Mythology Archetypes
Perseus main archetypes
The Task, In Perseus the main task that happens is when Perseus a demigod, son of Zeus goes out to capture something special. Perseus sets out on an adventure to kill Medusa and capture her head to bring back as a gift. The hard part is that in one glance eye to eye at Medusa you will automatically turn into stone. Therefore, this was a hard feat to accomplish and it was one that he wanted to fulfill after he told they guy who was going to marry his mom he would bring them Medusa’s head. He laughed at him and that was a sign of determination for Perseus to accomplish his goal
Haven vs. Wilderness, Perseus felt safe around his mom until a guy asked her to marry her and wasn’t so sure about it.
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His mother placed a pair of shoes and a sword so that when he was old enough and strong he would be sent to Athens. Once he started to grow up and go through maturity he could push the rock to aside, grabbed the sword and put on the shoes and began his long journey to Athens. Later when Minos beats the Athens they had a punishment that every nine years they had to send seven boys and girls into the labyrinth with the Minotaur. Theseus offers himself and if he lives he will change his black sail to a white one so on his return to Aegeus so they will know if he is alive.
Heaven vs. Hell, this is an important thing in this mythological story told about Theseus. While he was on earth with his wife, ruling over Athens and changing it to a democracy. Theseus was always helping his friends out. He helps his friend defeat the evil Centaur that killed his friend’s wife. Theseus then helps Pirithous to try to get Persephone from Hades and for her to become his wife. Hades ends up defeating them and putting them in a chair of forgetfulness. Therefore heaven vs. Hell fits because he is at peace on earth, then goes to the diabolical world of Hades and gets captured and put into a
In the quiet country of Serenity everyone treats each other as they want to be treated and accept that bad things might happen but they have to power to be the one to change it, make it better, and to find that tranquility again. Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase just want to find somewhere that they can live their lives together and stop worrying about all the monsters, or the thought of dying everyday but they didn’t know that Gaea was also going to Serenity.
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
Aegus, Theseus’s father, commands him to go to Athens. Theseus becomes determined to choose the perilous land passage from the peloponnesus across the Isthmus of corinth to Athens and had to face different types of enemies. “Theseus made land travel safe between Troezen and Athens and earned fame and honour”(Roseberg & Baker 246). Theseus confidence not only allows him to accomplish finishing the dangerous passage, he also made two easy ways to get there. Perseus meets a beautiful girl name Andromeda. Andromeda explains how the lord of the sea sends a ravenous sea monster upon their land. “I will rescue your daughter, in return Andromeda will be my wife” (206). Perseus was confident that he would defeat the monster. Knowing that her life would have had to be sacrificed, Perseus was confident in his abilities and is aware of his own strength which leads him to be positive in the defeat of the monster. Although Perseus is
From the Greek Myth, “Danaϋs, Perseus and The Gorgon” and the film, Percy Jackson and Olympians The Lightning Thief, the movie modernises and draws onto the challenges, the perfect hero archetype, and the quest storyline in many ways. The film even added more challenges onto the myth! From formulating new characters, a new family line, and different storylines- the film of Percy has many modernizations! Now, the modernizations of the events in the myth will be discussed.
Perseus is later found by soldiers who take him to the city of Argos, where he is brought before King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia during their celebration of the war against the gods. King Cepheus makes arrogant statements towards the gods, and the Queen Cassiopeia compares their daughter Andromeda to Aphrodite. When Zeus finds out about the destruction of a statue of him and the celebration of war by Cepheus and Cassiopeia, he becomes furious. Hades then appears before his Zeus on Mount Olympus and argues that the gods must retaliate against the revolt, and convinces Zeus that he be allowed to destroy Argos. Hades appears in a courtroom in Argos, kills the so...
But when he arrived, he found he found his childhood home empty. Polydectes, furious that Danae still refused to marry him, had promised to seek revenge. Afraid for her life Danae left her home and hid in a temple. Perseus knew he had been right in mistrusting Polydectes. He stormed into the royal palace to tell Polydectes that he had conquered Medusa. When Perseus opened the grand doors, he saw Polydectes surrounded by of advisors and nobles. Perseus shouted from the doorway and all the men, including Polydectes, turned to see what Perseus wanted. With all eyes gazing at him, Perseus drew Medusas head from the magic bag. Everyone in the hall was turned to stone.”)Page 23-24 Greek and Roman Mythology Parcae to Zeus)
In two amazing poems, both poets make allusions to the myth of Persephone. The myth of Persephone tells of her kidnap by Hades, the God of the Underworld. She is then fated to spend one-third of the year in the underworld as Hades’ bride because she consumed pomegranate seeds. This myth appears frequently as a metaphor not only in “The Pomegranate” and “The Bistro Styx,” but in many others as well. In both poems, the myth of Persephone is used to symbolize the mother-daughter relationships.
Perseus grew up to be a strong fearless lad. One day he claimed to King Polydectes, “Oh, Host and Benefactor, I owe you too much gratitude to repay you with the common gift of a horse. I shall bring you the head of Medusa!”(Evslin.110) Perseus set off for his mission, he encountered the gray sisters and the apple nymphs forcing them to give him information about Medusa’s location. Then he went to Medusa with three gifts from the apple nymphs: a sword, a shield, and the Cap of Darkness. Successfully Perseus killed Medusa and while bringing Medusa’s head towards the island of Sephiros. He encountered a sea serpent who was creating trouble by the nearby town of Cepheus. Perseus drew out Medusa’s head and turned the sea serpent into stone. Throughout Perseus’s mission he encountered many obstacles and he handled each challenge in a smart and clever way, unlike King
King Acrisius didn’t know of the meeting between them and didn’t discover perseus for a long time. He finally discovered Perseus and had a chest built to send him and his mother away to his death. They eventually made it to land where a man named Dictys found them and he and his wife took them in. Perseus became an honest fisherman like dictys. After a while, Dictys’ brother, Polydectes, fell in love with Danae but wanted her some gone. Polydectes announced that he was going to marry, but Perseus had no gifts to bear him. He went off to find the gorgon Medusa, slay her and take her head and to Polydectes’ inconvenience Perseus came back and killed
The unusual circumstance surrounding his birth, his heroic tasks, the symbolic defeat of death, his enemies, the aid of gods and humans, his rewards, and heroic roles make Perseus a typical hero. Some counter examples within Perseus’ tales mainly revolve around his enemy’s lawful kingship and also Perseus’ royal right to rule in Argos before the murder of his grandfather, but otherwise Perseus’ exemplifies almost all of these heroic traits and hardships of a typical
In the myth of Perseus by Jean Lang, a young man goes on a quest to defeat a monster and earn the right to marry the love of his life. Perseus wanted to fulfill his dream. That dream is to kill Medusa the monster and he won’t stop until he succeeds. Perseus’s motivation drives him to complete his task.
In Greek mythology, one of the well-known outcasts is Perseus, the son of Zeus and the daughter of the king Argos however, a god once prophesized to Argos that the son of his daughter would kill him, so he sent the child in a box across the sea to wander the world forever. Over this time, Perseus completed many fantastical quests, such as slaying the infamous Medusa. However, when he returned to his home and participated in a fighting competition, he was pitted against Argos, and accidentally hit him, thus fulfilling the prophecy.
The story of Medusa and Perseus is known as one of the top thriller tales in Greek Mythology. To begin, Medusa is one of three sisters, Sthenno and Euryale. However, she is the only mortal one. Originally, Medusa had golden, long, beautiful hair. She was Athena’s Priestess and swore to a celibate life. Later on, Medusa met Poseidon, fell in love with him and completely forgot about her vows to Athena. The Goddess Athena was so infuriated that she turned Medusa into a hideous looking monster. Her golden locks became venomous snakes and her face became so grotesque that any God or immortal to look into her eyes would become a statue of stone. Athena did this so Medusa would not attract any man. The same came for her sisters because Poseidon
Perseus was born to Danae and the Greek god Zeus. Acrisius, the father of Danae, was told by the oracle of Apollo that Danae’s son would kill him. After finding out that Danae had her son, Perseus, Acrisius shut Perseus and Dane up in a large chest cast the chest out to sea. After a while out in the sea, they landed on the island of Seriphos, where they were saved by the king Polydectes’s brother, Dictys. Polydectes, after hearing about Danae, wanted her to marry him. In order to get rid of Perseus, so that no one would be able to stop him from marrying Danae, Polydectes came up with a plan. He pretended to be marrying the daughter of one of his friends and required everyone to bring him a wedding gift. Polydectes knew that Perseus, being very poor, would arrive empty-handed. Perseus vowed that he could bring Polydectes anything that he wanted and so Polydectes demanded Perseus to bring him the head of the gorgon Medusa, hoping that he would be killed. Perseus set off on his adventure to kill Medusa and while stopping to rest one night in an unknown land, Perseus realized how hopeless the adventure seemed to be. “Gorgons were horrible, instead of hair they had black serpents that writhed on their head, they had brazen hands that could...