Like epics in the classical literary sense, the movie focuses on a heroic character and his journey upon which the large number of people depend. ... Note that in order to describe the three stages, a few turning points of the movie have to be listed. ... In the classical world, virtues are characteristics that are socially accepted and respected; they are the moral excellence, which every lead character is expected to acknowledge about whether he is a hero or an anti-hero. ...

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Travis and Barlowe (1995) make note of the fact that in the "original" myth of Ovid, Perseus "seeks the power of Medusa's evil eye, which is the ability to arrest, immobilize, and make statues of others" (pp. 47). ... It is worth noting the conclusion made by modern scholars Travis and Barlowe who point out that by using the Perseus-Medusa myth as the "context of analysis" (pp. 50) in terms of the "academic and cultural demonstrations of the simultaneous claim/failure of dialogue and as a cautionary tale for feminists, our particular interrogation can remind us all of the oppressive disc...

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And, "it is from Classical (Greek and Roman) mythology that the Western literal tradition evolved (Biral 2002). ... This heroic epic is kept in the tradition of Classical Greek mythology, where the "idea of the hero as the savior of his people dominates" (Jokinen 1996). ... The lay highlights heroism, where bravery, loyalty responsibility is essential and "heroic note still rings over the centuries" (Burgess 1996:20). ...

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