Essay - Modern Myth It Has Been Stated That There Are Only...

Modern Myth

It has been stated that there are only seven real story lines, upon which all literature is based. Whether or not this is true, modern ***** often echoes myths or legends of long ago. Sometimes, the recycling ***** a tale is blatant, and other times it is subtle. William Shakespeare regularly made use of Greek myths, and folkl*****e. In the play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," *****'s premise is that Theseus, ***** Duke ***** Athens, and Hippolyta, a warrior he ***** captured, are to be married. Shakespeare has successfully created a plotline *****, if only loosely, on the greek myths of ***** and Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons.

***** myth of Theseus ***** one of the most popular of the Greek myths. There are many different stories that involve Theseus, but perhaps the ***** famous is ***** story of how Theseus killed the Minotaur. The greeks understood the myth in this way:

***** was a prince, the son of King Aegeus ***** *****. There were a group of people known as the Minoans who lived on the Isle of Crete, ***** *****y had a very strong Navy. The Minoan king, King Minos, would regularly send his navy out to attack Greek c*****ies, including Athens, and everyone feared him. King ***** had an agreement with ***** Minos that if Minos left Athens alone, Aegeus would send seven Athenian boys and seven Athenian girls ***** Crete every nine years to ***** eaten by the Minotaur, a monster that ***** on Crete. ***** agreed, ***** for many ***** their ***** w***** honoured. One year, when it was time to ***** the Athenians to be eaten ***** the Minotaur, Theseus decided that it was ***** to go and kill the ***** to protect his people. King Aegeus was frightened, and begged him not to go, but Theseus was determined. The boat he would take ***** a black sail. He promised to change it to a wh*****e s*****il if he lived to come home and ***** announce that ***** had won. When Theseus and the *****s arrived in Crete, the king ***** his daughter Ariadne greeted them. Minos was set on throwing them in to the Mi*****aur, but *****re was a snag. Ariadne had fallen in love with Theseus. That night she gave Theseus a sword and a ball ***** str*****g. She told him to tie one end at the door of the Labyrinth and unroll it behind ***** as he went in order to find his way back after he *****ed the Minotaur. The next day when the Athenians arrived at the *****, Theseus ***** ready, while the others ***** all very afraid. He found the ***** and killed it with the *****, then led the others out ***** the Labyrinth. Ariadne began back ***** Theseus but along the ***** ***** fell *****leep on an island and he left her there. As he arrived back in At*****ns, he was so excited ***** he for*****t to change t***** sail, and his fa*****her ***** so