The myth of Perseus and his slaying of the only mortal Gorgon‚ Medusa has its origins in Greek mythology which portray the ancient Greek societies social values‚ expectations and punishments. It denotes coming of age‚ and growing old; beauty and ugliness; the mystery of love and marriage; and indicates the use of alienation as a form of repentance or punishment. The myth of Medusa is a tale of Perseus‚ son of Danae‚ and grandson of Acrisius who was king of Argos. An oracle warned Acrisius that
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similarities between the movie and the myth are that in both‚ Perseus is helped to defeat Medusa‚ Perseus threw Medusa’s eye‚ and in both the movie and the myth Andromeda’s mom compares her to someone. The three main differences are Medusa has three sisters in the myth and not in the movie‚ also in the movie the Djjng and warriors help Perseus and in the myth Athena and Hernia help Perseus to defeat Medusa. Also‚ In the movie Perseus threw the witches eye on the ground and in the myth he throws it
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Perseus a hero? • Perseus killed the gorgon Medusa after being challenged to do so by Polydectes‚ a king that had planned on marrying his mother. Hermes and Athena gave him gifts to keep him safe while fighting Medusa‚ who was an evil woman with snakes for hair that turned people to stone whenever they looked at her. He killed her using a sickle from Hermes while she slept and used the reflection from a shield given to him by Athena to see Medusa so that he wouldn’t turn to stone. Relationships
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How does the writer present power in medusa and another poem In medusa‚ Duffy uses the character of a female to show power. "Be terrfied". This quote is a short sentence which emphasises her power and that when she looks at you‚ it doesnt take long till you are turned into stone. The sentence also creates a sinister tone in a way that she wants you t be afraid of her because she was once destroyed now she wants to destroy others as she has the power to do so. Duffy later on uses the verb "shattered"
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storage place for his own possessions. Furthermore‚ in the ancient myth of Perseus‚ after returning to Seriphos from his quest‚ he discovers that his mother Danae had taken refuge from Polydektes’ violence. Angered by this‚ Perseus uses the decapitated Medusa head to petrify Polydektes. After returning home to New York City after his own quest‚ Percy realizes that Gabe had been physically abusing Percy’s mom Sally. After the instance that Percy
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await her fate. Luckily Perseus happened to be flying by. He had winged sandals! He was carrying with him the severed head of the Gorgon‚ Medusa. It had snakes for hair and was so ugly that any creature that gazed directly at it was turned to stone. Perseus saw Andromeda and the dangerous position she was in. With quick thinking he uncovered the head of Medusa‚ pointing it straight at the eyes of the sea monster. Just in the nick of time the sea monster turned to stone. Perseus and Andromeda fell
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A man driving home through the rundown (shonky) side of town with his children in the backseat sees a heavily tattooed homeless man. The children wince at the sight of the vagrant when he tries to wash the windscreen of the car in the hope of making a few pence. The father tells the children to remember the ’clown punk’ although his reason is unclear. The philosophical tone of the poem would suggest that the speaker wants his children to look past the decay of the clown punk and see his inner
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Poseidon’s child‚ and his quest was to fetch Zeus’ lightning bolt. Some myths state he’s Zeus’ true son‚ and his quest was to kill Medusa‚ the eldest Gorgon for his mother’s wedding gift. People say he was once the king of Macedonia. But which one is really is the original myth? Perseus’ quest to kill Medusa is transformative as he changed the Greek’s lives by killing the evil Medusa. Perseus’ story started when his mother‚ Danae‚ got locked in the tower by her father because of an oracle that predicted
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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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mythology personal narrative Monstrous Medusa I am a product of a jealous goddess. I once was a beautiful maiden with beautiful‚ long‚ golden hair and golden wings. I am the youngest of the gorgons and my two older sisters are Stheno and Euryale. My mother was Ceto. My father was Phorcys. When I met Poseidon‚ he took advantage of me and took me to Athena’s temple. She was enraged by what I was doing with Poseidon. So she turned me into the monstrous Medusa who can’t look into anyone’s eyes without
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