3. •Frodo’s birth place is unknown to me but he was raised
by his “uncle”, Bilbo Baggins in The Shire with other
hobbits.
•Perseus was born in Argos to the god Zeus and the
Princess of Argos, Danae but when the King of Argos
finds out that a prophecy states the Perseus will kill
him, he send Perseus to exile on a neighboring island as a
child.
• A similarity in their
births/homes is that
neither one of the heroes
really knew their parents.
4. • Frodo amulets/helpers were the mythril chain
mail, and sting given to him by Bilbo and the
fellowship of the ring were his helpers.
•Perseus’ amulets/helpers were his adamant
helmet, the mirror shield, his sword and the
winged shoes, all of witch was bestowed apon
him by the Gods, and he was given multiple
warriors to complete his quest
• a comparison I made here was that both
were given armor and warriors to complete
their quests with.
5. • Frodo’s threshold was finding a
way into Mordor
•Perseus’ threshold was crossing
The River Styx
Frodo’s Threshold
• A similarity I made with the crossing of
the thresholds was that both Frodo and
Perseus were going from a place of
good to a place of evil.
Perseus’ Threshold
6. • Frodo’s threshold is
Mordor, the part of Middle
Earth were all the dark and
evil creatures live, and in the
heart of Mordor lies mount
Doom, the only place were
the One Ring can be
destroyed.
• The way Frodo gets into
Mordor is by being led first
astray by Shmegal/Gollum
and then
7. • The Threshold for Perseus is
The River Styx, as you see in
the picture, it looks like a
hooded man crossing a river
but that hooded man is the
Grim Reaper and this is so
because The River Styx is
known as the barrier between
the mortal world and the
underworld.
• When Perseus crosses the
river he makes his way to the
Gorgons lair, where he runs
into the infamous
Cerberus, the three headed
beast.
8. • The thing I noticed most about this is that while
Perseus’ final battle is the traditional
outer, physical battle, Frodo’s is an inner battle
with himself
•Perseus’ final battle is against the Gorgon
known as Medusa (shown at right) in which he
used his mirror shield to watch the Medusa and
not get turned to stone and when the time is
right he cuts off her head and is quick to put it in
a bag for to kill the kraken with.
• Frodo’s final battle is when he has just
escaped Gollum and is dangling the One
Ring above the flames of Mount Doom and
the evil Frodo is plainly recognized when
instead of following Sam-wise’s advice, he
turns to him and says “No, its mine”
9. • For Frodo, the return isn't what you'd think it would
be. This is because after he comes back to The Shire, for
four years he writes his story in the same book that
Bilbo had written his, and when all is said and done, he
realizes that you cant go back to the way things were
after you go through such an adventure.
• And so he leaves with Bilbo and the rest of the Elven
leaders to the land across the western sea.
•Perseus on the other hand, did have a
traditional return, when he came back from
his journey he was just in time to save the
people and his future wife from the dreaded
Kraken. To kill the Kraken, he pulls Medusa’s
head out of the bag and shows it to the
Kraken. And he and his wife live happily ever
after
10. • My thesis is that in order to be a hero, you have to
have an important quest, you can’t be considered a
hero if you just went on a quest for your self. For
Frodo, his quest was to take the One Ring to Mordor
and destroy it and in the process keep it out of
Sauron’s grasp. And for Perseus his quest was to save
the people of his inhabited island and his future wife
from the Kraken.
