The Role of Women in 3 Greek Myths
One day, Persephone was in the field gathering the crops and Hades, the god of the underworld, was admiring her. He decided that he had to have her as his wife. Hades then shook the ground and caused it to split open and Persephone fell into the realm of the underworld. Persephone was then offered a pomegranate from Hades and she accepted. Little did she know that once she ate the pomegranate she had to stay in the realm of Hades as the wife of Hades. Demeter, Persephone's mother, pleaded with Zeus to get Persephone back. He explained to Demeter that once she ate the pomegranate she had to stay there. Demeter is the goddess of the weather and vegetation so her rage cause massive storms, frigid weather, and everything to stop growing, or die A few months later, Zeus made a bargain with Hades to let Persephone go for 9 months of the year and she would be back during the other 3 months. Hades agreed and Demeter was so happy, that the weather turned nice and everything grew back. This is how the seasons came to be.Persephone is thought to be a beautiful women with long brown hair and is nearly always found wandering the fields. She truly is an enchantress, but is also a very gullible women bec
The storyteller portrays Atalanta as a tomboy. She didn't like to do women related chores and had no skill in women's work. Atalanta was a very persistent person, she stuck to the idea that she never wanted to marry and still remain a virgin. Although, Atalanta was gullible because she kept on stopping to see what was dropped, when it was the same each time. She also kept forgetting that Hippomenes could win because she kept stopping. The storyteller describes Atalanta as fleet as a fawn and a beautiful woman. The storyteller doesn't want us to feel bad for Atalanta, and we want her to lose against Hippomenes. But at the end you feel bad for Atalanta because she was turned into a lion even when it wasn't her fault. The storyteller again implies that women are gullible and foolish, while the men are more cunning and smart in this myth. ause she was tricked into eating the pomegranate seeds. Persephone is also helpless because she can not do anything to break free. The storyteller wants us to feel bad for both Persephone and Demeter because they are both at a loss. Demeter for losing her daughter and Persephone for being captured. The female characters are portrayed less powerful than the male characters in this myth. The river god
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Approximate Word count = 846
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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