During class today we watched two different episodes of Greek Mythology. One was Daedalus and Icarus, and the other, Theseus and the Minotaur. I find that the story of Daedalus and Icarus was the best. In my opinion, it exemplifies love and compassion of a father and son. It also clarifies a mixture of love and hatred for another. The story is an adventure for both Daedalus and Icarus, because the king had locked both of them in a maze that Daedalus had designed. Daedalus knew his way around, yet there was still was a danger, for there is a monster named the Minotaur. It is half human and half bull it was also known by the name Asterion. Daedalus and Icarus made their way out, right before the Minotaur had found them. Yet Daedalus and Icarus were stranded on an . Daedalus built wings for both his son and himself. They flew away, but Icarus flew to close to the sun, and the wax that held the feathers together melted. So Icarus fell down and was killed, and Daedalus blamed himself. and out of guilt, he felt he could never live properly again. As if a part of him had been lost in the sea. The story of Theseus and the Minotaur had a common fact. In both, a family member falls to death, and the other family member blames himself. In the story of Daedalus and Icarus Icarus had fallen to death because he had not listened to his father. In the story of Theseus and the Minotaur, Theseus' father fell to death thinking his son had died fighting the Minotaur. He committed suicide by falling off a cliff. Theseus dreams of slaying another monster but all he sees is a mirror image of himself.
