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Beowulf, “The Betrayal.”
The movie “Beowulf” presents different scenes where pride and faith go along with the hero. At the begging of the movie, Beowulf is presented as a great warrior who does not fear anyone or anything. But I am going to focus on the consequences of the action taking by Beowulf in order to become a king, the dishonored king. He was very well received by the villagers who had been frighten by the evil of Grendel, a monster who killed many villagers. Eventually, Beowulf defeats him, but after trying to confront Grendel’s mother, he is seduced by her, and falls on the track of betraying the kingdom that had giving him everything. No one in the village knows this until one day, Grendel’s mother attacks the village because the gold horn had gotten retrieved from her cave by a slave. It is noticeable, in the face of Beowulf that his decision was not the right one, and this eventually changed his entire way of living. I can tell that he 
always lived afraid of the truth, therefore, inside him had always lived the idea that one day he will have to pay this with his life. Even though, the movie has good plot, I would personally like to change the track of the story right when Beowulf sleeps with Grendel’s mother, and I know for sure that his life and the life of his kingdom would have been significantly better.
Medea, “The Murderer.”
Traditionally, stories do not usually have a content or ending like the story Medea does. This is one of the most cold hearted, and evil stories I have read in old literature. The plot itself is very well developed, revengeand love has a major impact in understanding why Medea takes such impulsive actions towards the ones she supposedly loved the most. Notoriously, the author gives us an introduction to Medea’s personally when he tells us that she killed her own father for the love of Jason. And she based this action upon her fathers’ refusal of letting her marry and live with Jason. This is a hint to be taken into consideration when trying to find an answer to all the things she does. Her way of seeking revenge goes beyond the love for her kids, especially when she is betrayed by her loved Jason. At this stage the story takes a turn that I had never expected, she goes as far as killing her own kids, just to look for revenge and make Jason regret his actions against her. I personally believe that a women, in no circumstances, should commit an act like Medea did, they should first put their kids before anything or anyone.
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The Iliad
The story “The Iliad” is another great myth man become heroes by fighting one another or invading and defending the conquests. And it is necessary to discuss how personality of each of these fighters or soldiers influence their reputation around villages and castles. For example, King Agamemnon shows his arrogant and selfish personality throughout the story. We see this when he says to the priest who had recently advised him to give in the girl captured in the battle, “Never again, old man, let me catch sight of you by the hollow ships. Now go, don’t tempt my wrath and you may depart alive.” Undoubtedly, Agamemnos’ personality shows excessive hubris for himself by not willing to trade the girl for a beneficiary treat for him and his castle. And this will eventually led to a downturn of his reputation. On the other side, Achilles has also shown a type of arrogant attitude, especially when they come to ask for his aid to win the battle. he responds, “No, no, here I sit by the ships…a useless, dead weight on the good green earth.” This illustrates, that even though Achilles was a great warrior, inside him still existed the 
arrogance and selfishness that an honorable warrior should never have.
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Gilgamesh’s transition in time.
Gilgamesh is one of the most transitional stories we have read so far. Unlike other myths, Gilgamesh has its own way of delivering characterization and their transition in time. For example, Enkidu is first presented as an uncivilized man and as menace for Gilgamesh, “Enkidu was created, there was virtue in him of the god of war. His body was rough, and covered with matted hair like Samuqan’s, the god of cattle. He was innocent of mankind he knew nothing of the cultivated land. He ate grass in the hills with the gazelle and lurked with the beasts at the water-holes.” (Part 1, pg. 13)This ilustrates how savage Enkidu was, until the day the seductive will of woman, turned him into something we would have never expected, a conceited man; “Then the woman said, ‘Enkidu, eat bread, it is the staff of life, drink wine, it is the custom of the land.’ So, he ate till he was full and drank strong wine, seven goblets. he became merry, his heart exulted and his face shone. He rubbed down the matted hair of his body and anointed himself with oil. He appeared like bridegroom.” (part 1, pg 16) It is important to conclude that, no matter how strong or savage Enkidu was, the weakness for a woman was always hidden inside him. And that made him a new man in a old world, a world that will transform his entire life.
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