Theseus

the victor and sent home to her district, District 12. This film give hints to the tale of Theseus and his slaying of the Minotaur in the tale of King Minos. In that story, the Minotaur is placed in an unnavigable labyrinth, and King Minos demanded 14 Athenian tributes, equal male and female, were sent into the labyrinth and had to survive the labyrinth, which they never did. This ended when the hero Theseus, son of the king of Athens, claimed he…

of jealousy because she is not giving him enough attention even though what he accuses her of doing is not true, “Knowing I know thy love to Theseus? Didst not thou lead him through the glimmering night from Perigouna, whom he ravished, and make him with fair Aegles break his faith, with Ariadne and Antiopa?” (2.1.79-84). Oberon accuses her of loving Theseus while he has many affairs with different women. On the other hand, in a different passage he conveys how much he cares for the Athenian…

Zeus, the god and father of immortals and man, is connected to almost all ancient Greek literature. Through either self-intervention or the intervention of his bloodline, he is present in some sense in the conflicts and resolutions inflicted on man. He is a figure that all characters can look to in times of tragedy, prosperity, or misguidance. The nature of Zeus is often conveyed through a judiciary sense. In the Greek Tragedies Women of Trachis, Medea, & Hippolytus, Zeus partakes in the…

get lost in the woods. The King and Queen of fairies, Oberon and Titania, are in an argument which leads to a love spell being cast on Lysander and Demetrius which causes conflict with Helena and Hermia. An acting group is planning to perform at Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding but one of their actors turns into a donkey, gets lost in the woods, and falls in love with Titania. In the end Lysander’s love spell is gone, Titania and Oberon solve their problems, the actors perform their play, and…

In many of the works reviewed throughout World Literature Before 1660 there is the idea of The Hero. The most accepted version of the traditional Hero is based on a male figure that is of low birth or status. The character then rises to a position of power because of their perseverance during adverse circumstances. Although there is the idea of the traditional Hero, there are times within literary works where the characters act as their own heroes. List 20 in The Pillow Book is a complex…

As in the poem The Suicide the character Asterion has himself –and thereby, his own world– at his disposal even until the final moment, even in the final moment. Indeed, an astonished Theseus –the redeemer Asterion had been waiting for and who in the story only speaks after killing that who had before possession of the word (it does not lack of metaphysic implications) – tells Ariadne in the very end of The House of Asterion: «The minotaur…

Throughout many Greek myths whether it is The Quest of the Golden Fleece or the heroic story of Theseus, love is a major player in the events that unfolds. Medea’s love for Jason and Ariadne’s love for Theseus had both played a big role in the success of each hero’s respective missions. The role of love may be important but the pursuit of love is just as important because it affects the characters emotionally and physically as well as lead to unanticipated events. In one particular myth, a…

commit suicide. The rejection also leads to Alexis' death since it causes Phaedra to reveal the affair to Thanos, the film's Theseus and Alexis' father. Mirroring the ending of the play, Thanos confronts Alexis, beats him, and then banishes him. Furious, Alexis drives away in his car and ends up dying in a crash with a truck, which takes the place of the bull. In a way, like Theseus in the ancient tragedy, Thanos is responsible for the death of his son because he was the one who gave Alexis the…

refusal of marriage would end in one of two ways. The women could choose to become a nun where they lived their lives worshipping God. The second way depended on the region the women lived in, they could be executed if they did not marry these men. Theseus in a Midsummer Night’s Dream tells Hermia the consequences of her decision if she disobeys her father, “You’ll either be executed or you’ll never see another man again” (1.1). Many women answered to laws like the one that is depicted in a…

love for Lysander. In the beginning of the first act and scene Egeus, Hermia’s father, is upset with Hermia because she refuses to marry Demetrius. Of which she would have not done, if not for Lysander. Egeus complains about Lysander and Hermia to Theseus, "With cunning hast thou filched my daughter 's…