Changes in the Minotaur as Time Passes

The Minotaur is portrayed as a creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man. It is easy to perceive why people are afraid to make eye contact with the Minotaur since his mere looks are enough to kill. After escaping the labyrinth, the Minotaur, despite his frightening look is not a violent creature. Both the Minotaur who was locked in the labyrinth and the Minotaur who escapes the labyrinth share several similarities such as: the need for love and the inability to speak properly, however also have a number of differences such as: perceiving the value of human life and working.

The Minotaur locked in the labyrinth is a filthy creature intent on killing anyone in the labyrinth. Any Athenians sent into the labyrinth had virtually little to no chance of ever coming out alive. The Athenians would either be killed by the Minotaur or decompose inside of the labyrinth because the labyrinth is a structure of interconnected passages through which it is difficult to find your way. Theseus is willing to exchange spots with one of the Athenian soldiers to kill the Minotaur (Garcia Sec.4). As myth follows, Theseus did kill the Minotaur, but what if Theseus cowered out and made a deal with the Minotaur. It is very possible for the Minotaur to fake his own death and attempt to live a normal life outside of the labyrinth. There could be the slightest possibility that a half bull and half man to walk the face of the earth and adapt with his social ineptness to mingle with human society (Sherrill).

The Minotaur is the offspring of a female human being and a male bull. Despite his utter hideousness and his need to devour men for sustenance, the Minotaur at his core is a lonely creature craving for love. He is having trouble finding love be...

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...n skin to slashing animal skin (O'Grady Par.1). The Minotaur in general is quite useful with his hands because he can cook, sew, and fix cars better than the average human. One can generalize, the Minotaur must have gained steady mechanical hands from ripping the poor Athenians apart (O’Grady Par.8).

To put it briefly, the Minotaur was a violent creature, but has transformed into a gentle creature longing to be included and craving for intimacy. The Minotaur still appears to be a socially inept creature, and is merely tolerated by the others around him. At the end of the novel, The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break, the author leaves us an impression that people change all the time and it is important for people to look at others from all points of view. One can always look into his or her own life to distinguish their actions from childhood to present time.