Similarities Between Greek And Hollywood

The Greeks vs. Hollywood
In the Greek myth about Perseus starts when King Acrisius throws Danae and Perseus into a trunk and into the ocean, then Zeus leads the two to Dictys’ boat where he saves the two, he then marries Danae and raises Perseus, King Polydectes wants to marry Danae and sends Perseus to kill medusa, on the way back Perseus saves Princess Andromeda whom he marries, King Polydectes turns to stone when he looks at Medusas head, during there honeymoon Perseus kills his grandfather King Acrisius while competing in discus, and becomes King of Argos. However in the Hollywood version Perseus is found alive in a trunk while his mother is dead, he is then raised by the family who saved him, they are killed when a statue of Zeus is knocked …show more content…
The most important similarity is that Perseus sets off on a journey to where Medusa lives to kill her and save someone he cares about. In the Greek version it is to save his mother from having to marry King Polydectes, and in the Hollywood version it is to save Princess Andromeda. The second similarity is that in both he has to save Princess Andromeda from being sacrificed. Hollywood told it by showing her mother saying she is more beautiful the goddesses, in the Greek story Perseus just happens to come across the sacrifice after killing Medusa and is headed home. Lastly in both of the story Perseus goes to the Graeae to find out what he has to do. The Greek story he goes to them to find out how to kill Medusa, however, in the Hollywood story he goes to them to find out what it is he needs to do to save the city of …show more content…
I prefer this one more because it has more action in it with the fight between Perseus and the men who went with him and the scorpion monsters. Another reason is because I like visual things and movies show the story whereas in a story you have to create your own looks for a character and it takes away from the story in my opinion. Lastly I liked the this one because it does not end how you think it would eith him choosing to become king instead of being noble and just being a man where the movie has it to where he declines being king and just wants to be a