perseus and medusa?

Question

i have to do a essay writing a letter to medusa telling her not to hurt perseus i'm kind of stuck can someone help me?

Answer 1

You are even more "stuck" than you realize. Perseus killed Medusa. Had Medusa known that fact I doubt Perseus would have made it through childhood.

I guess you could write a letter to Medusa persuading her that the child Perseus should not be killed because he would one day save Medusa.

A lie....but, that's what you've got to work with.

Answer 2

This was a Best Answer - Chosen By Voters that I wrote about 3 months ago on the topic of Perseus and Medusa. Maybe it will give you some inspiration.

An epic hero of classic Greek mythology named Perseus was given the quest to go into the underworld to slay the gorgon Medusa. He was armed with a special shield so that he would not have to look at Medusa's face (and thus be turned into stone) when he chopped off her head. The story is a metaphor about 1) overcoming death or the fear of death and 2) overcoming one's unconscious drives, habits, and conditioning to become a more "real" and conscious person, 3) confronting, harnessing, and transforming essential and elemental energy within oneself and using it to become more fully "conscious" or "enlightened."

Medusa, although made into a monster in the Greek myth, was a goddess of life, death, and transformation--a highly mystical "wisdom" goddess (like the Hindu goddess Kali).

After Perseus slays Medusa, Pegasus arises from her blood, so here is the transformation of a wild creepy thing into a beautiful beneficent thing. Perseus flies away on Pegasus and encounters a beautiful damsel named Andromeda who is chained to a rock on some remote island and is about to be devoured by a dragon. Perseus kills the dragon by flashing Medusa's severed head at it. The dragon turns to stone. This whole sequence, again tells the same story about transforming inner chaotic primal energy into conscious energy. Metaphorically and esoterically the dragon BECOMES the damsel --who symbolizes energy--and merges with the hero--who symbolizes consciousness. This is the hero's journey and the final goal is enlightenment or its equivalent.

A similar motif appears in the myth of Hercules.

Answer 3

That's a pretty odd assignment. Medussa, do not harm young Perseus, he only comes so that he may kill you in your sleep.

Answer 4

are you reading the lightning thief?cause that seems like the most likely literary assignment involving those 2 characters