Medusa

A great Greek hero once slayed monsters before the days of Heracles. This Greek hero is the son of Zeus and Danae, the daughter of Acrisius of Argos. His name? Perseus. Perseus is an important character in Greek mythology because he shows many traits valued by Greek culture. At a time, the king had a daughter named Danae. Danae was very beautiful but according to Apollo, Danaes sons would kill Acrisius. That being said, Acrisius locked up Danae in a bronze tower so that she would never marry…

Perseus is a demigod which means he is half god and half human. He is viewed as a hero because he shows strength and courage. Perseus traveled very far to kill Medusa and bring here head to Polydectes. Before Perseus was born King Acrisius had a very beautiful daughter, but the king wanted a son. So he went to a fortune teller of that time and asked if he would have a son. The fortune teller said that he would not but that his doughter would have a son that would kill him. He decided to cage up…

Death is approaching, fear is rising, anxiety is peaking and the last question of your life is... What is the ideal way to die? The choice is made. Instantaneous death of the Gorgon, Medusa. You turn the corner and BAM... all you can feel, all you can see, all you can hear is stone cold... Greek mythology has influenced ancient Greek society in a greater way than a majority of people realize. Greek Monsters have many things named after them, some were created out of rage and others send shivers…

changed to “The Maniac” Robinson stylizes the figure of the maniac with animalistic characteristics. Nymph, Werewolf, Medusa – all subjects of mortality. Nymphs. Young girls. Personifications of natural places and powers, they are often lusty beings who inhabit wild places and accompany greater gods or goddesses. Medusa. “In the nineteenth century, medusa was a symbol used by the Romantics, who considered her a mysterious, fascinating Dark Woman and the personification of…

When a person gives you advice and another gives different advice sometimes you don’t know which advice to go with. Like with Perseus and how Athene gave him advice on how to kill Medusa. Another immortal gave Perseus advice, the nymphs and how the advised Perseus to not go kill Medusa because she will turn them into stone. Advice is something a person gives to you that you may use for the rest of your life. For starters say if you want to lose weight a person says go to the gym but another…

and asked me on October 31st to play for her. I kept my head down and my eyes closed for there was no chance that I would look directly into her stone cold eyes. Medusa sadistically spoke as soon as I sat down to play, ‘ If I am not impressed, you will be turned into stone.’ I could feel everyone’s eyes on me and by everyone I mean Medusa and the snakes that come from her head. Chills started to run down every part of my body. How could I play with my eyes closed and not mess up? Then, I…

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…

characteristic feature of the Scyphozoa class is to have an inverted bowl-shaped body shape. experienced the dominant medusa phase compared to the polyp phase. His residence at sea, his reproduction sexual and asexual and having a hereditary turn. For example Scyphozoa is Aurelia aurita (jellyfish). The rotation process of the Aurelia offspring where the adult aurelia is a medusa phase. The process begins with a male Aurelia producing sperm while the female aurelia produces an ovum. When the…

Courage is not the absence of fear, it is being fearful but knowing that any mission is possible if great effort is put into it. The hero Perseus teaches this well as he embarks on a seemingly impossible mission to capture the head of the menacing Medusa. Perseus is not just another mortal though, he is the son of the great god Zeus and of the beautiful princess Danae, who was the only daughter of King Acrisius of Argos. King Acrisius wanted a son but the gods told him that he would never have…

Carol Ann Duffy’s enraged Medusa and Sylvia Plath’s abusive The Jailer involve women in damaged relationships both physically and emotionally. Duffy’s persona is an unhappy wife who is jealous of her husband’s mistress and this jealousy transforms her metaphorically and physically into the mythical creature, Medusa. This persona is used to victimise this women, Duffy uses this persona to evoke empathy for the character to show she is clearly distressed and suffering. Compared to Plath’s persona…