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    hunger Games Vs. Theseus Theseus and the hunger games are very similar. Both the hunger games and in the myth of theseus tributes are sacrificed to a higher power. It was based on saving a society that was struggling to deal with a higher power. King Minos sent his only son to fight a very dangerous bull, but he ended up dying. King Minos was very upset and now every nine years the people of athens had to send in seven girls and seven boys to confront the minotaur.Their reasoning was more…

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    Theseus Intro Paragraph Many people find it very difficult to find forgiveness in their hearts Theseus is no exception. Theseus was written in Greece or Crete between 1000 and 600 BCE. It comes from oral tradition and was first written down by Homer. Theseus is about forgiveness and how some people only become more forgiving after they make mistakes. The three points in the story that show him becoming more forgiving are his bandit killing spree, the time he slayed the Minotaur and his role in…

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    myth of Theseus is similar because in both stories people were being sent as entertainment and to be killed. In the myth of Theseus, Theseus asked why people were being sent off so his dad told him and Theseus didn’t like it so he went as sacrifice one year and he killed the minotaur. In the Hunger Games, Katniss was out hunting on the day of the reaping and she came home and her little sister asked her why they did the reaping and Katniss said it was for entertainment. In the myth of Theseus,…

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    Theseus and John Smith In The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives, Plutarch writes about nine of the most influential men of the long and remarkable history of ancient Greece, and then compares them to similar men from ancient Rome. One of Plutarch’s chosen Greeks, Theseus founded Athens and set it on the path to the democracy that it eventually became, while embarking on daring journeys and strange adventures along the way. Although separated by thousands…

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    The µῦθος of Theseus and the Minotaur is alluded to near the start of Plato’s Phaedo by the character Phaedo (58 B-C) to initiate a parallel between the µῦθος itself and the teachings of the character Socrates in the pages that follow. As the discussion between Socrates and his companions continues up until his death, this parallel becomes ever more clear, and by the end of the Phaedo it is reasonable to interpret the µῦθος as an analogy for the transition from life to death, where Socrates is…

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    the Myth of Theseus share a similar story, but are also different because… In the Hunger Games, children are sacrifice and sent to fight in a labyrinth like killing field. In the Myth of Theseus children are sacrificed and sent to Crete to die in the labyrinth. In both stories children are sacrificed to die. Also these stories have in common volunteers. Theseus volunteered and took the place of a slave to go kill the Minotaur. Katniss volunteered in place of her sister. Both Theseus and…

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    Dream’ has two male characters Oberon and Theseus who are of no relation, but they both have similar characteristics. Along with the similarities they share many differences as well. Shakespeare uses several techniques to make his readers clearly Oberon is king of the fairies while Theseus is the Duke of Athens. Although Oberon might be an immortal character in the play, he holds human traits because of the mistakes he makes. In fact, both he and Theseus, Duke of Athens makes the same mistake of…

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    The myth of Theseus is suspected to have been written sometime around 100 AD and is considered a Greek myth. The true date of this myth has not been determined since most were passed down by word of mouth. Greek mythology is full of stories about mortals battling mythical beast with strength or intellect. I will be using the Carl Jung method to analyze this myth through the use of Archetypes. Carl Jung was a Swedish psychiatrist that was born in 1875. He is well known for his work in archetypes…

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    stop looking at him even if I tried. It was my time to do something good for the innocent and save them from my father’s malevolent plans, so I chose to help Theseus to make his way back from the labyrinth. Theseus was walking the labyrinth, but I was waiting for the most opportune moment to help him. When the guards walked away, I mumbled Theseus name. He stood still and looked at me confused, so I looked into his eyes and gave him a ball of string. I told him that even if he killed Minotaur he…

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    they do along with Theseus the king of Athens and his beloved Hippolyta queen of the amazons (no not the online shopping company). It also happens to be one of Shakespeare’s most frequently performed comedies, in it Shakespeare shows that he thinks love is something that is completely fake and forced on people. He is of the opinion that lovers are idiots who foam at the mouth and believe all happiness comes from a divine being. Shakespeare lets this anger shine through in Theseus’ act 5…

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