Analysis Of The Poem Phaethon - 1535 Words

Bevin Williams Summer Reading Project-9th Grade Phaethon 175-179 Phaethon is the son of Clymene and she told Phaethon he is the son of the Sun god. But, she said you will not believe me ,he went to ask his father for hisself.So Phaethon went to the radiant palace of the sun and asked the Sun God if he was his father.He said yes everything that Clymene told you is true. The sun god wanted to prove that he was his father so anything that the son wish he shall it. Phaethon asked to take the place of the sun god just for one day. let me drive your chariot. This is the only thing the Sun God had to refuse because no mortal can drive his chariot also, no other god can drive but himself.Yet Phaethon got in the chariot anyway and die on by falling to his death while he was on fire The Situational Archetypes is The Quest .Phaethon was looking for his father the sun god. It restore balance back to Phaethon’s life and let him know who his dad was. Also he was on quest with the chariot because he’s dad let him grant any wish Phaethon wanted.So Phaethon asked to take his dad’s place for the day ,and to his father’s chariot then fell to his death. The Character Archetypes is Father/Son Conflict. Because Phaethon wants answers from the Sun God to see if he is Phaethon’s dad. It’s the father son conflict because phaethon never knew who his father was until the moment in story when he was at the radiant palace. The Symbolic Archetype is Light vs. Darkness .Light is hope for Phaethon