Confirmation of “Daedalus and Icarus” by
Facts from refutation
Unclarity: King Midos treated Daedalus unfairly after he completed the maize for the king.
Implausibility: Daedalus gathered all the materials that he needed for the construction of wings.
Impossibility: Daedalus defied nature and flew upon the air.
Inconsistency: Daedalus allowed his son to fly in the sky beside him.
Impropriety: Icarus disobeyed his father.
Inexpediency: Daedalus offered his wings to Apollo.
Credit
(Statement) Pessimists who shame the authors of ancient myths, (Ecphrasis) I believe, those same people are shaming ancient literature at the same time. (Statement) If the stories of old used artistic methods as opposed to literal methods to convey a certain tale, then anybody who attacks any ancient piece of art is attacking the method used in that day and age. (Thesis) I laud the storytellers of the ancient days, and …show more content…
(Astrothesia) (General Truth) It seems predictable that a father would allow his son to do something dangerous for the sake of a better life. (Statement) So Daedalus, having considered all other options, let Icarus take to the air so that he would not have to grow up in a prison cell.
Propriety
(Statement) Those who criticize this story agree that it was wrong for Icarus, who had a well build upper body but weak and strange looking legs, (Effictio) to disobey his father. (General Truth) It is well known that children tend to lose trust in their parents when the family experiences misfortune. (Statement) It appears that Icarus acted righteously by not accepting his father’s advice since he had witnessed how his father got into a situation where he was eventually thrown behind bars.
Facts from refutation
Unclarity: King Midos treated Daedalus unfairly after he completed the maize for the king.
Implausibility: Daedalus gathered all the materials that he needed for the construction of wings.
Impossibility: Daedalus defied nature and flew upon the air.
Inconsistency: Daedalus allowed his son to fly in the sky beside him.
Impropriety: Icarus disobeyed his father.
Inexpediency: Daedalus offered his wings to Apollo.
Credit
(Statement) Pessimists who shame the authors of ancient myths, (Ecphrasis) I believe, those same people are shaming ancient literature at the same time. (Statement) If the stories of old used artistic methods as opposed to literal methods to convey a certain tale, then anybody who attacks any ancient piece of art is attacking the method used in that day and age. (Thesis) I laud the storytellers of the ancient days, and …show more content…
(Astrothesia) (General Truth) It seems predictable that a father would allow his son to do something dangerous for the sake of a better life. (Statement) So Daedalus, having considered all other options, let Icarus take to the air so that he would not have to grow up in a prison cell.
Propriety
(Statement) Those who criticize this story agree that it was wrong for Icarus, who had a well build upper body but weak and strange looking legs, (Effictio) to disobey his father. (General Truth) It is well known that children tend to lose trust in their parents when the family experiences misfortune. (Statement) It appears that Icarus acted righteously by not accepting his father’s advice since he had witnessed how his father got into a situation where he was eventually thrown behind bars.