Comparing Hercules by Walt Disney and Creating the Myth...

One of the greatest Greek mythological stories portrayed in a movie would be Hercules. Hercules is a well-known hero; he displays a supernatural individual who has to overcome the villain and his bad monsters. In â€Å"Creating the Myth† by Linda Seger, she argues that the hero myth as many obstacles (the death experience, the road back, the reborn) that he or she need to overcome to be transformed into a hero. However, these obstacles play a very important role in the hero’s stage of initiation. The movie â€Å"Hercules† by Walt Disney and the creator Alan Menken, we encounter the characters of the movie which are Hercules of course, Philoctetes the trainer, Pegasus the horse, loyal companion, Megera the love of Hercules and Hades the†¦show more content†¦Later in the movie we are introduced with Philoctetetes (a goat) the trainer who trains Hercules in gaining valuable exercises and activities that he may later has to challenge. Hercules then encounte r with 12 tasks and he overcome them all with his bare hands Phil Comes to realize that Meg Hercules love is betraying him, Hercules ignores him treating him unfair and leaves him. Unfortunately, Hercules found out that it was true ad felt awful forgave Phil he needed him at the end Hercules being a kind individual listened to all the good advice that Philoctetes had to offer. Secondly, without his courageous personality Hercules could not have overcome many obstacles. Hercules gained experienced of a quality hero and achieved appreciation â€Å"the hero is now ready to move into the special world where he will change from the ordinary into the extraordinary† (Seger 3) because he transformed into a new individual. Seger states that â€Å"this happens at the first turning point of the story† which is called the initiation (road of trials) therefore the hero is ready to begin with his task. For example, in the movie, Hercules encounters with many challenging task which were a battle of series monsters that were sent by Hades. His most important challenge was to rescue the tough-talking beautiful girl Megara who is secretly involved with hades to posses Hercules in falling in love with her and take over his power. But they both fall in love and it becomes