Chapter 11: Hercules

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The conflict is one of the most important parts of a story, it is where the turning point happens. It is when a serious disagreement or argument is happening in the middle of the story. In chapter 11 - Hercules, the overall theme is that even the strongest fall sometimes. The reason that this could be the theme is that in the story, after taking over the Minyans, princess Megara becomes his wife. He has three children with her, but then Hera, who is jealous that Zeus is unfaithful with Hercules’ mother, uses magic to make Hercules go crazy and kill his wife and children. Realizing what he has done, he tries to kill himself, but Theseus persuades him to live. Knowing that he must cleanse himself, Hercules goes to the Oracle for advice. She

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