Theseus And The Minotaur: The Strength Of Women

Why do people always think that women are weaker than men? In past, women were always been looked down, they were not able to make any decisions. Oppositely, women actually are the best helper to men. Looking forward, through myths, it can clearly shows that women are helpful and important to these heroes. Furthermore, through “Mella” written by Merlin Stone, “Theseus and the Minotaur” written by Gavino Rabilly, “Savitri and Satyavan” written by Madhur Jaffrey, and “Orpheus and Eurydice” written by Michael Gibson, all shows that women are valued, and they play an important role in the whole story. Even though, women seem to be inferior compared to men in myths, their abilities to support, inspire and sacrifice allow men to complete their heroic journey successfully. To commence, most of the time men are the hero in the myth, and women will just be ignored. Actually, women’s idea are more …show more content…
For example, in “Orpheus and Eurydice”, Eurydice transformed her husband into “[…] a brave man, braver by far than must” (Gibson, 32), when Eurydice was on the way going to the underworld. Furthermore, Eurydice endows Orpheus with “a greater courage than he would normally have had” (Gibson, 32). Evidently, Orpheus’ courage to embark this adventurous journey is inspired by his wife. Next, in “Savitri and Satyavan”, Savitri is a powerful women who makes her father, a person who said “This young man obviously has no money” (Jaffrey, 182) to agree the marriage between her daughter and the “poor man”, Satyavan. Savitri’s father is a king, who usually should have his own independent thoughts, but savitir can easily changes his mind. Thus, it shows that Savitri is powerful and valued to her father. Moreover, women are easily to change men’s decision, and inspire men to do the things they want to do. Therefore, women are smarter and valued in myth which would inspire men to make the right