The Three Golden Apples By Hercules Critical Lens

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Actual Essay: Do you know the tale of Hercules and his journey? There’s a part of that tale where Hercules needs golden apples, which requires him to take the world from another character named Atlas so they can retrieve the golden apples. Atlas is bound to have the world sitting on its head, so when Atlas places the world on Hercule’s head, he refuses to take it back. The theme of this story is treating others how people should treat you. Both characters develop the theme of both passages because neither like carrying the world. The plot develops the theme of both passages because if Hercules didn’t encourage Atlas to take off the world, he wouldn’t have felt pitiful for Hercules since he didn’t want to be treated that way. The characters and plots in “The Three Golden Apples” and “Weight” contribute to developing …show more content…

Atlas is enjoyable and outgoing in both passages, and Hercules is the same. Neither Atlas nor Hercules enjoy the weight of the world on their shoulders. Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of passage one, “The Three Golden Apples” states in lines 3 and 4, “...will you be kind enough to take the sky off my shoulders again?...And, besides, I have no fancy for burdening myself with the sky, just now”. Jeanette Winterson, the author of passage two, “Weight” states in line 13, “There he was, tall, smiling, standing in front of Heracles, blissfully free of any burden. Heracles felt his skin burning with jealousy”. This proves that neither Atlas nor Hercules liked carrying the sky in either passage. Because of this, both characters have tension about taking back the world, which causes Atlas to keep the weight on Hercules’ back. This develops the theme of treating others how people should treat you from the nerves both characters have. In conclusion, the idea of treating others how people should treat you is developed with the