After watching Disney's movie Hercules and reading the myths of Herakles, I believe that there is a quite a difference. The aim of Disney's movie Hercules was to make a fun animated movie that families could watch together. Because of this they obviously had to leave a lot out about Herakles, for example, Herakles killed his wife and children which would not go well in the disney movies. I think Disney did well for bring some mythology in, I believe this was shown to the audience at the start when we meet the Muses and they start to introduce who Hercules is. The Muses were also able to share brief mythology on Herakles, as when Hercules becomes famous and they show all the battles with creatures that he has been in. I also noticed that Hades was the main villain in the film when in mythology he is not the main villain.
In conclusion, I think Disney did a good job of making the film so that children and their families could watch it while still having a basis of the myths.
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