because she does not have "the

’s worst and last mistake. The wax melted, by Julio’s sun, and dismembered the wings. Icarus, the proud young son of Daedalus, plummeted to his

“It was the mud, I think, that made me take to flying… I had succeeded in getting myself mired to the knees when suddenly, from somewhere out of the storm, appeared a trim little aeroplane.

Then the eagle added – “ you should come with me today little bird, fly is not difficult you just have to open your wings, feel the wind, hold your breath and jump three times. After that, just get out from your nest and move your wings up and down. You will be fine. I mean, I'm sure a majestic bird like you is able to fly really easy. You look like an smart bird and I think, you will learn quickly.”

Katelyn said that when she’d picked up her head, she saw that my grandmother didn’t as much as flinch though. She just stood resolved before the boys, her arms outstretched before her as if commanding the weather like a maestro. Then, when she raised her hands towards the sky the chickens were suddenly yanked out from the boy’s grasps all at once. Even the remaining birds in the pillow cases had somehow become liberated from the sacks they were being held captive in. The chickens began to take flight circling round-and-round overhead while being carried by the passat winds as if caught in an invisible twister. To Katelyn they appeared as if they were no longer flightless birds of consumption, but birds of prey, circling

The Fall of Icarus was created in 1950, and is based on the story of Icarus in Greek Mythology. According to the stories, Icarus and his father were trapped in the massive labyrinth. In order to escape, Icarus and his father created wings of feathers and wax, and strapped them to

Through diction and imagery, Sexton builds a foundation of his admirable and brave flight despite the failure. Sexton portrays Icarus’ flight as an elegant event with “larger than a sail, over the fog and the blast of the plushy ocean”, “feel the

Icarus drowned while he was trying to flee the island with his father, Daedalus. The heat of the sun caused his wings which were made of wax, as what they seemed to be, fall apart, resulting his fall into the sea.