Titans Vs Perseus

King Acrisius was king of Argos. He had an amazingly beautiful daughter, but he wished deeply for a son, so he prayed to the gods for them to give him a son. Apollo,the god of culture and prophecy, told him that he will never have a son in all his days and that the son of his daughter will slay him. Acrisius thinks of just killing his daughter,Danae, to prevent his prophecy, but fears of the punishment he will receive from the gods for this act, so he instead locks his daughter in an entirely bronze house and guards it closely. What he did not expect is for the king of the gods Zeus to come directly to his daughter and impregnate her. From this comes a son named Perseus. When Acrisius learns of his daughter's offspring, he puts both Perseus and Danae in a trunk and sets it off into the ocean. By luck or by the will of Zeus Perseus and Danae wash up onto a small island, where a kind hearted fisherman named Dictys takes in the two strangers. They live contently with Dictys until Dictys' brother, King Polydectes, fell in love with Danae. He decides to construe a plot to get rid of her son,Perseus, so that he can have her. The plan he comes is to convince Perseus to go and slay the woman-beast Medusa. He thinks this feat impossible by a mortal man, because any man who lays eyes upon her turns to stone. To aid him on his quest Hermes gives him a sword stronger than that of Medusa's scale. He also told him he would need equipment from the nymphs of the north, who's location was unknown by all except the Gray Women who are ray and live in gray.The three sisters share one eye between them all and

My original thought when comparing Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Lightning Thief the movie and Classical mythology was that there would be many more references to the myth of Perceus than any other myth throughout the movie in its entirety. That’s where I was wrong. After watching the movie again and researching the different hero myths my opinion has changed. My new thoughts are that the movie is not influenced by the myth of Perceus any more than other hero myths. The movie ties together many different heroes’ stories and mixes them together to make a wonderful story about a young boy. The movie was based on a book series written by Rick Riordan.

Hades as the shadow, who represents the bad guy, and tries to defeat the hero and prevent him to achieve his goal, appears and massacred the soldiers. While he destroyed them, he also destroyed the fishing boat which led Perseus' family to death. Perseus tries to save his family, but with no success. That event took his life out of balance and led him to his journey, chasing Hades to avenge his family's death.

While some of the events are not the same, a majority of the differences are tiny details. For example, in the book Socrates has a photo of Theresa, his ex-girlfriend, hanging in his kitchen by the window. In the picture, Theresa is wearing a red dress but in the movie she is in a white dress. The book also tells the reader that Socrates spent twenty-seven years in prison and was released eight years ago; in the movie; he only served eighteen years and had only been out for ten months.

Both of these stories have same plot structures and hero's journey, but the movie is more modernized than the story. First, is how they meet their mentor. In the story Perseus's father sent him his mentor but in the movie Percy went to school with him and already knew him because they were friends. Next, in the story Medusa was on an island with her two other sisters and Pursues looked at her reflection with Athena's shield but, in the

In both the stories the main characters of Percy and Perseus really start to show their true colors on their quest. Both characters are Prodigies in there Hero types and act the same. One is just modernized as a teen from New York who travels the U.S with his friends. On the other hand, Perseus is a courageous son of Zeus who goes on a quest along to fight Medusa. For Percy he shows his true Prodigy Archetype when he gets to Camp Half-Blood. There, he was able to reveal his true ability to control water and use it in combat and healing (Percy Camp Half-Blood). For Perseus he know right from the start he is a prodigy of something great and uses his power to great things. “In his humble hut Perseus grew into a fine valiant youth, proud of being the son of Zeus and the Beautiful Danae.” (Perseus 6) Also, in both stories not only were Percy and Perseus Prodigy’s, but Perfect hero’s as well. Both heros grow up in a less than stellar place but still become perfect heros and go onto do there remarkable quest’s. For Percy, he grew up with Gabe Ugliano in his small New York apartment, where Gabe routinely miss treated him and his Mother. Which actually is the same in Perseus. Perseus grew up on a small Island in a humble hut, but after Perseus and his Mother got away from the King he ended up coming back. “The King pursued her and would have carried her off by force if Perseus had not protected her.” (Perseus 6) The resemblance is extremely close and that resemblance help the characters later on to be better people and become there “Perfect Hero” Archetype. In these stories the Hero theme is the same but that’s about the only theme that can be compared in these two very differently themed

To start things off the plot in the movie “Percy Jackson,” is very different compared to the legend of “Perseus”. Firstly, Percy faced off against the hydra in a museum (Chris Columbus, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief). Perseus however never had to face this challenge. Next, in the Legend of Perseus the author wrote, “...a horrible sea monster came up from the sea….” but in the movie Percy never fought a sea monster. The biggest change from the Legend of Perseus and The Percy Jackson movie is that Percy had to go to the underworld

The biggest similarity between Chapter 15 and Clash of the Titans is that Perseus killed a sea-monster. In Chapter 15 and in the movie, a sea-monster (kraken in the movie) was killed in order to save a girl. In both, the girl that was being saved was a princess, and that princess was being used as a sacrifice by the people. Also Perseus’s wasn't being told by anybody to save the princess, he did it by himself. In the end, in both the book and movie Perseus rescuing did not fail and both of the princesses were saved.

When considering the question Who is the better man? It is necessary to find the similarities that exist between the two men who are being compared, (i.e. Odysseus and Achilles) of which there are mainly three. The first one being that they are both Greek men, the second one being that they are both heroes, and the third one being that they are both leaders. Odysseus is the better man because he better fits the role of an Ancient Greek man, he better fits the role of a hero, and he better fits the role of a leader.

Zeus’ different roles in the two stories lead to his contrasting personality traits, as both authors try to find reasons for the audience to sympathize with the tale’s main character, they have to inevitably change Zeus’ character

The last big difference i saw was the scene with the Lotus Eaters. In the book, Odysseus and his men went to an island with Lotus Eaters while in the movie, the lotus blossoms were given by Circe. This made him and his men stay longer with Circe for five years. They had thought it had only been a couple days but Circe made it seem like that, so they wouldn't leave. That is also different from the book because in the book, Odysseus and his men only stayed with Circe for a year, not five years.

In part two, Perseid, the first half is all about how he grew up and how he slays medusa and marries the fair maiden. However he and his wife do not live happily ever after and then Perseus starts to think back to his days of greatness and feels at a loss for all that had happened. As during that time divorce would have been frowned upon and he would have been

I want to have your daughter; if my bravery succeed, I'll have her as my wife. ”(p.137) In this quotation as Andromeda’s parents are distraught about the seemingly inevitable fate of their daughter, but Perseus is only willing to help save Andromeda if she marries him. This shows selfishness because he wouldn’t do the right thing unless he got something in return, but he is still considered a hero because he was able to kill the dragon and, in another myth, kill Medusa. Greek gods are also very violent as seen with the multitude of rape scenes in the book.

The movie, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief holds a “Perfect Hero” ID to Percy Jackson just like Perseus in “Danaüs, Perseus, and the Gorgon” yet, the presentation of the character changes to be more appealing to the modern times. Perseus presents himself as a selfless hero when his actions on slaying Medusa were: “Looking into the mirroring shield, Perseus swooped down, and with one deft stroke he cut off the Medusa’s head.” (D 'aulaires, page 118) The movie, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson decides to put himself as this good hero when Annabeth is being harassed by the Medusa and he catches her attention in order for Annabeth to escape and have the monster chase him around the stone and garden shop. Both demigods show they are selfless, they will risk their life for another to be successful, but Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief takes Perseus’ hero presentation and modernizes the event to be more of this “challenge” for the new god, for it is more realistic along with being more involved

One of the major differences the director makes in the movie (dramatically differentiates it from the book) is the reason why Perseus goes on a mission. In the book, King Polydectes sets up a plan to get rid of Perseus by daring him a difficult task, to kill Medusa and bring back her head. Perseus is challenged to a tough venture and proves his braveness by taking on the bet. By killing the beast, Perseus provides a gesture of “gratitude” towards Polydectes because he has nothing else offer him since he is a servant. However, in the movie, Perseus must battle both Medusa and the Kraken in order to save Princess Andromeda and prevent her from being sacrificed. The director made this a great change in the movie because it portrays Perseus as a better classical, archetypal hero. Not only does it enhance Perseus’s heroic qualities, but it also demonstrates his maturity and humility, he is one of a kind. In the Clash of Clans, Perseus realizes he must