Perseus

Timothy Oram 2nd Hour

Perseus Background

[|King Acrisius] was warned by a prophecy that he would be killed by his grandson. So he locked his daughter, [|Danae] in a tower. The god, [|Zeus] fell in love with Danae and slipped into the tower. Months later, Danae gave birth to a son, named Perseus. When King Acrisius found this out. He put Danae and Perseus into a tomb and dropped it into the sea.King Acrisius must have thought it would sink to the bottom;however it floated to the island of Seriphos where Polydectes was king.Perseus grew up and became very strong. King Polydectes heard about Danae and wanted to marry her, but she rejected him. He would have married her by force if Perseus was not there to protect her.King Polydectes thought of a scheme to try and get rid of him. He planned a fake wedding and invited everyone. People were required to bring a gift; however, Perseus was very poor and could not afford one. King Polydectes pretended to be furious and told Perseus he could redeem himself if he brought him the head of Medusa, which no other person ever succeeded in doing.

Perseus went on his voyage to get Medusa's head. [|Medusa] was horrible. She had serpents on her head instead of hair, her brazen hands that could have squashed Perseus, and if you looked at her, you would turn to stone. Perseus was hopeless because this journey was impossible. Suddenly, Hermes and Athena appeared to him and told them that Zeus was his father.They came to him to help him on his journey. Hermes gave him his winged sandals and sickle and [|Athena] gave a reflective shield so he could look at Medusa thorough it.He was told to go to the Graeae cave. There he found three strange women who only had one eye. They had to share it and pass it around. Perseus hid behind a bush and grabbed the eye from them. He demanded that they tell him where the Nymphs of the North were or else he would not give back their eye. They had no choice, so they told him. When he got their, they gave him the cap of darkness which makes the wearer invisible and the magic wallet to store Medusa's head in.
 * Travels to Find Adventure **

Perseus came to Medusa's Lair and found her there sleeping. He used the shield to look at her because if he looked at her directly, he would turn to stone. He was very quiet because he did not want to wake her up. So he went up to her and quickly struck his sword on her neck. As soon as he did this, Medusa's sisters came to defend her. Perseus quickly put the head in the magic wallet and flew away using the winged sandal from Hermes. On his way back, he noticed a women chained to a rock. He asked her why she was there and she said. "My name is [|Andromeda] and I have been punished because of my vain mother. She boasted that I was more beautiful then the Nereids. Poseidon was angered and said that I must be sacrificed to a sea monster," As she spoke, the monster arouse from the sea. So Perseus took Medusa's head out of the magic wallet and the monster instantly turned into stone.
 * Defeats Monsters/ Bad Guys **

Perseus' father was Zeus, so he had the Gods on his side. While Perseus was on his journey, Zeus's god and goddess son and daughter came to him and offered him help in slaying Medusa. [|Hermes] gave him his winged sandals and the sickle that was used to overpower Typhoeus. Athena gave him a shield so he would not have to look at Medusa. They also guided him to on where he can find the cap of darkness and the magic wallet. Throughout his journey, they had a watchful eye on Perseus. There was one goddess who did not want Perseus to be successful. This was Hera, Zeus's wife. She was angry at Zeus for having Perseus and wanted to take her revenge out on him.
 * Has Good on his Side. **

James Bond is an officer of the [|British Secret Intelligence Service]. When he was eleven year old, his parents died in a climbing accident. He then moved in with his aunt near Canterbury in Kent. When he was seventeen, he went to University of Geneva, but this was very brief. He joined the Ministry of Defense in 1941and was made lieutenant of the Special Branch of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. Soon after, he was promoted commander and joined the Secret Service. He was married twice to Kissy Suzuki and Teresa Draco.He speaks many languages including Italian, Spanish, English, German, Greek, Russian, and Arabic. He is also known by his codename of 007. The "double oh" indicated that he has the license to kill. He is famous for introducing himself as "Bond, James Bond". He was known as a cold war operative who always has the latest gadgets and defeats Soviet Agents. Now he defeats all international gangsters. When he is not on an assignment, he spends his time at his house off the Kings Roads in Chelsea. It is looked after a housekeeper named May who is very loyal and motherly to Bond.
 * //BACKGROUND //**

Because James Bond is an International Spy, he must travel all around the world to catch enemies. In // Goldfinger //, he travels to many places while looking for Auric Goldfinger who was planning on dropping an Atomic Bomb on at Fort Knox Kentucky so that there would be a significant increase in the price of gold. James Bond had to go to [|London], Kentucky, and Miami Beach yo find clues and accomplices so that he could stop Auric Goldfinger. James Bond is known for always traveling on his adventures and many travel agencies have promotions that say "Travel like James Bond". He is also known to travel in style and drives in luxury cars such as his Austin Martin.He has been everywhere, from Europe, the Caribbean, and Africa.
 * // TRAVELS TO FIND ADVENTURE //**

**//DEFEATS MONSTERS/BAD GUYS//** James Bond works for the British Secret Intelligence Service, so it is his job to defeat spies and gangsters. The reason he is so popular, and why he is always defeating spies and gangsters. He is always chosen for special and important missions because he is always successful in capturing the bad guys. In [|Casino Royal], he kills the corrupt MI6 section chief John Dryden and his underworld contact Fisher.This gives him his status of "00". He also put an end to what the terrorist Le Chiffere was planning by defeating him at a game of Texas Hold "Em . **//HAS GOOD ON HIS SIDE//** James Bond has support from the British Secret Intelligence Service. They are the ones that put him on his missions. They also supply him with his weapons, cars, and information needed to locate and defeat the enemies. James Bond is always fighting evil and trying to keep the world safe. He also has multiple people that help him directly, on his missions. One person was Domino Derval who helped James bond find the atomic bomb in Goldfinger. Another sidekick James Bond had was [|Mary Goodnight], who assisted James Bond on one of his mission.


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