of that time strongly believed in. “From her is descended a great pain to mortal men” (Leftowitz and Fant‚ p25). In Homer’s Odyssey‚ one of the oldest and most fundamental works of literature to western canon‚ the importance of women in the poem’s plot lies in their roles as seductresses. When Odysseus ’ crew arrives on Circe ’s island‚ they are attracted to Circe ’s house because of the alluring voice of the beautiful but monstrous goddess. Homer describes her as "... singing in a sweet voice‚ as
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Jackson” modernizes “Perseus” in events (The event that begins the adventure and when the two ran into Medusa)‚ Character types (Unusual birth and Spiritual help)‚ and the theme‚ Good vs. Evil. The first paragraph will talk about the events of Perseus and Percy. The events from Perseus got modernized‚ the beginning of the adventure and one of the challenges of the adventure. When Perseus found Medusa it states that‚ “He looked‚ instead‚ into Athena’s polished shield‚ and shuddered at the sight he
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creation myth. It all began when Poseidon decided to seduce Medusa‚ as she was once a beautiful young woman with infamous hair which every other woman envied. So‚ Poseidon set out to seduce her in the Athene temple and he succeeded. Naturally‚ Athena was infuriated that Poseidon has done such a thing in her own temple and she was also enraged by the possibility that Medusa was more beautiful than her. So‚ in a fit of rage‚ she transformed Medusa from beautiful to hideous‚ replacing her lovely hair with
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summary of Theseus volunteer to go to Crete to be sacrificed to the Minotaur. He promised his dad that he would be on white sails not black sails. But he rides on the black sails so his father Perseus was the son of Danae and Zeus. Perseus went to see Medusa. to cut her head off. He came back with Medusa’s head‚ he used Medusa’s head to turned Phineus into stones. Theseus and Perseus are courageous and proud‚ yet it is there impulsive actions lead them into bad decisions that cause suffering Theseus
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are the myths about Perseus and Theseus. In Perseus myth‚ he attended a banquet where he had to give Polydectes a horse as a gift‚ but Perseus claimed that he could get him Medusas head as easily as getting him a hoarse. So‚ Perseus goes to find the gorgons and with the help of a nymph‚ Athena‚ and Hermes‚ he is able to cut medusas head and bring it to Polydectes. In Theseus myth‚ seven man and women every year had to
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and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”‚ stand out the most to me. Throughout this unit‚ I have learned that very many companies’ names are derived from Greek mythology. These include Hercules (Heracles)‚ Poseidon Seafood‚ Amazon‚ Pandora‚ Medusa (the cement company)‚ Nike‚ Odyssey Cruise Lines‚ Trident gum‚ and many others. All of these companies have given me insight about why companies would choose these names‚ where they came from‚ and what they wanted their company to be like. Among these
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washes up on a small island‚ where a kind fisherman named Dictys takes Danae and Perseus in. They live happily until Dictys’s brother‚ King Polydectes‚ falls in love with Danae and decides to get rid of her son. Polydectes convinces Perseus to kill the Medusa‚ a horrifying beast with snakes for hair. But this feat seems
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Emma “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” used an unconventional plot which a plot doesn’t have an exposition‚ a rising action‚ a climax‚ a falling action and a denouement in that order‚ however‚ an unconventional plot makes the story of Walter Mitty’s theme more stronger and leave a lot of imagination to the reader. The story developed the story by using smalls things‚ randomly appeared‚ as clues to connect the stories‚ so the story was ordered and doesn’t let reader confused and
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another statue and realized it was Hera. Iris asked the snake lady “what’ your name and what have you done to Hera” she replied to him saying “ my name is Medusa and i make statues for a living of all the people that are prettier than me”. How can you undo the spell asked iris you can’t said Medusa the only way is if you bring me 3 things. So Medusa told iris that she needed a big block of cheese‚ a
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Trey Parker once said‚ “Every hero needs a sidekick; every captain needs a mate.” This quote means‚ even if a hero thinks they can do everything alone then they mistaken. In the book‚ The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. It is about young‚ brave Percy Jackson (son of Poseidon) who is on a quest to return the master Lightning bolt back to Olympus because if not there will be a war of the gods. Percy is being accused of stealing the bolt. He knows he didn’t take it but he doesn’t know who did. On his
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