Phaethon Storyboard | TC 6/7
Storyboard Text
- Throughout the beginning of the myth, a yellow haired boy named Phaethon and a black haired boy named Epaphus compete in a race near the sea. Epaphus, who is very frustrated, is confronted with defeat, and proceeds to argue with Phaethon, starting a conflict.
- My father is Apollo.
- EXPOSITION
- You think you're pretty good.
- But you're not so much. My father is Zeus.
- I'll go to the palace of the sun right now and hold my father to his promise. I'll show you.
- During the argument between Phaethon and Epaphus, Epaphus boasts about how much he talks to his father and how he teaches him many things, giving him a lot of presents. Phaethon, who is asked if he visits his father, proceeds to lie about how his father, Apollo, also teaches him several things. Epaphus does not believe Phaethon, so Phaethon takes it upon himself to see his father and drive his chariot.
- RISING ACTION
- When I pass the village I will come down and drive in circles around your roof. You'll see me all right. Farewell.
- How will I know it's you driving the sun?
- Phaethon was later discovered by one of Apollo's sun hawks, and Apollo tells the hawks to bring him to them.
- I'm exhausted... and so, so, so hungry.
- I want to drive the sun across the sky. All by myself. From dawn till night.
- Phaethon arrives at the presence of his father, who is a god, and asks to allow him to drive the chariot. It takes a lot of convincing, but Phaethon ends up getting his father to say yes, as long as he follows the rules.
- RISING ACTION II
- Alright, but you're about to start a terrible journey son. DO NOT go too low or too high on the chariot or you will cause a disaster.
- Although Apollo warned Phaethon to abide by the rules he told him, derived by Epaphus's taunt, he goes ahead and drives too low near the Earth, then too high. This causes a lot of damage on the planet, including people dying.
- CLIMAX
- Up! No, no! Down!
- This is much easier than how Father described it!
- Zeus, who sees all of the damage and destruction Phaethon has caused, is furious and for obvious reasons, decides to throw a lightning bolt at him for everything he has done. Phaethon falls out of the chariot.
- FALLING ACTION
- Ever since the incident with Phaethon, nobody has ever been allowed to drive the chariot again, other than Apollo himself. Apollo turns his daughters into trees, and it is said that ice caps, volcanoes, and tsunamis were caused by Phaethon's chariot damage. The concluding theme is don't let pride get the best of you, like Phaethon with Epaphus.
- RESOLUTION
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