PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The story starts off at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. Where all of the important gods were there, except for Eris, the god of mischief and discord
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The story starts off at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. Where all of the important gods were there, except for Eris, the god of mischief and discord
So she tossed a golden apple (the apple of discord) into the crowd, labeled as the "fairest"
the goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite each claimed the apple for herself and fought for it
The goddesses asked Zeus to judge who was the fairest, but he told them to ask Paris, who was known to judge fairly.
Paris awoke from a nap and was astonished to see the three goddesses standing. One by one, they undresses themselves in front of Paris.
they each made a bribe to Paris. Hera offered dominion of the whole world, Athena offered a glorious military career with skull and wisdom..
And Aphrodite offered the love of the most beautiful woman in the world (Helen, daughter of Zesus and Leda)
Paris' lust overcame his skull for fair judgement. He declared Aphrodite the fairest, and he set off for sparta to claim his reward.
TO kILL A MOCKINGBIRD
- A place where smiliarities in the 'judgement of Paris' is presented is in to kill a mocking bird where a black man named Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white woman and Atticus, Tom's lawyer clearly proves that Tom is innocent but Judge John Taylor is corrupt because he knows that Tom is innocent but still declares him guilty just because the color of his skin
Modern example
- Today all sorts of corruption is showed through forms of government. For example, the Hispanic government is known to be bried by drug lords in order to get drug smuggled, when the government is a form of protection where people should feel safe under their protection but can't because most of them are corrupted into bribey