CLCV 115 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lightning

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: CLCV 115
• Professor: J Solomon

Document Summary

Question 1: ancient mythical events and characters are developed and transformed into events and characters that would appeal to the audience of a modern time. Many aspects of hercules are manipulated to create a story full of things such as romance and action-packed scenes. This is also the case in the novel-turned-movie percy jackson & the olympians: the. In this movie, mythical characters and events are incorporated into a very modern setting to appeal to a modern audience: by taking the main concepts of mythology and turn them into more modern-like scenarios, hercules. The heroes struggle with moral dilemmas/questions/emotions: centered on romance, heroes capable of abstract thinking, hercules wants to be mortal, jason struggles with vengeance. Vengeance was never questioned in myths, nor was immortality: lightning thief, use of popular locations for the pearl hunt: parthenon in nashville, Lotus casino in las vegas, portal to underworld in hollywood.