Hercules is a very known mythological character, it is part of every child's life. If you are stong you are hercules. In the disney movie, it is obviously modified and adapted for a children's movie. Form the original greek myth Hercules has to go through a lot of difficulties to please Eurystheus ;"Another task enjoined him was to bring to Eurystheus the oxen of Geryon", "Eurystheus ordered Hercules to bring him the skin of this monster." Hercules, even though a hero is never the most powerful. He was just the servant. In today's life many heroes are the ones that are servants, they simply please the one in power. Setting as an example Colombia, all the soldiers go through the difficult taks and beat down the "mosters" while Uribe just sends them to do it. what would happen if the hero was Uribe??
Dejanira, Hercules' wife, ends up killing her husband and herself because of greednes and jealousy. Sometimes impolses driven by strong emotions lead to calamities. Negatives feeling arre the most destructive weapon, it's control is very difficult and hard to manage. That is why it is always better to think and then act, there is a less chance for regrets.
Theseus was able to conquer the minotaour by using the help of the daughter of Minos, her plan was logical and not based on brute force. That way he triumphed. This is applicable to everything in life, brutal force is useless. The mind strength has much more power than physical strength. If you control your thoughts and feelings it is easily to manage your body to do wahteever you need it to do. Greek mythology usuall talks about heroes going through tough obstacles to reach a goal, that is why most of them are epics. The series of tasks are a represanteation of what life is all about. overcoming problems in the smartest way possible to be prepared to overcome the next one and so on and be the hero of your own life.
lunes, 15 de septiembre de 2008
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Do you get why we are reading about these myths yet?
You as in most of your blogs, are reading with great depth. I only ask you to watch your mechanics by proofreading.
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