Chloe Brotherton

Medusa Response

November 29, 2012

                What we’re learning in class interacts with Cixous because the story of Perseus has to do with authority and men having control over women.  Medusa was raped by Neptune, which is a major indicator of authority.  Men looked at women as property or pleasure, and Neptune had no idea that what he was doing was more than just sex; it changed Medusa’s life in the worst way possible.  Perseus eventually killed the evil Medusa, though, which I considered fate because everything worked out for Perseus in the end.