Paethon And Icarus Literary Analysis

Both Greek myths, Phaethon and Icarus & Daedalus, They are both prideful and leads to their downfall. The authors use imagery, characterization, and conflict to make it feel like you are there. Phaethon and Icarus demonstrate a shared theme and lesson that a prideful disregard for those older and wiser can lead to disastrous consequences.
Characterization makes the reader feel like they connect to the characters more than normal and it makes them feel like they are there.Fan song is a very prideful character and the text Faith it states Phaethon ordered the horses down how many people know it's me, me, me. This is foreshadowing Phaethon's the downfall by him burning a village. Another example of characterization how Daedalus is worried and