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Beowulf
Beowulf is a story about a great hero. The story begins by the kingdom is being attacked by a demon called Grendel. The demon has eaten a lot of people and killed a lot of people. The kingdom has been living in horror for years . There was no hope for them . Not until Beowulf came. After hearing about the story, Beowulf goes to aid the people. He has won a lot of great and difficult battles. So he has come to kill the demon. After having a big feast , people are relieved and are hoping Beowulf will kill the demon. The demon has appeared. After a long and difficult battle, Beowulf has killed the evil demon and everyone thinking that peace has finally come. But that is not the case, there is another demon, Grendel’s mother. Beowulf has another battle to fight. Because of Beowulf being a great warrior, there are games and movies based on the story of Beowulf. One is where the movie is a cartooned 3D form, so it would not be as bloody as it would be. And the major difference is that Grendel’s mother is being portrayed as a beautiful woman. And that Beowulf had sex with her and they have a son that is a dragon. Beowulf killed him in order to protect his people, but Beowulf also died. Below are some things that are based on the story of Beowulf.
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The Ramayana of Valmiki
The Ramayana of Valmiki a story about Rama and his wife Sita. Rama is the one that is suppose to be the next king, but his father’s other wife wants her son to become king and tells Rama that he can become king if he goes to live in the forest for certain years. Rama agrees and accepts , but he tells his wife to stay even though she wants to go with him. Sita says to him that he is her husband so she will go with him to anywhere just so she can stay with him. She finally convinces him to let her go. After they have lived in the forest for a long time, the evil king appeared and kidnapped Sita. Rama then went to go save Sita. After rescuing Sita, Rama became not trusting Sita being pure. After they returned to the kingdom , Sita soon became pregnant. But Rama has doubts about her pregnancy, so she sends her away. Sita became heart-broken, crying all day. After years, Rama came to see her. He ahs finally returned to her. In the cartoon” Sita Sings the Blues (animated film by Nina Paley) “, it shows us how the story can relate to the modern times. The author is being abandoned by her husband. Here are some pictures of the film.
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Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh is a story about a half-human and half-god king. He thinks he is the most powerful person so he does whatever he wants and gets whatever he wants. He takes every woman there is, even the ones that are getting marry. Because of he is very arrogant and does not care about his people, the people complain to the gods. So what the gods created is an equal of Gigamesh,Enkidu . He is half-human and half-animal. So he is just as strong as Gilgamesh. After they became friends, they went to forest to kill the monster called Humbaba. After killing the monster, soon Enkidu is cursed. After Enkidu died, Gilgamesh realized he is afraid of death. He does not want to die yet, so he goes on a journey to search for eternal life. He is not satisfied with what he has right now. After he found the wise man, he tells him how to have an eternal life. He has to stay awake for days, but he failed. So he is planning to go back to Uruk, but the wise man’s wife tells him that there is a plant that can restore youth. But he lost it on his way back, but he finally learns to treat his people the right way after this journey.Below is some pictures of Gilgames and Enkidu.
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Medea
Medea is about a woman who some might think of her as an insane woman who killed her own children because of the hate that she has for her husband. Medea had sacrificed a lot for Jason ,her husband. To help him, she even killed her own brother. But now Jason wants to marry the king’s daughter and abandon her and the children. When Medea found out about this, she was crying all day and screaming. She told herself that she will make him suffer, for what he has done to her. Jason comes back home to visit and tells her that he is marrying the princess because he wants to give her and the children a better future. Medea pretends to believe him , but she is planning something to get her revenge. The king has put her into exile knowing that she might do something harmful to them. but Medea begs the king to let her stay another day. That is the day where she kills the princess , the king and her own children. She had putted poison on a dress that she tells her children to bring to the princess as a present. The princess died form wearing it and the king died also, from touching the poison on her. After the children had returned and heard about the death of the princess and the king, she had killed her own children. Jason came and asked to hold the children but Medea refuses. Jason calls her a murderer, but she says this is to make him suffer. Some might think she is insane for killing her children, yet some might not.Below is a clip of the scene Medea kills her own children and when Jason came.But Medea in the clip is being played by a man dressed in woman’s clothings.
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