Cultural Differences In The Movie Hercules

The Disney movie “Hercules,” released June 13th, 1997, is a classic Disney movie beloved by many, but contains many differences than that of the original myth, “Heraclês.” However, the differences between the movie and the myth were made to fit the views and needs of society, as well as make the movie available to children. Some of the cultural differences that Disney has changed from the original myth are family values, religious adjustment, and true love.
A cultural difference between the movie, Hercules, and the myth is that of family values. When it comes to family values, the movie did it much differently than the myth. For instance, in the movie, Zeus only had one wife. Hollywood did not want to show Zeus cheating on around three of his wives. In addition, that is not a good example for children. Disney would have to …show more content…
Their relationship is not comparable to that of Romeo and Juliet because they knew each other more than a week, but in the myth the chances of Heraclês falling in love with his wife Megara are low. Heraclês did not even want to marry Megara, Megara was given to Herâcles as a gift. However, the Disney movie could not add this because it did not show true love. It did not represent the type of true love society is used to. Furthermore, Heraclês killed his wife and children in the myth. Disney could not add this to the movie because it did not how true love. In fact, that showed madness and hatred. As a matter of fact, this goes the same for Zeus and his many wives in the myth. Zeus being with many women shows that he does not really love them, but could be interpreted as him using the women. As a result, Disney took this scene out to avoid turning the topic away from true love in the movie. For these reasons, Disney did not include any scenes that were against true love for the purpose of making a good example for the rest of