Disguise and Deceit
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 f
They hid in it until night when everyone inside of Troy was asleep. He disguised himself with a cap to make himself invisible, and flew (using winged sandals) over the sea to the Gorgons' home. On the way there he met a band of men. In order to do this he deceived the Gray Women by making them believe he was one of them. Then, looking through a bronze sheild from Athena he sliced off Medusa's head and placed it in a magic wallet (also a gift) to take back to Polydects. Twelfth Night would not have been as funny without disguise and deceit. This is the story of a quest to bring back the head of the mortal Gorgon Medusa for Polydects. The play Oedipus Rex also contains many examples of disguise and deceit. Later in the war the Greeks hid themselves in a large wooden horse. Clearly disguise and deceit are prevalent in these literary works; Mythology, Oedipus Rex, and Twelfth Night. Oedipus Rex would have ended the same way because that was Oedipus's fate. Her disguise worked, but not only on the Duke. Oedipus was also, like Cronus, trying to escape his fate.
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