Flight of Icarus

Unit 4 Juxtapositions project 1 Eng203 Page 1

The Icarus myth is a timeless legend that exceeds all bounds. Timeless to history, it tells us of a father and son, who was over ambitious, who attempt to escape from the imprisonment of King Minos. Daedalus, a famous Greek mechanic, angered King Minos and was imprisoned. He tried to escape numerous times but all attempts failed with the exception of his first, in which he was recaptured. He said The King does not govern the sky so we shall escape that way. Daedalus created wings for he and his son, then went about making plans to escape. As they flew above the sea, Icarus, excited by the feeling of the wind, flapped his wings harder and went higher than he was suppose to go. The sun beat down on Icarus and started melting the wax that attached the feathers to his wings. His joy kept him beating his wings however, oblivious to the fact of his wing wax melting. Eventually, all the wax melted and his feathers were gone. Icarus fell to...