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    ship named Princess Andromeda. This name is very similar to the Greek myth about Princess Andromeda, daughter of Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. Cassiopeia’s hubris leads her to boast about that Andromeda, her daughter, being more beautiful than the Nereids, the sea nymphs/sea spirit. This made Poseidon, the Sea God angry. He sends Cetus, a sea monster to ravage Aethiopia as divine punishment. The village to save itself from the wrath of the monster gives Andromeda a punishment,…

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    In the movie Clash of the Titans and the story Heroes, Gods, and Monsters was the total opposite of the movie and book. The similarities and differences were totally different, which is why I will be telling you about it today. In the beginning of the movie it shows how Danae being thrown in the boat but it doesn't explain why however in the book it explains why she's thrown into the boat. The movie Clash of the Titans it explains the how Medusa was a curse by Aphrodite, the difference in the…

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    No one knew the Milky Way's size at the time, but because of his research, Hubble was able to estimate that Andromeda Nebula thought as a spiral at the time was nearly 900,000 light years away from us, thus it had to be its own galaxy. Andromeda Nebula was later proven to be nearly 2.48 million light years. The Andromeda Nebula was later renamed the Andromeda Galaxy. In the early 1920s, Edwin began conducting new research, along with fellow friend Milton Humason, on the galaxies' spectral…

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    parties. Meanwhile at the very beginning of the war, in Sparta, a baby was born, named Andromeda, meaning to be aware of men. Not to be confused with Andromeda, the woman that Perseus did save from the cliff and Cetus by Perseus. Although she didn't look like much, with her chestnut brown hair and matching eyes. She would grow up to be the fiercest warrior the world has, and will,…

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    there are a variety of similarities and differences. Although both plot lines follow a similar pattern, the details in the Greek story are much different than the movie. Simply stated, in the movie version it is more about Perseus saving Princess Andromeda and reuniting with Io, while in the Greek mythology plot, Perseus is attempting to save his mother, Danae, from marrying the awful Polydectes by being challenged to chop off the head of Medusa. Similarities of this story and movie are that…

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    Perseus: A Greek Hero

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    turned to stone by her horrid looks and turn down the offer but Perseus knew he had to save Danae so he proceeded. Also, he showed courage while rescuing Andromeda, he could have just kept on going home when he saw her or found out she was going to be killed by a sea monster but instead he was courageous and killed the sea monster so Andromeda could live and they could get married. Perseus was very clever and used his knowledge well during is journey. Because Perseus was liked by all the gods he…

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    seen more as a normal person and not a demi god. He sides with the humans with their campaign against the gods and finds the gods unjust. In the original story of Perseus, Andromeda was a princess who was said to be more beautiful than the Nereid’s. After hearing this Poseidon became furious and flooded the land Andromeda was from, also making her a sacrifice to a sea monster. Once Perseus had…

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    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…

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    journey is and how determined they are to their goals. Perseus is determined to save Andromeda and take revenge upon the gods for what they did to his parents "My father was killed by a god... My mother, sister, everyone I loved was killed by a god.", and similarly in Rapunzel, the prince was determined to find Rapunzel, so much so that even after he goes blind “he roamed about in misery…

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    Mass Effect: Andromenda

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    Mass Effect: Andromenda --New Galaxy Takes A Step Back The first thing anyone does when they get a new BioWare game is create their character's look. Mass Effect: Andromeda missed the mark on this in a major way. It's so bad, they're fixing it. I decided I would play with Scott Ryder, who I renamed Jules. There's 12 different hair styles. I didn't/don't like any of them. This is the example of what I like to call the suck. They're all bad, this is the worst one. WTF is this? When I…

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