Medusa was a beautiful mortal woman who was raped by Poseidon in Athena's temple. As the goddess of purity, Athena was offended by this act and punished Medusa by transforming her into a monster with snakes for hair and an immobilizing gaze. Despite becoming a monster, Medusa remained beautiful and alluring. Athena later ordered Perseus to behead Medusa, taking her head as a symbol for her shield. The story highlights how women are often unfairly blamed for acts of violence committed against them.
Medusa was a beautiful mortal woman who was raped by Poseidon in Athena's temple. As the goddess of purity, Athena was offended by this act and punished Medusa by transforming her into a monster with snakes for hair and an immobilizing gaze. Despite becoming a monster, Medusa remained beautiful and alluring. Athena later ordered Perseus to behead Medusa, taking her head as a symbol for her shield. The story highlights how women are often unfairly blamed for acts of violence committed against them.
Medusa was a beautiful mortal woman who was raped by Poseidon in Athena's temple. As the goddess of purity, Athena was offended by this act and punished Medusa by transforming her into a monster with snakes for hair and an immobilizing gaze. Despite becoming a monster, Medusa remained beautiful and alluring. Athena later ordered Perseus to behead Medusa, taking her head as a symbol for her shield. The story highlights how women are often unfairly blamed for acts of violence committed against them.
Medusa was a gorgon, however, what differentiated her from the others was that she was a mortal woman, beautiful and tempting. How did the character act? In my opinion Medusa did nothing that could be considered a mistake, because literally all she did was exist by enduring her irresistible beauty. How did other characters react to him or her? She was a woman whose beauty enchanted everyone, even the gods themselves. Opening. How did the story start? The story begins when Poseidon, the god of the sea, was completely enchanted by Medusa and didn't rest until he satisfied his desire, against her will. What did the characters do? Medusa was raped by Poseidon, because he was charmed by the sight of her, and this happened in the Temple of Athena. Conflict. What was the conflict? The conflict began when Poseidon decided to abuse Medusa inside the temple of the goddess Athena. Why did it occur? Athena, being the goddess of chastity, purity, among other things, was terribly offended by what happened in her temple and therefore punishes Medusa, seeing desire, carnality, etc. in her. The opposite of what Athena represented. How could it be resolved? I believe that if Athena had punished Poseidon, instead of Medusa, everything would have been different, because in reality Medusa wasn't to blame for anything, because she was raped by Poseidon against her will. Resolution. What was the resolution of the conflict? Athena punished Medusa, turning her into a monster whose hair became snakes and her eyes with an intensity that if you look at them you turn to stone. What happened after the resolution? Medusa despite having become a monster, still took advantage of her provocative and sensual gait that hypnotized everyone with her gaze. How did the conflict and its resolution affect the characters? On the part of Athena, realizing that it was not enough punishment for Medusa, she ordered Perseus to cut off her head and once he did it, Athena took it as the symbol of her shield, and on the part of Medusa, the only thing she got was death. Where did the story take place? The story took place in Greece, as this myth is based on Greek mythology. When did the story take place? The story took place around 490 BC. Have a detailed description of the setting. In the myth, not many details of the scenario are given, however, it is known that it took place in the temple of the goddess Athena and it had many columns. I think this is a demonstration of how, on many occasions, people blame the woman for the rape, when in reality she has done nothing more than exist and it is unfair because on the man's part there is no punishment.