“You only have to look at the Medusa straight on to see her.In this text, women are literally being driven away from writing and figuratively being driven away from their bodies, just as Medusa was driven from her beauty in the myth.Woman must put herself into the text-as into the world and into history-by her own movement.” “Woman must write herself: must write about women and bring women to writing, from which they have been driven away as violently as from their bodies-for the same reasons, by the same law, with the same fatal goal.Decapitation as the only way to kill something.Snakes represent birth, death, and rebirth, which parallels with the woman’s cycle.Medusa represents womanhood and the sacred/secret transformation from girl to woman.Possibly parallels with the ending of female ascendency within the temples.Throws the discus and strikes King Acrisius, killing him instantly.Later in life, Perseus goes to Larissa to compete in athletic games.Returns to Seriphus and turns Polydectes to stone with Medusa’s head.Depicted in the 1981 Clash of the Titans (skip to 3:20).Stops at Ethiopia and saves Andromeda from being killed by Cetus, a land and sea serpent.Escaped from the other two gorgons by wearing Hades’ helm of darkness.Went to Medusa’s cave and decapitated her in her sleep.Also received winged sandals from Hermes, an adamantine sword and Hades’ helm of darkness from Zeus, and a polished shield from Athena.The Hesperides gave him a magic wallet that could fit anything that was put into it.Gets directions to find the Hesperides.Fearing Perseus will get in the way, Polydectes sends him in search of only mortal gorgon, Medusa.King of Seriphus, Polydectes falls in love with Danae.Perseus and his mother, Danae, are cast out to sea when King Acrisius hears prediction of Perseus killing him. Medusa retreats to the edge of the world.Medusa and Poseidon got freaky in Athena’s temple Medusa was punished for believing she was more beautiful than Athena 2. The Story of Medusa By Casey, Max, and Thomas
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