The Abduction of Persephone by Hades
Storyboard Text
- Exposition
- Conflict
- Rising Action
- Hades, god of the Underworld, abductedPersephone and brought her to his kingdom to be his wife.
- Climax
- Persephone's mother, Demeter goddessof agriculture, was so distraught over the abduction of her daughter that sherefused to let anything grow. Plants died and the fields were cold and barren
- Falling Action
- Persephone is miserable in the darkness and lifelessness of the Underworld. Very few things grow there, such as cypress trees and pomegranates.
- Resolution
- Zeus appeals to Demeter to allow plants to grow again to avoid great loss of life. She denounces Zeus for his part in their daughter's abduction, and demands that Persephone be returnedto her.
- Zeus agrees that Persephone can return to her mother, but because she had eaten food from the Underworld, Persephone must spend half of the year with Hades.
- When Persephone is in the Underworld, Demeter misses her and causes the cold of winter. When she returns above ground, Persephone, goddess of spring, brings warmth and brightness backto the world.
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