Hercules is recognized as a hero, however, is he simply a hero as everyone says he is? This paper's intention is to compare the movie “Disney’s Hercules”, to the myth “Hercules”.
In the movie “Disney’s Hercules”, Zeus and Hera are Hercules’ parents who love their son. Zeus is buff and has white hair and a beard. Hera has long blond hair, pinkish skin, yet a slim face. After Hercules was born, Zeus gave Hercules a Pegasus named Pegasus. Both Zeus and Hera love Hercules and protected him from Hades, who came as an unexpected guest to Hercules’ birth. In the myth “Hercules”, Zeus is a dishonest father and he is consistently getting into trouble with Hera. Hera is Zeus’ jealous wife and she is not a loving mother. When Zeus has a child with Alcmene, …show more content…
He was really strong and that caused him a lot of trouble. He was born immortal, but Hades made his minions, Pain, and Panic, kill him. They gave Hercules a potion to drink. Hercules drank everything but one drop, consequently, his strength remains. Pain and Panic turn into serpents to kill Hercules, however, an old couple found him before Pain and Panic can kill him. When Hercules grew older, he doesn’t know where he belongs so he goes to the temple of Zeus and Zeus delivers Pegasus to Hercules. Zeus tells Hercules that he needs to become a hero before he may be immortal. Hercules, later, found Philoctetes, a satyr, and is trained by him.while Hercules was trying to find someone to save, he finds Megara and saves her from a River Guardian. Hercules falls in love with Megara and Hades keeps throwing Creatures at Hercules trying to kill him but doesn’t succeed. Then Hades finds Hercules’ weakness, which is Megara and uses her against him. Hercules traded his strength to Hades for 24 hours just for Megara’s safety, but when Megara gets hurt, the deal between Hades and Hercules is broken so Hercules’ strength is restored, and he saves Megara from Hades and that is when he gains immortality. Even though Hercules always wanted to be an immortal god and even if Megara tricked Hercules, he still wanted to be with her. In the myth, Hercules was attacked by Hera with two
In the movie “Disney’s Hercules”, Zeus and Hera are Hercules’ parents who love their son. Zeus is buff and has white hair and a beard. Hera has long blond hair, pinkish skin, yet a slim face. After Hercules was born, Zeus gave Hercules a Pegasus named Pegasus. Both Zeus and Hera love Hercules and protected him from Hades, who came as an unexpected guest to Hercules’ birth. In the myth “Hercules”, Zeus is a dishonest father and he is consistently getting into trouble with Hera. Hera is Zeus’ jealous wife and she is not a loving mother. When Zeus has a child with Alcmene, …show more content…
He was really strong and that caused him a lot of trouble. He was born immortal, but Hades made his minions, Pain, and Panic, kill him. They gave Hercules a potion to drink. Hercules drank everything but one drop, consequently, his strength remains. Pain and Panic turn into serpents to kill Hercules, however, an old couple found him before Pain and Panic can kill him. When Hercules grew older, he doesn’t know where he belongs so he goes to the temple of Zeus and Zeus delivers Pegasus to Hercules. Zeus tells Hercules that he needs to become a hero before he may be immortal. Hercules, later, found Philoctetes, a satyr, and is trained by him.while Hercules was trying to find someone to save, he finds Megara and saves her from a River Guardian. Hercules falls in love with Megara and Hades keeps throwing Creatures at Hercules trying to kill him but doesn’t succeed. Then Hades finds Hercules’ weakness, which is Megara and uses her against him. Hercules traded his strength to Hades for 24 hours just for Megara’s safety, but when Megara gets hurt, the deal between Hades and Hercules is broken so Hercules’ strength is restored, and he saves Megara from Hades and that is when he gains immortality. Even though Hercules always wanted to be an immortal god and even if Megara tricked Hercules, he still wanted to be with her. In the myth, Hercules was attacked by Hera with two