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Compare And Contrast Disney's Hercules

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I said before, Disney’s Hercules has many things different from the myth Heracles. In Disney’s Hercules his parents are Hera and Zeus making Hercules a full blooded god. In the Myth Heracles was the son of Zeus and a mortal women, making Heracles a demigod. In Disney’s Hercules; Hercules is a shy boy, who destroys things accidentally. In the myth Heracles, often lost control of his temper and killed innocent people, he was also extremely confident. Disney’s Hercules the antagonists were the Titans (who were element monsters) and Hades who wanted him stripped of his godly power and dead. In the myth Heracles, the Titans were never mentioned, Hera was the antagonist, who wanted Heracles

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