The Minotaur
By Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Without more words on either side, there ensued the most awful fight between Theseus and the Minotaur that ever happened beneath the sun or moon. I really know not how it might have turned out, if the monster, in his first headlong rush against Theseus, had not missed him, by a hair's breadth, and broken one of his horns short off against the stone wall. On this mishap, he bellowed so intolerably that a part of the labyrinth tumbled down, and all the inhabitants of Crete mistook the noise for an uncommonly heavy thunder storm. Smarting with the pain, he galloped around the open space in so ridiculous a way that Theseus laughed at it, long afterwards, though not precisely at the moment. After this, the two antagonists stood valiantly up to one another, and fought, sword to horn, for a long while. At last, the Minotaur made a run at Theseus, grazed his left side with his horn, and flung him down; and thinking that he had stabbed him to the heart, he cut a great caper in the air, opened his bull mouth from ear to ear, and prepared to snap his head off. But Theseus by this time had leaped up, and caught the monster off his guard. Fetching a sword stroke at him with all his force, he hit him fair upon the neck, and made his bull head skip six yards from his human body, which fell down flat upon the ground." (Hawthorne)
I think that the story of Theseus makes him one of the most corageous men ever. First of all, the quote it mostly relates to is the one by Walt Disney. Theseus's dream is to one day meet his father, the king. Before starting on his journey he needed the strength to lift a rock which he did. Once he met him he tried his hardest to please his father and that meant figting a beast,the Minotaur, which he did do. That in my mind takes boat loads of courage that most people dont have...
I think that the story of Theseus makes him one of the most corageous men ever. First of all, the quote it mostly relates to is the one by Walt Disney. Theseus's dream is to one day meet his father, the king. Before starting on his journey he needed the strength to lift a rock which he did. Once he met him he tried his hardest to please his father and that meant figting a beast,the Minotaur, which he did do. That in my mind takes boat loads of courage that most people dont have...