James Ureña Marichal

Pegasus

Setting
Hercules takes place in
Greece, he is son of Zeus and
Hera, Hercules was taken
away from his home on Mount
Olympus as a baby and turned
mortal by his evil uncle Hades,
though he maintained his
mighty strength. He set out on Baby Hercules
a journey of self-discovery and
acceptance to prove himself Zero
from "zero" to true hero and to
reclaim his place among the Hero
gods. Hercules is portrayed as
gawky and awkward, but
mostly clumsy because of not
having control of his godly
strength.

Family
 PLOT
Hades is sent to rule the underworld, but he makes plans to throw
Zeus out of Mount Olympus with the Titans' help. The three Fates
warn him that his plans would be endangered if Hercules, Zeus
newborn child, is still around by the time he tries to take over
Mount Olympus. Hades sends Pain and Panic to turn Hercules into
a mortal and kill him, but they fail in their attempt and leave him
on earth with his divine strength to be raised as a human.

Panic and Pain

Mortals who adopted him
 Hercules and Zeus reunited

After Zeus tells Hercules he can only return to Olympus after proving himself a true hero,
Hercules leaves his Normal World with his adopted parents and goes to be trained by
Philoctetes. This is properly the Key Event. After a lengthy training montage, Hercules then
enters the “adventure world” of the Second Act and engages with the main conflict when he Hades
goes to Thebes to prove himself a hero saving Hades’ unwilling minion, the beautiful Meg along
the way.
Zeus temple
CONFLIC
T oh no, oh no no no…

Hades learns from Meg that

Hercules is still alive and therefore
a threat to his plans for dominion.
He forces Meg to trick Hercules
into a battle with the Hydra
monster.

Hercules defeats the Hydra and is

proclaimed a hero. He moves from clumsy
reaction to assured action in chasing his goal
of becoming a true hero and returning to his
parents on Mt. Olympus.
 Phil warns
Hercules

Hades realizes Meg is Hercules’ weakness. Meg is now in

love with Hercules and refuses to help, but Phil overhears
what he believes is Meg’s complicity with Hades and warns
Hercules of her treachery. Hercules refuses to believe it and
Phil
offends Phil into leaving.

Mergara

Phil heard Hades and Mergara

Hades threatens to kill Meg
unless Hercules makes a deal
to give up his strength for
twenty-four hours,
dependent on Meg’s safety.
Hercules agrees, unaware of
Hades’ true plans. He is
zapped of his strength,
turned completely mortal
and then learns the woman
for whom he just sacrificed
everything was indeed
working for Hades, at least
previously.

Hercules loses his strength

Climax
After Meg mortally wounds herself to save
Hercules, his strength is restored. He kicks Hades
out of Olympus, then goes to the River Styx to
save Meg’s soul. Note how the battle moves from
wide-scale (vs. the Titans for global stakes) to
narrow focus (vs. Hades for very personal stakes).
Hercules proves himself a true hero by sacrificing
his own life to save Meg. Just as he is about to die,
his immortality is restored. He returns Meg’s soul
to her body, and together they go to Olympus,
where he reunites with his parents.
Hercules saves
Megara
POINT OF VIEW
Happiness is the most important
thing in life, always be true to
yourself and hard work pays off.
¡Thanks!