Roles Of Mythologic Women And Hermione Granger

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Krista Thomas 7/10/11 Essay for Test 2 After a long history of man dominating women in this world’s society, we continue to see women taking a step behind the hero in many pop culture media. In Ancient Greek mythology, heroines were categorized into four main groups, with only one of them with characteristics as a successful leader. Being so, those women behind the curtains should receive the recognition they deserve. Whether they gave the moral support the hero needed to move forward or drew out the map for him to use, those men could not have done the job without the women’s help. One heroine in today’s pop culture that often get swept under the rug is Hermione Granger. During every Harry Potter, there comes a point in the adventure where Harry couldn’t have succeeded without the help from Hermione. She is the brains of every operation and would fall under the category of helper-maiden in ancient Greek mythology. A helper-maiden is defined as “[heroine] whose role is to assist the hero in fulfilling his quest”. (page 317) Along with Ron Weasley, Hermione is with Harry almost every step of the way until usually the last step in his quest. During the first movie, The Sorcerer’s Stone, Hermione saves Ron and Harry from vines that trap and kill you if you move to get free. Only she knew that the key to escaping the vines was to relax and not move. Without her, Harry and Ron would’ve been dead. In the second movie, the Chamber of Secrets, she get stupefied by the basilisk before she could share with the others what was speaking to Harry through the walls and how he was traveling throughout the school. Even though she wasn’t on the journey with them, she was still the brains behind the successfulness of finding the entrance to the chamber. Hermione as the helper-maiden reminds me much of Medea. Like Medea, Hermione “ends up in decidedly less pleasant

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