Immortals Movie Summary Theseus and his mother live in a village. Theseus is being mentored by an old man who is actually Zeus in disguise. Theseus was the product of his mother being raped and was considered a social outcast. Hyperion's family dies from a sickness who's prays to the Gods were never answered, so he decides to seek revenge and declares war on Olympus. He begins looking for the Epirus Bow, which he wants to use to free the titans to destroy the gods and attacks several places.
The Muses-Daughters of Zeus, goddesses of music, literature, and dance Penelope-Odysseus’s faithful wife Polyphemos Cyclops, son of Poseidon; his cure of Odysseus, who blinded him, is the rot of many of Odysseus's troubles Poseideon-Brother of Zeus, god of the sea. Hates Odysseus for blinding his son. Seirenes- Sea nymphs whose singing beguiles sailors to an island strewn with the bones of their victims Skylla- A six-headed dragon-like monster who eats sailors and lives in a cave opposite the whirlpool Charybdis. Telemachus-Odysseus’ son Archetype-elemental pattern of myth and ritual which recurs in the legends and ceremonies of diverse cultures EXAMPLE: faithful women, disguised hero, trop to the
Gilgamesh and Enkidu decide to fight a terrifying demon named Humbaba, because he was standing on their way to meet gods. The two heroes managed to kill Humbaba. “ Gilgamesh swiftly cut the breast, splattering blood upon his cloak and sandals.” (page 34). On their way they met with Ishtar, the goddess of love, is overcome with lust for Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh rejects her.
INTRODUCTON -Attention Getter: Have you ever wondered what the punishment would be for an animal if it killed a human being? Should it be given a death penalty like human murderers in fear that it would kill again? Should it be deemed a simple accident? People living in Kingsport, Tennessee had to make this decision in 1916 when a 5 ton elephant killed her trainer. -Statement of Purpose: In this speech I am going to tell you the story of Murderous Mary and the day the hung the elephant.
The first gods were Chaos, Uranus, and his father Cronus (“Early Life”). Cronus swallowed his first five children because he believed they would try to overthrow him. Zeus’ grandmother Rhea substituted a stone wrapped in clothing for baby Zeus, and Cronus swallowed the stone along with the other children (“Early Life”). After Cronus had thrown up Zeus and his brothers and sisters, they began a war against Cronus that lasted for 10 years (Morford and Lenardon;”Early Life”).When the war was over, Zeus overthrew Cronus and the Titans with the help of his siblings. Zeus threw a lightning bolt at Cronus, and banished him to the underworld for all of eternity (“Early Life”).
Homunculi: Twigleg is a creation of the same alchemist that created Nettlebrand He is a skinny slave of Nettlebrand. Nettlebrand has already eaten all of his brothers. He has never been treated good until meeting Firedrake and Ben. Ravens: Spies for Nettlebrand Title: Dragon Rider Author: Cornelia Funke Illustrator: Cornelia Funke Setting: They start out at The Valley of the Dragons as they make their way to The Rim of Heaven. Plot: Nettlebrand wants to kill Firedrake.
The children kept creating things, but everything they created fell in the water and got eaten by the monster. So, the four children attacked the monster and killed it. From all parts of this monster the entire world was created. The thirteen heavens were in her head, the seas and land were her spine and the 9 underworlds were her tail. When a sun was created, a god had to be sacrificed.
When Peruses arrives in Larissa, he participates in some funeral games and accidentally strikes Acrisius on the head with a discus, killing him and fulfilling the prophecy.”(In the book pg154). King Acrisius of Argos imprisons his daughter Danae, Jealous of her beauty. When the god Zeus impregnates her, Acrisius sends his daughter and his newborn grandson Peruses to sea in a wooden coffin. In retribution, Zeus kills Acrisius and orders Poseidon to release the last of the Titans, a gigantic sea monster called the Kraken, (clash of the titans 1981). After Peruses sets out to get medusa as a prize no other human being has in the original myth, and to kill the Kraken in the movie.
The motion picture Beowulf directed by Robert Zemeckis has some significant alterations in plot events compared to the epic poem. The film does an excellent job showing the terror that Grendel imposes on the Danes with his monstrous raids on Herot. It also supports the epic poems famous battle between Grendel and Beowulf with the epic hero killing the monster. But following this battle, major plot events has some key changes contrary to the epic poem Beowulf translated by Burton Raffel. Beowulf kills Grendel’s mother in the epic poem but in the movie he makes a deal with demon leading to his downfall.
It begins with a challenge for the hero, then an adventure for him, followed by a trip into some form of underworld, and ending with the dramatic and heroic death of the hero. Beowulf follows these guidelines perfectly. The story begins with a call for a hero to kill the pestly beast Grendel, which Beowulf responds to and executes perfectly. Then for the trip into the underworld, Beowulf swims to the bottom of the bottomless pit to face Grendel’s mother, the Troll-Wife. He kills the Troll-Wife, and is called to another problem: He must slay a dragon that seeks to kill the stealer of one of his treasures.