lunes, 15 de septiembre de 2008

Explaining and Describing Hercules

Hercules's life seems to be a very interesting one. It is full of adventures. Hercules, from the day he was born, was hated by Juno. He was sent to do the most horrible and hard tasks ever. At first, when he was recently born, he was sent two serpents, and he killed them with his own hands. Then, he was sent by Eurystheus to kill the Nemean Lion. He slayed the Nemean Lion, and went back to Eurystheus, carrying the lion in his shoulders. Eurystheus then sent the hero to kill the monster Hydra. He does, and comes back. The he was sent to clean the stables of the herd of 3,000 oxen of Augeas. He brings two rivers and cleans it all in a day. There are 12 total adventures, and he has only done 3. He then goes to get the girdle of Amazons, and does, as always, and comes back. Then he was sent to get an Ox of 3 bodies. He had to fight a two headed dog, and slays his, and brings the ox back to Eurystheus. He was then sent to do a hard task. To get some golden apples. It was hard because he doesn't know where they are. So he asks Atlas to get them, and he holds the mountains. And he does, and returns to Eurystheus. Hercules was then sent to kill a monster that wrestles and is the son of Terra, so he never dies on Earth. So Hercules the undefeatable lifts him up in the sky and strangles him there. So the monster dies, and he was sent to the underworld to find someone. He does, but in an act of madness he kills one of his friends. He was punished by being the slave of Omphale, for three years. He marries and then cheats on his wife Dejanira. When he sees what he has done, he builds a fireplace... but with him in the middle! The gods themselves worry when this happens, but Jupiter his father tells them to not worry, all he is losing there is his mother's side, because mine is immortal. And so Hercules rises and finds a place in Heaven. Juno is very sad, and looses all hate for him and even grants Hercules a wife. That is Hercules's description, but I think his explanation, going beyond the literal, is that Hercules was known to be a Hero since he was born. People do not like someone that they know is going to be better than you in what ever he does, so they put this person to prove what he is made of. They send Hercules to do some tasks no one had done before, to see if he really is a hero. Then they find out that he really is a Hero, and when they lose someone like him, and then they realize, "Wow, he really was good at everything he did". Hercules didn't exactly die, so it doesn't count as much, but the gods did get sentimental when they saw him in the fire. 

2 comentarios:

J. Tangen dijo...

You're still summarizing the plot.

All numbers under one hundred should be spelled.

J. Tangen dijo...

And the rest of the entries?

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