The amiable Mark Twain cleverly jokes‚ “Go to Heaven for the climate‚ Hell for the company”. Although this humorous quote can tickle the imagination and produce a genial chuckle‚ one might discover that there is an element of truth that can be observed in this statement. Everyone dies‚ that is a simple fact of life that must be acknowledged. The real question that lingers in the back corners of the mind is the next step after life. Is it Heaven or Hell? Shall the damned be cursed to wander throughout
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case‚ Polydectes wants to get rid of Perseus so he can marry Danae. Polydectes convinces Perseus to try to kill Medusa‚ an impossible feat for a mortal. The gods favor Perseus‚ however. As in most heroes‚ they usually have a magical helper. He receives a shield from Athena‚ a sword from Hermes‚ and information about the location of the nymphs‚ the only ones who know how to kill Medusa. As Hamilton points out‚ Perseus’s story is almost a fairy tale. Hermes and Athena tell Perseus almost precisely
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In regard to feminism‚ a lot of work was done in feminine writing. Along with "The feminine mystique" there was one popular manifesto by Helen cixous. "The laugh of medusa"‚originally written in french but translated in English and first published in 1975. Helen Cixous being a French feminist is carried away by the notion of French feminism which is‚ women must realize that their centre of consciousness is related to
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the age of both Percy and Annabeth are wrong‚ they are supped to be 12 in the book; whereas in the movie‚ they are 16. Also the appearances of Medusa and Annabeth are not what reader expected. According to the book‚ Medusa is an old‚ Middle Eastern woman‚ with coffee-colored skin‚ and Annabeth has curly blonde hair‚ and gray eyes. Contrast the movie. Medusa appears to be a young‚ Caucasian woman and Annabeth has iron-straight brown hair‚ and blue eyes. Lastly‚ the characterization of Hades is different
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saves his mother from marrying King Polydectes. The movie and story are similar for the most part‚ aside from what Perseus’s goal is in the end of the plot. The movie and story both focus mainly on Perseus’s adventure threw the wilds‚ trying to slay Medusa to get her head. Both the movie and the story have Perseus receive help from a godly being. Perseus goes to Medusa’s lair and slays her by using his shield as a reflective surface to see her threw. Perseus uses Medusa’s severed head to save the princess
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Danae was found by King Polydectes on the island of Seriphus. Later on after Perseus grown up‚ he sent Perseus to look for the head of Gorgon Medusa and hoping for him to die while doing so because he wanted to marry Danae. However‚ with the helps from Athena and Hermes where they gave him weapons that can act as protection while fighting against the Gorgon Medusa have led Perseus to win the battle. He came
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Percy’s meeting with Aunt Em [Medusa] made him think about staying with her and gave him a doubt with his mission and this represents the Woman as Temptress. As Aunt Em said‚ “Do not be a pawn of the Olympians‚ my dear. You would be better off as a statue. Less pain‚. Less pain.” This lines made him think about being the Gods way of hurting one another. The temptation in this part of the story was the urge to stay with Medusa because of her persuading‚ lull-like voice that tells him to abandon his
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grandfather‚ but a fisherman saves him; additionally‚ Perseus obtains Medusas head‚ therefore saving his mother from marrying the king. However‚ in the movie Perseus saves a princess from being sacrificed to the Cracken. There are many differences‚ as well as many similarities between the movie and the Greek story. Comparing‚ the movie and the story there are a few similarities that they share. For example‚ in both versions Perseus obtains Medusas head. Perseus also meets the witches that share one eye; he
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In chapter 9 - Perseus‚ it tells us the story of a boy named Perseus who was destined to kill his grandfather‚ King Acrisius of Argo. The overall theme is that you can’t stop the inevitable. The reason that this could be the theme is that in the story‚ the Oracle at Delphi tells King Acrisius of Argo that the future son of his daughter‚ Danae‚ will kill him. Though Acrisius imprisons Danae to prevent her from getting pregnant‚ Zeus magically enters the prison. Danae gives birth to a son‚ Perseus
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politics.[12] Hélène Cixous first coined écriture féminine in her essay‚ "The Laugh of the Medusa" (1975)‚ where she asserts "Woman must write her self: must write about women and bring women to writing‚ from which they have been driven away as violently as from their bodies" because their sexual pleasure has been repressed and denied expression. Inspired by Cixous’ essay‚ a recent book titledLaughing with Medusa (2006) analyzes the collective work of Julia Kristeva‚ Luce Irigaray‚ Bracha Ettinger and
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