Hercules Rage Impulses

Hercules was said to be one of the most powerful heroes in mythology. The Greeks loved him and everyone had kept their eyes on him. Although he had some rage impulses, the Greeks valued his strength and his ability to make things right. One of the traits they valued was his strength and how he was destined to be a fearless hero. While the Greeks had many heroes, they had even more monsters that had been threats to the people. Hercules, even though a son of Zeus, was not only strong, but self confident. One example from the book was when he was a baby. Iphicles, his brother, and Hercules had been sleeping in their cribs one night, when, suddenly, two snakes giant snakes had slithered into their nursery. Iphicles had tried to get out of his bed,

At moments in Hercules’ life, he would get rage impulses that would cause him to do something, usually involved with killing, that he wouldn’t normally do if he didn’t have that impulse. He wasn’t able to control that part of him. For example, he had killed all of his teachers that had been related to non-fighting subjects. Hercules didn’t really redeem himself because, at the time, he didn’t know better. When he got older and was married, Hera had cast spell on him, which made him kill all of his family members. He wasn’t able to control himself when this happened. After his family members were dead and he escaped his trance, he realized what he had done and wanted to take his own life for it. He conversed with other heroes, and finally assigned himself to the 12 labors. This shows redemption because he wanted some way to let everyone know that he was a good person and didn’t intentionally kill his family. He wasn’t mainly doing this for others, but for himself. He didn’t want to be in pain. He assigns himself to the 12 labors to get rid of that pain. The Greeks value redemption because they want heroes to be good at heart and not always be a “tough