Essay On Clash Of The Titians

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The movie Clash of the Titians has shown that the gods and goddess were immortal, but still relied on the prayers of the people to survive which they had tried to gain from the people by treating them cruelly which as a result causes people to worship them. After years of their torment from their gods and goddess, the people of Greek polis raise up because they feel that the gods need them and that they could destroy the gods. However, a hero named Perseus who is a demigod tries to find a way to stand up to the god’s wrath against his own father who is the king of the gods and fights to save mankind from the fate which they had brought upon themselves by defying their deities. Perseus goes on a quest to find how to defeat the kraken which had not only showed him how to defeat the gods but …show more content…

Due to the fact that mankind is tired of their tyrannical rule and their selfish actions towards their own creations.
• Solders tear down the statue of Zeus hanging on top of the cliff
• The queen tells her daughter, Andromeda that she is more beautiful than Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love.
The gods need mankind for them to live because they need them in order to live. As a result Zeus let his brother, Hades go on a rampage against mankind in order to teach mankind a lesson and stop any of his relatives who would try to stop him in his tracks.
• Hades releases his beast the Kraken to ravage mankind and punish them for their defiance against the gods.
• Hades tries sends furies to deal with the people who would tear down the statues of the gods along with those who desecrate their statues and tries to stop Percuss by sending the king that defied Zeus that was as a result changed into a hideous creature that seeks ravage against Zeus and his son, Percuss.
Mankind shows that they do need the gods as they need them because they need hope which the gods provide them in the form of heroes and

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