Minotaur

The dungeon floor begins to shake as you hear a menacing roar from beyond the large metal doors. What could this possibly be? You and your party draw their weapons and ready your spells as a colossal Minotaur tears through the doors like tissue paper and locks onto you. It begins to charge, what do you do? When I was twelve years old I spent the night at my best friend’s house, as I often did on weekends, and was introduced to a game known as “Dungeons and Dragons” by my friend’s older brother.…

In Robert Hughes text ‘The Shock of the New’, he confronts Picasso’s painting Guernica and discusses the importance of the artwork, as well as how art/artists have changed since the production of the painting. Robert Hughes was an Australian born art critic and writer. ‘The Shock of the New’ is part of a larger text of Hughes’ called ‘The faces of Power’, and the Shock of the New was made into a television series that Hughes produced. In his text, Hughes claimed that Guernica was the last great…

all have powers. The only difference is how they use it. The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins, told that her inspiration for the Hunger Games book, was from the Greek mythology of Theseus and Minotaur. The plot is very identical to each other. In the mythology, Theseus volunteers to kill the Minotaur, a monster that devoured many young maidens and youths. Collin's told that "Katniss is a futuristic Theseus" (A killer story: An interview with Suzanne Collins, author of 'The Hunger Games',…

Stories from the beginning of time to now have used a structure to make plots exciting even for the modern reader. One story of old is the story known as The Odyssey, a story that uses a certain template. While the story that is well known by some as Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief has something the same. Though many have read both stories, they may not notice that both protagonists follow the structure of the hero’s journey. The Hero’s journey system is usually 12 steps that…

Achilles Son of King Peleus and Thetis Fated to die in Troy Champion of the Greeks He refused to fight in the Trojan War at first He had incredibly strong armor He fought for Helen as well as for half of Troy’s treasurers His friend, Patroclus, went to war and died fighting Hector He went to war to avenge his beloved friend that he had lost Killed Hector and tortured him even after death until he was satisfied with vengeance Killed Memnon in combat, it was his last battle He was supposed to be…

lover Theseus. Ariadne helped him by giving him a sword and a ball of thread so that he may defeat the Minotaur and then find his way out of the labyrinth. The movie is referencing this because even though Ariadne doesn’t love Cobb, who can be perceived as Theseus, it is she who helps him navigate out of the maze of his guilty memories. Once Cobb finds his way, he can finally let Mal, the Minotaur, go and her memory won’t haunt him anymore. Cobb has held onto his guilt about using inception on…

familiar routine starts to change. It’s when they’re introduced to a problem, challenge, or voyage they have the potential to solve or endure. In The Lightning Thief, this stage takes place when he finds Grover with furry legs and cloven feet, kills a minotaur who, Percy believes, kills his mother, and wakes up in a place called Camp…

What is love? Aside from being an excellent song by Haddaway, it is a favorite subject and theme of William Shakespeare’s work. In the play A Midsummer’s Night Dream, A tale of four people Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, and Helena who go into a forest and encounter some fairies and leave ready to marry each other which they do along with Theseus the king of Athens and his beloved Hippolyta queen of the amazons (no not the online shopping company). It also happens to be one of Shakespeare’s most…

“May the odds be ever in your favor?” If you walk up to most people you know or most people on the street and ask them where this line comes from most people can tell you. The Hunger Games is a high recognized book trilogy turned movie saga. Like most Television shows, books, and movies these days The Hunger Games falls into the post-apotolitic gernra. More and more we have seen a leap in the public’s interest in this genera. I believe with this particular story the audience is drawn to three…

Hunger Games. Additionally, this biography shows the base of the author’s ideas such as the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur and the Greek gladiator Spartacus. “"I was a huge fan of Greek and Roman mythology. As punishment for displeasing Crete, Athens periodically had to send seven youths and seven maidens to Crete, where they were thrown into the labyrinth and devoured by the Minotaur." (Suzanne,…