Intro to Myth. Short Paper # 3 ART, MUSIC, ADVERTISING, FILM, TV SERIES, Games, ETC. INSPIRED BY MYTHOLOGY

Student's Name Professor's Name Course Date Analyzing the Clash of Titans and Its Relation with Prometheus's Myth Introduction The movie The Clash of Titans (version of 1981) is the selected artefact for this paper, based on Perseus's myth in Greek mythology. It is a fantasy adventure movie produced under Desmond Davis's direction and was penned by Beverley Cross (Torjussen 1). The film starred Burgess Meredith, Harry Hamlin, Maggie Smith, Laurence Olivier, and Harry Hamlin. Ray Harryhausen contributed to creating stop-motion effects in the movie, which became one of the movie's most outstanding and compelling features (Carr). Although the movie is loosely based on the Greek myth of Perseus, the producer has utilized creative license to depart from the original myth and deviations to it. Description of Chosen Artifact The Clash of Titans was co-produced by the United Kingdom and the United States. Alan Dean Foster published its novelization in 1981. In 2010, Warner Bros released a 3D movie version under the same name (CHIU 104). The story is narrated straightforwardly and robustly. Danaë and her son, Perseus (Harry Hamlin), are enclosed in a coffin and put in the sea as a punishment for angering the gods. The coffin lands on a deserted island as Zeus (Laurence Olivier) takes pity on them (Conliffe). Perseus grows up on this island, where he attains manhood and becomes aware of the purpose of his life. His mission is to save Andromeda (Judi Bowker) from marrying Calibos after returning to Joppa. Andromeda was betrothed to Calibos before he was cursed to become a monster due to god's wrath. Calibos resides in a swampy place, and every night, he sends a huge bird to capture the spirit of Andromeda while she is sleeping in a gilded age. If Perseus has to marry Andromeda, he has to defeat Calibos in combat and answer the riddle of Andromeda's mother, Cassiopeia. Individuals who failed to answer the riddle were destined to death (Conliffe). There are other twists in the plot as well. He has to trace the bird towards Calibos's lair, capturing and taming one of the last winged horses, Pegasus. He beheads Medusa after going to Gorgon's island. He takes her head for petrifying Karaken, who has been freed from his cage and sent to the ocean floor so that he can destroy Andromeda particularly and Joppa generally (Conliffe). He returned Joppa and successfully petrified Kraken, resulting in his dissolution in the sea. He successfully married Androm...