The Similarities Between The Painting And The Fall Of Icarus

Some similarities between the painting and the poem titled, “The Fall of Icarus” include the storytelling and the little amount of significance shown Icarus while differences include the way the authors chose to emphasize other aspects of the story. Despite the fact that the author and the painter were trying to tell the same story in different forms, they still told the story in very similar ways. In the poem, the author chooses the last two words to be, “Icarus drowning.” This shows that Icarus drowning isn’t really the point of the story, even though he actually is. The poet and the artist may have told the story in similar ways, but they have very different methods of putting emphasis on other aspects of the story that have nothing to