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Exploring The Character Of Perseus In Homer's Odyssey

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Clash of the titans movie is not the most but one of the most visual representations so far. I was really fascinated on how people lived in a world were gods can be deceived and gods also had emotions that a mortal can feel. Like what Hades felt to his brother Zeus by planning a great revenge to claim what Zeus has and how Zeus loves his creation, the mortals. I saw Perseus as a realistic hero, he’s not the typical hero that can save people without the help of others, and he also has weaknesses like what happen to his family. Perseus somehow represents how mortals can fight even without having any power even though he’s a demigod, because he has no any powerful device or supernatural power like what his father has, Perseus can only be define …show more content…
I also view that being too rude and too boast is one of the central issues why gods got angry and Zeus was very sad seeing his people shows disrespect and disobedience. It only appears that mortals are too proud on themselves and mortals are thickheaded somehow thinking that they can surpass the gods with their own strength and can create their own. Andromeda’s mother can be an example of a boastful person who never stops boasting not until she convinces the people that gods should not be worship. I think this one is the main reason why students like us need to watch this incredible movie, and that is by learning that we must be too greedy when it comes to power, not too boastful when we are given much more than we expected, and to be strong to prove that we can surpass all of the challenges, whether it is difficult and have a feeling of not going accomplish it. We must be determinate to conquer what we started and face the true art of life. It forms a thousand of different emotions and experience that can make us grow just like what Perseus did; we must apply the true braveness that we need to

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