Greek Hero Perseus Character Analysis

The Greek hero Perseus can be compared to the fictional T.V. show hero Arrow through the first phase of the hero’s journey model which is the separation of the hero from their natural environment. In the T.V. show, Arrow Oliver Queens separation Occurs when he is a young man, he is on a boat trip with his father, when the boat runs into a severe storm which sinks his ship. Oliver and his father manage to make it to a lifeboat, but Oliver’s father later kills himself because of the lack of resources on the lifeboat to ensure the survival of his son. Eventually, after days at sea Oliver ends up on a remote island which is inhabited by mercenaries who hunt, and try to kill him. He is separated from his wealthy, and comfortable life and is placed in a situation in which his only goal is to survive. Perseus’s …show more content…
Shown in this quote “As an infant he was cast into the sea in a chest with his mother by Acrisius, to whom it had been prophesied that he would be killed by his grandson. Editors of The Encyclopaedia Britannica, (2014, August 27th). Eventually, they end up on the island of Seriphos which is ruled by a terrible leader Poludektes. Both Perseus and Arrow can be compared through the first stage in the hero’s journey which is the separation. In both Perseus and Arrows stories they have no control over their separations, they are both forced into it. But the separation occurs at different times in the hero’s lives Perseus as an infant and Oliver Queen as a young man. The biggest difference between the two is that Perseus’s separation occurs as a result of his birth alone, and Oliver Queens’s separation occurs as a result of a natural phenomenon which was the storm. In summary, the Greek hero Perseus and the modern fictional hero Arrow can be compared through the first stage of the hero’s journey which is the separation of the hero from their natural