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stvt32 · Mar 10, 2006, 01:56 AM // 01:56

I'm hoping this is fair game for this section...but I am writing an essay on Ovid and I am comparing some aspects of Greek literature and it's themes to Guild Wars.. and I was hoping some of you could read it and give me some tips...grammatical and factual...

Greek stories play a huge role for our entertainment purposes; this is shown clearly through the creation of new movies, books, and plays. Since the sixteenth century play writers, such as Shakespeare, have been using themes from Greek stories in their plays. The ideas from the stories have been portrayed in many children’s movies and books, but recently, with the advancement in technology, people have found a new way to incorporate Greek themes into entertaining us… video games.
A few months ago I picked up the new game from NCSoft called Guild Wars. Guild Wars is a Massively-Multi-Online-Role-Playing-Game where you start with your character and build him up, getting him better armor, weapons, and spells; to make your character better you must complete numerous quests and missions which I have found have numerous Greek themes in them.
In the story of Orpheus, Orpheus must travel to the under world to save his wife, who was killed by a serpent. At the beginning of Guild Wars you stumble upon a shy, young girl who follows you around, named Gwen. You do many quests for her that consists of retrieving materials she lost, but later in the game Gwen gets lost in the under world and is in danger, for the Bladed Aatxes that lurk about are dangerous creatures that could take a girl, the size of Gwen, out in one hit. The dog-like Bladed Aatxes are most likely derived from the Cerberus, in the sense that they are, both, the protectors of the under world. Hercules was told by Eurystheus that he needed to tame the three headed dog, Cerberus, without the use of any weapons, and Hercules did so with ease, by strangling the dog, and bringing him to earth, thus completing the twelve tasks.
While in Colchis, on his quest for the Golden Fleece, the king told Jason that he must sow the teeth of a dragon to prove his worth, and to determine if he would receive the Golden Fleece. To sow the teeth of a dragon means to basically slay it, but in reality you just have to put it’s face in the ground. Jason successfully does so, and when he does little warriors spawn and fight each other to the death.

*That is not all, tis all I have for now*

Ristaron · Mar 10, 2006, 04:15 AM // 04:15