Medusa

to be successful on his mission, Athena and Hermes gave him gifts as their divine guardians. Then, with help of Athena and Hermes, Perseus found the Graeae. Perseus was able to blackmail the Graeae for the Gorgon’s location which led him to Medusa. After Medusa was found, Perseus chopped off Medusa’s head and fulfilled his satisfaction. In conclusion, Perseus was successful gaining pride by the journey to kill

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

mythology Perseus and Hercules both were the son of Zeus. Both Perseus and Hercules had their own sets of journeys that they had to go on, however both of their journeys were unique to their character. Perseus went on a journey to get the head of Medusa for his mother for a gift. Where in Hercules went on twelve journeys to get purified because he killed his wife and kids and he seemed very mighty throughout his twelve journeys. Before Perseus was born, his grandfather

Percy Jackson and Perseus fight medusa but in different scenarios. In the text of Perseus's story it says, “Perseus swooped down, and with one deft stroke he cut off the Medusa’s head.” (D'aulaires, 118) In Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, “Percy Jackson and his friends fight Medusa in a garden store that is filled with statues.” (Percy Jackson) This modernizes the older story because it is more realistic that Medusa would hide in an area full of statues, since Medusa turns people into stone it

My paper is about two heroes Perseus and Spiderman. For one perseus was the one that went and killed Medusa, and then after he killed Medusa he went and saved his to be wife, then he went back and saw that his mother was mistreated and he will turn the man that mistreated his mother to stone with the head of medusa. For Spiderman, he was bitten by a spider and turned into a man that saves people also known as Spiderman. For this essay one will be comparing and contrasting their origins, agility,

Perseus Smackdown! Could you have slayed Medusa? Well, neither could I, but there’s one person who could and, his name was Perseus. Perseus is a hero because even through all of his hardships, he loves his mother and will do anything for her even kill, and he would also do anything to defend his honor and courage. Perseus has many traits and has done many things that put him under the category of being a hero. One of those being the fact that he killed Medusa and went on a quest with very harsh conditions

includes an analysis of the mythic –heroic structure, the young life love, and impasse. John Barth's two approaches toward myth in this tale are that it creates as a comic travesty and as refreshing power. Mythology is the key to the entity and the New Medusa is love reformed. While Perseus is less openly

sandals and a sword that could cut Medusa’s scale (Macpherson 57). Medusa was one of the deadliest villains, and killing her was only a task that a hero could accomplish. Many potential heroes before Perseus attempted to kill her, and failed miserably by turning into a stone. However, Perseus was wise enough to use the reflection of his shield to spot Medusa and successfully behead her using the sword (Beale 18). After beheading Medusa, Perseus ran into another adventure. Perseus rescues Andromeda.

Clash of the Titans, Perseus must defeat Medusa and the Kraken to save the city, which is so different from the actual story. This made it difficult to follow. It was an amazing movie, but I wish it were more like the original myth. Although they had many differences, there were also some similarities. One example is how Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danae, making him a demigod. Another similarity is how Zeus saved Andromeda from the sea monster. He used Medusas’ head to turn the beast into stone.

Perseus wants to stop Hades and the other gods from taking over the world so he goes to the Underworld and kills many monsters and even Medusa to prove to Zeus that he in fact is a demigod. On the other hand, in the story of Perseus, he wants to stop the kind of Argos from trying to marry his mother so the king tells Perseus to go to the Underworld and retrieve Medusas’ head and he would not marry his mother. After reading the story and watching the movie, there are many differences to the two and the