DAEDALUS AND ICARUS STORY MOVIE

They both contain an authority figure that warns the young characters about certain dangers, an act of willing disobedience, and lastly a loss. In both the myth and the movie, they contain three elements that make them a parallel.

DAEDALUS AND ICARUS STORY MOVIE

As the movie progresses we find out the Nemo was taken captive in a fish tank and soon to be given as a gift to a reckless child. As Nemo is coming back towards the reef, a scuba diver comes from behind him, puts him in a bag, and swims off back to the boat. Soon after, as his father isn't looking, Nemo swims off to the open sea towards a boat. Nemo takes what his father says to heart and makes him furious. His dad starts yelling at him saying that he isn't ready to be going out on his own. Nemo's dad quickly steps in before Nemo could swim out.

One day, during a class trip, Nemo and his friends go off on their own towards the end of the reef and play a small, childish game of who could swim the farthest to the open sea. In the movie Finding Nemo, Nemo lives with his overprotective father who like any parent, only wants what's best for him and wants to keep him safe. Sure enough, his wings melted, and Icarus fell into the sea and drowned. Before they set off, Daedalus warned Icarus to 'Above all, don't fly too high! Don't fly too close to the sun!' Once they set off, Icarus' enthusiasm got the best of him and he tried to go higher than the sun. Icarus at first was skeptical about his father's invention and didn't want to leave, but as fathers do, he gave him strong words of encouragement.

Day and night, Daedalus worked on his greatest invention that would get them out of Crete, which turned out to be two pairs of wings made out of feathers and wax. When he found out about this, Daedalus wanted to flee the island with his son, Icarus, but King Minos didn't permit this and kept them as royal prisoners. One day Minos ordered Daedalus, an ingenious inventor, to build him a maze and he agreed only to find out that the labyrinth contained a Minotaur that fed on men and women. The myth of Icarus takes place on the island of Crete where the unruly King Minos is in charge.

Daedalus and icarus story