An archetype is a term that can represent universal patterns of human nature and are always the building blocks of movies and stories. These terms include many archetypes with their own properties such as characteristic, symbolic, and situational. In the 1997 film Hercules produced and animated by Disney it depicts the story of Hercules, the son of Zeus and Hera. The God of the underworld Hades poisons Hercules when he is a baby with his two incompetent sidekicks Pain and Panic turning him mortal, and leaving him on Earth. When he is sent to the temple of Zeus by his orphan parents he is greeted by his real father Zeus who tells him in order to go back to Mount Olympus and live with him he is tasked with becoming a God or by fulfilling heroic …show more content…
After that he goes down to the underworld and asks the Fates if Hercules is going to interfere with his plans of taking over Mount Olympus by releasing the creatures of nightmares called Titans used for defeating Zeus. The names of The Fates are Enyo, Deino, and Pemphredo. The Fates tell him that Zeus will fall, but if Hercules is not taken care of he will interfere and soil his plans of taking over the world. He takes action with the advice given and sends his two scapegoat servants Pain and Panic to kidnap Hercules, turn him mortal, then murder him. As Pain and Panic are feeding baby Hercules the Mortal potion he says comically “in order for it to work he has to drink every last drop”. As the two are force feeding Hercules they hear 2 people approaching, in panic they drop the potion from the mouth of Hercules and it shatters on the ground. From the broken bottle you can see a miniscule drop of the potion secrete from a shard of glass. Even though he drank 99.9% of the potion he still retained his God-like …show more content…
As he is speaking to the statue it suddenly animates with a bolt of lightning and starts speaking to Hercules. Hercules recoils in fear and starts to run but after Zeus explains himself that he’s actually Herculeses’ father he calms down and starts to understand. He asks Zeus why he’s not on Olympus with all the other Gods and Zeus explains that he was turned mortal and mortals can’t reside on Mount Olympus. He also tells Hercules that in order to live on Mount Olympus he needs to either become a hero or God. Hercules then asks how he can become a hero and Zeus points him towards a friendly creature who also turns out to be a mentor, Philoctetes the Satyr. After Zeus gives Hercules this advice he also reunites Hercules with his pet flying horse, Pegasus, who is a major helper in his quest to become a
The character Hades from the Disney movie Hercules is an allusion to Hades from Greek Mythology. The movie takes the traditional character of Hades as the god of the underworld from Greek mythology and makes it palatable for children.
A hero is one that separates from their ordinary world, using their extraordinary skill or ability along the way, and sacrifices themselves for the sake of a journey or quest. Throughout the course of “Wreck it Ralph,” the audience watches the protagonist, a video game character named Ralph, morph from a greedy “bad-guy” who wants all the glory, into a hero prepared to sacrifice himself for the good of a world that isn’t even his. This transition, combined with the good deeds that Ralph had done throughout the movie proves him to be an ideal epic hero.
Everyone knows the story of Hercules, but not everyone knows that it follows the same pattern as most hero stories. Hercules is a story about the son of Zeus. When Hercules was a baby, Pain and Panic, Hades’ evil henchmen, gave him a potion to turn him mortal. It was prophesied that this baby would be the one to defeat Hades and they didn’t want that to come true. Since Hercules was now mortal, he could no longer live on Mount Olympus. A couple on earth took him in so he could grow up as a human. Hercules knew something was different about himself, so when he grew up, he set out to discover who he really was. Even though Hercules is an ancient Greek myth, it still follows Joseph Campbell’s modern basic outline of a hero’s journey.
First of all, the character Hercules was a non-hero who later received the power of strength. As a young boy Hercules wished to overcome any problem and always had in mind to be a strong man and to do the impossible. For example, in the movie , Hercules is a hard working kid who later by his parents gained a valuable power of strength being “introduced in ordinary surrounding in a mundane world, doing mundane things “ (Linda Seger 2) Hercules could not believe where all his strength was coming from because he had become too powerful to believe. Seger also explained that “this is how...
He tells him that Hercules can regain his god like status once he becomes a “true hero,” which calls Hercules to a great adventure. What is a better way of becoming a “true hero,” than to go to Satyr Philoctetes, who is known for training heroes, such as Achilles, Odysseus, and many more. Satyr becomes one of Hercules’ best friend, (besides Pegasus), and mentor throughout the whole movie, which was great because it was amusing to watch Satyr basically face palm himself whenever Hercules does something
Throughout the story he tries to find who he really is and where he truly belongs. Along the way he runs into a girl named Meg, he fall in love with her not knowing that she is working with Hades. Hades is trying to destroy Hercules. When Hercules defeats Hades he becomes a hero and a god and returns to being immortal, he faces the decision of returning to a mortal to be with Meg or being a god like his father Zeus. This movie shows that no matter what, even if you don’t fit in that you do belong somewhere. If you had the choice of being something bigger than yoursefl or love, which would you
... When one looks far enough into Hercules’ life, they will see that “struggle and strain are at the demigod’s mythic core” (Simmons, 2008, p. 635). The saying “don’t judge a book by it’s cover” proves to be true yet again. In order to see a person/god/hero for who they really are, we need to look deep. Yes Hercules was heroic but what led to his heroism is overseen by most.
A myth is a purely fictional story that has been passed on for generations, usually involving supernatural persons, actions or events. Hercules (also called Herakles), is one of the strongest and most celebrated mythical heroes. These myths were made up thousands of years ago and have acquired more details as they have been passed down. The story of Hercules is one of a man who was so strong and courageous, whose deeds were so mighty, and who so endured all the hardships that were given to him, that when he died, Hercules was brought up to Mount Olympus to live with the gods.
A little girl sits on the floor with her gaze fixed on the television screen in front of her, watching magical images dance before her eyes and catchy songs flow through her ears. Even though she had seen it at least twenty times before, she still loved The Little Mermaid just as much as she did the first time she watched it. As she watched it, she longed to be a beautiful mermaid with a curvy body and wonderful singing voice like Ariel. She longed to be saved by the handsome Prince Eric, and fall in love and live happily ever-after like Ariel did. In today’s society, women strive to achieve equality between the sexes. Despite the tremendous steps that have been taken towards reaching gender equality, mainstream media contradicts these accomplishments with stereotypes of women present in Walt Disney movies. These unrealistic stereotypes may be detrimental to children because they grow up with a distorted view of how men and women interact. Disney animated films assign gender roles to characters, and young children should not be exposed to inequality between genders because its effect on their view of what is right and wrong in society is harmful to their future.
Hercules, or known in Latin as Heracles, was the greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity. In art Hercules was portrayed as a powerful, muscular man wearing lion's skin and armed with a huge club. He was also described as being a macho man buffoon, who was very impulsive. Hercules’ home and birthing place is in Thebes, Greece. Thebes is a city in central Greece. It plays as an important setting in many Greek myths, such as the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus and many other important roles in Greek Mythology. The demigod, Hercules has an interesting origin, he is most famous for his 12 labors, and leaves a legacy in words and expressions.
Hercules led anything but a normal life. From the moment he was born, he was special, not only to Zeus,
Hercules the great hero and the son of the great god Zeus, was the most famous of all the Greek mythological heroes. Hercules was known for his strength, bravery, and adventuresome personality. Hercules like most heroes had a god as their father, and he had a mortal mother named Alcmene. Hercules like most heroes was not an ordinary mortal and a good example was his superhuman strength.
Disney's version of Hercules revolves around a plot of paramount importance because it contrasts significantly with the original myth. To begin with, the Disney movie is named "Hercules" because it was based on the Roman version of the myth, rather than the Greek version. In addition, the original myth and animated movie are tailored towards very different audiences, therefore, the two versions contrast in quite a few ways. The first prominent difference is that the original myth of Heracles focuses on his great achieveme...
Numerous lively heroes ventured into Persephone’s clutches with the hopes of beating death, yet she explains that despite their god-like strength they too will die. Two such heroes were Theseus and Pirithous. When Theseus and Pirithous attempted to kidnap the Queen of the Underworld she enticed them to sit in the chair of forgetfulness where their flesh fused to the cushions and refused to relinquish them (Taylor 268). Persephone appears many times to offer food, drink, or rest to weary heroes in the underworld in order to trap them there forever in the same manner that Hades tricked her (Taylor, 268). Because of Persephone and Hades’ antics many people hated them as gods, but Persephone’s cruelty serves as a reminder that while death is necessary it is not always kind. In the same manner that Persephone accepted her fate, mortals must also accept their own imminent