Disguise and deceit have always been prevalent in the world, and are highly used in literary works. Some examples are Mythology, Oedipus Rex, and Twelfth Knight. Without disguise and deceit Twelfth Knight would have been completely different, because this whole play is about characters deceiving one another. In Greek Mythology, which is the basis of Mythology, most of the stories are about or related to deception. In Oedipus Rex the characters deceive each other, but not intentionally. In this story fate plays the deceiving character. The characters in all of these works feel no guilt in deceiving the other characters. They believe they can deceive the gods, and even fate.
             Deceit is recorded as early as the mighty Cronus, ruler of all the earth. He tried to overcome his fate of being overruled by one of his children. He did this by eating each child that was born to him. However, his wife did not want all of her children to die, so she wrapped a rock in cloth as though it were a child and fed it to him. He ate the rock, assuming it was a child. His wife took the child away to safety, and the child later came back to dethrone his father. This child became known as Zeus. Zeus's five brothers and sisters were released from their father's body. Cronus, along with the other Titans, was banished to the center of the earth. This proves that even the mighty cannot avoid fate.
             In the Trojan War, the Greeks gained ground when Patroclus put on Achilles' armor and went to battle. The Trojans thought that he was the mighty warrior Achilles, and this struck fear in them. As the battle progressed the Greeks prevailed because the Trojans were deceived by the disguised Patroclus. The Trojans, of course, found out that they had been deceived, but the Greeks had already triumphed. Later in the war the Greeks hid themselves in a large wooden horse. This was an ambush disguised as a gift. They hid in it until night when everyone inside
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