Clash Of The Titans Movie Analysis

There are many similarities between the movie Clash of the Titans and the original Greek myth but there are also many differences. In the movie Clash of the Titans, Perseus goes on an adventure to retrieve Medusa’s head to kill the Kraken in order to kill Hades. In the Greek myth story, Perseus goes to retrieve the head of Medusa to stop a king from marrying his mother. There are many similarities between the movie and story of the story of Perseus. One similarity is that Perseus goes to get the head of Medusa for a specific reason. Another similarity is that Perseus saves Andromeda from a monster in both versions of the story. A third similarity is that Perseus kills King Acrisius in both the movie and the Greek story. In both the movie Clash of the Titans and the original Greek story Perseus goes to obtain the head of Medusa, saves Andromeda and kills King Acrisius.

One difference is that Zeus impregnates King Acrisius’ wife in the movie but in the myth he impregnates King Acrisius’ daughter. Another difference is the monster that attacks Andromeda. In the original story it is The Ketos that tries to devour her but in the movie it is the Kraken that she is sacrificed too. A third difference is that in the movie Perseus goes to retrieve Medusa’s head to kill the Kraken in order to kill Hades. In the story Perseus goes to obtain Medusa’s head in order to stop his mother from marrying King Polydectes. The differences between the movie Clash of the Titans and the original myth story are that Zeus impregnates King Acrisius’ wife in the movie instead of his daughter like he does in the story, the monster that attacks Andromeda in the story is The Ketos but in the movie it is the Kraken and in the movie Perseus goes to obtain Medusa’s head to kill the Kraken in order to kill Hades but in the story Perseus goes to retrieve her head to stop his mother from marrying King