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Pirate Dolphins Greek mythology has a theme of transforming mortals into monstrous creatures that reflect the darker sides of their personalities. The negative aspect of a person that are general hidden by appearance now are the first thing people notice about them. Appearance, specifically the human form is extremely important to Greek culture, thus the transformation away from that form that both the gods and human share is generally seen as demotion of status because of their actions. Monsters do not have morals, nor do they have a concept of empathy, so senseless violence is understandable and one of the reason for the Gods role in turning unworthy humans into creatures.
Dionysus the god of wine and theater was born from a mortal mother and Zeus. Dionysus is the god of duality, being born male however living the perspective of a woman, traveled through the world setting up “pillars”. After Dionysus traveled through Thrace, India, Thebes, and Argos driving the …show more content…

Dionysus chose to hire pirates from Tyrrhenia rather than a voyaging ship. Dionysus is a God, thus knows he does not have to fear the pirates which suggest that he wanted to do something else. Dionysus wanted to test them, and they failed. Pirates are people who rape, steal, and are generally horrible people and when they tried to sell Dionysus as a slave he turned them into a monster that illuminates the parts of the pirates that are more animalistic than human. Dolphins are very violent creatures that are known to rape and collect sex slaves as well as kill for fun. Dolphins reflected the previously stated negative aspects of pirates, but in the form of that of an animal. Pirates are dolphins that share the same form as the Gods. The pirates were not worthy of their form because there external beauty was created from the gods, so their internal self should be without fault as well. The human form needs to be respected and

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