Another comparable topic is Hercules love for Princess Megara. In both the book and the movie, Megara is mentioned for different reasons. In the writing, the son of Zeus kills Megara and their children because he lost control of himself. Because of this, Hercules has to complete the twelve labors. In the movie, everything that Hercules does is for the love of Megara.
Instead, Heracles was the product of Zeus’ infidelity with Alcmene, the daughter of Perseus. In fact, Hera was so jealous of her husband’s many affairs that she even tried to kill young Heracles. “... Hera, suspecting that one of the two infants was Zeus’s mortal son, sent two monstrous serpents down to the house of Amphitryon to devour Heracles.” (216). To Hera, the young hero was blight upon her honor, a living reminder of her husband’s relationship with Alcmene. However, in the movie, Hera and Zeus are portrayed as loving parents toward young Hercules, and Hera is certainly not the spited wife she is characterized as in the myth.
Dayane Sanchez CLT 3370-04 October 10th, 2013 Essay # 1 Disney’s Hercules vs. Mythological Heracles Disney is renowned for its adaptation of tragic stories into whimsical fairy tales. As the audience for the tales differ, so do the stories. It’s depiction of Heracles is no exception, as a story of murder, betrayal, and tragedy turns into a tale about one’s worth and place in the world. While we may find the same characters portrayed in Greek mythology, many times their roles are changed or intertwined with that of others. This, however, doesn’t keep us from learning about the basic struggles of the hero and where they take him.
Hephaestus was still very angry with his mother because she threw him of Mount Olympus. Even though everyone tried to free Hera from the great trap, Hephaestus’ design was so clever that none could detach the ropes. So, Zeus sent his son Ares, god of war, to bring Hephaestus back to let Hera loose. Instead Hephaestus made him run away throwing firebrands at him, and Ares made a shameful retreat. Zeus used trickery next and sent Dionysus, the god of wine, to get Hephaestus drunk.
Psychiatry, or medicine of the soul (psyche means soul in Greek), and psychology are derived from this mortal female who was in love with Aphrodite's son Eros. Since Eros was immortal, his mother prohibited their relationship. They began seeing one another anyway, albeit in the dark. Psyche was not permitted to ask about his name or look upon his face. She defied him and lit a lamp, which caused Eros to flee.
The film version has a clear plot development, it teaches the audience a good moral while being suitable for a bigger age range, and has more developed and expressed characters, therefore, the film version is more successful than the original myth version. In both versions, Hercules strived to become a god from the mortal being he was. He was raised by adoptive parents and had immense strength, fine mentors. He used his strength to great extents, did the 12 labours and benefited the people around him, finally, becoming a god. However, there is a difference in plot, in which the film version surpasses the original myth in.
Society determines that whoever kills the sphinx would be her husband. Oedipus comes along, kills the sphinx and marries her, oblivious of the fact that Jocasta is actually his mother. This contributes to the tragic events in the play. The thesis of this essay, therefore, states that women in the two texts are portrayed as weaker species that undergo extreme
However, in the movie he possessed a flaw that would change the course of the story. His love of women completely changed the tale. In the poem, Beowulf battled Grendel’s mother and killed her. In the movie, he couldn’t resist her and lied about killing her. He ended up fathering her child and created a dragon that would destroy the community.
Jocasta isn’t really known for being deceiving or manipulative in this play, but she does try to convince her husband that all of the prophecies are not true at all. The prophecy with Oedipus is that he was supposed to kill his father and marry his mother, when Jocasta and her late husband Laius found out the prophecy of their new born son, they casted him out of Thebes to die. But in fact that baby did not die because he was taken in by king Polybus and queen Merope of Corinth. Then later on in the play Oedipus gets word of his father’s death in Corinth and then finds out in fact that Polybus was not his biological father at all. When all of the takes place and Oedipus gets back to Thebes, Jocasta realizes that the prophecies could be true and she tries to convince Oedipus that they are not because she and Laius’s son died after they got word of the prophecy that was foretold to them.
When the oracle said that her son would kill his father and sleep with his mother she quickly abandoned her son to avoid that horrible fate and thanked the oracle for that. However, when Oedipus heard that Polybus was dead and realized he didn’t kill his father Jocasta said the oracle was useless. Jocasta is the type of person that chooses to be blind and accept the lies but only when they help her. If the truths help her then she will accept the truths. Jocasta is also trying to blind Oedipus in this quote.