Ariadne auf Naxos

to the myth alive. This in turn allows us to believe that the unbelievable is true or could happen and at the same time allows us to take away from the myth what we need as a learning point if there was one. However, what about the relative roles of men and women in a myth? How they are portrayed in the myths of “The Birth and Childhood of Hermes” and “Ariadne on Naxos” are very different. In some parts of the myths men are set as growing up as gods and other parts of the myths women…

The myth of Theseus is suspected to have been written sometime around 100 AD and is considered a Greek myth. The true date of this myth has not been determined since most were passed down by word of mouth. Greek mythology is full of stories about mortals battling mythical beast with strength or intellect. I will be using the Carl Jung method to analyze this myth through the use of Archetypes. Carl Jung was a Swedish psychiatrist that was born in 1875. He is well known for his work in archetypes…

My father, King Minos was a cruel man and I’ve always been ashamed of being his daughter. Every ruler feared him because he was powerful and they will agree whenever my father asked for something. My father loved to demand the rulers of the lands around to send him tributes to honor him, and they would do it without any doubt because that way my father would not declare war on them. For me, that was disgusting and so embarrassing for he had no heart. The Athens were not safe and my father’s…

hunger Games Vs. Theseus Theseus and the hunger games are very similar. Both the hunger games and in the myth of theseus tributes are sacrificed to a higher power. It was based on saving a society that was struggling to deal with a higher power. King Minos sent his only son to fight a very dangerous bull, but he ended up dying. King Minos was very upset and now every nine years the people of athens had to send in seven girls and seven boys to confront the minotaur.Their reasoning was more…

When Ariadne and Theseus run into the Minotaur the beast lunges towards Theseus. Theseus hops on the Minotaurs back and jabs a sword into his tough hide. The Minotaur pinned Theseus against a stone wall and “The pain was excruciating, but with effort of will, Theseus hung on” (Donaldson 18). If Theseus wasn’t brave enough to keep hanging on he would have died.” After another deep thrust of the weapon, the Minotaur’s ghastly howl became a gurgle, and the hulking body collapsed on the ground,…

The minotaur representing the human and animal side in each of us means that each of us has a good side and bad side. Perhaps you seen it in the new. A thought to be normal kid just a little quiet grows up to become a killer and a cannibal. The killer, cannibal side of him was the animal in him that showed itself. Not everyone shows their animal side. Most of us are pretty good at taming the beast inside. Perhaps that is what the minotaur had trouble with. When he was a baby it has been said…

They would not be able to accomplish this without playing as a team. Life is the same, if one does not work with others and is selfish then it will be very difficult to succeed. Also, in Theseus and the Minotaur, Theseus left Ariadne on an island. Because of this, Theseus got cursed by Ariadne and his father died when he reached Athens: “but Theseus left Ariadne on the Island of Naxos, where some say the god Dionysus claimed her as his bride” (O’Rahilly 5). This myth shows readers that only…

Some may believe that Theseus was not capable of being called a hero because of his mistakes and poor actions. However, his very heroic traits outweigh all of his cons. According to the traits of a hero, a hero should have married a princess; Theseus had a relationship with Ariadne, and then he married her sister, Pasiphae. Theseus, much like Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games, volunteered his life in place of another one. He offered to take part in King Minos’s punishment of the Athenians.…

until they were long enough. When Theseus was satisfied with the length, he rolled into the employee parking lot and trembled with excitement at the sight of his reserved parking space. It was everything he had ever dreamed of. Children’s play area, shining gold M, pristine drive-thru. Happily, he bounded through the doors. At the entrance, a young girl met Theseus. Judging by her nametag, she was an employee named Ariadne. Theseus’ heart burst open with happiness. They would…

Theseus Theseus was an incredibly smart and cunning man. He faced many opponents in his journey to Athens including his most dangerous foe, the Minotaur. Theseus was born and raised in Troezen. His mother’s name was Aethra and was the daughter of king Pittheus of Troezen. There is some question of who his father was as Aethra was with both Aegeus, king of Athens, and Poseidon on the same night. Despite this, many people believed Aegeus to be his father. When Theseus was young, Aegeus put…