Daedalus and Icarus
Daedalus was a great inventor and he was even trusted by the king of Crete. However, one day, Daedalus fell out of favor with the king Minos. Daedalus and his son, Icarus, were then put into the prison of highest tower. In the tower, Deadlus constructed wings from wax and feathers and escaped with his son. Daedalus warned his son not to fly too low or too high and just keep the moderate height. However, Icarus completely forgot Daedalus’s warning and flew too close to the sun. The sun melted his wings and Icarus fell into the sea and died.
I did narrator for the play, but I chose the picture of King Minos. The moral of this story is that one should listen carefully to the elders because they are wise. Although Daedalus warned Icarus, he ignored the warning. This myth answers the mystery of life of why people cannot fly with their bodies. I think that this is because people do not own their wings, and they are not supposed to fly. That is why Icarus fell into the sea. Some of the virtues of this story are royalty, and courage. Even though the King Minos put Daedalus and his son into the prison for small reason, Deadlus did not complain at all and just followed what the king said to him. However, at the same time, Daedalus had the courage to escape from the jail. I think that he did not want his son to live in jail forever. So, his kindness towards his son gave the courage to Daedalus.
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