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Both of them contain an authority figure who warn the young characters about certain dangers, the young characters ignore them and as a result, it leads to a severe loss. One example is the 2003 children's film Finding Nemo. In conclusion, the myth of 'Daedalus and Icarus' has been portrayed in many ways. This rhetoric also makes the Icarus and the film a modern-day parallel.

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Some constraints of the movie could be that not everyone has seen the movie, or not everyone could afford to watch it.

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It could also be that not many people knew how to read, so there was no way of knowing the story. As a result, not everyone heard the same version. For the myth of 'Daedalus and Icarus', some constraints include that the myth could have been changed because, during that time, everything was told through storytelling. As mentioned, the myth and story's intended audience are young people, seeing as how they are the ones who would benefit the most from the lesson. The purpose of the myth and the movie was to teach a lesson to younger audiences about the consequences that come from disobeying an adult. In addition to the myth and the movie having similar elements that make it a parallel, they also contain a similar exigence and intended audience, but different constraints. In the myth, Icarus dies and in the film, Nemo gets kidnapped. Both Icarus and Nemo ignored their father's warnings and decided to disobey which led to two losses. In the movie, Nemo's dad was the one who told Nemo not to swim off to the sea. In the Icarus myth, the authority figure would be his father, Daedalus, who told him to not fly too close to the sun because he knew what would happen if he did. They both contain an authority figure that warns the young characters about certain dangers, an act of willing disobedience, and lastly a loss. In both the myth and the movie, they contain three elements that make them a parallel. As the movie progresses we find out the Nemo was taken captive in a fish tank and soon to be given as a gift to a reckless child. As Nemo is coming back towards the reef, a scuba diver comes from behind him, puts him in a bag, and swims off back to the boat. Soon after, as his father isn't looking, Nemo swims off to the open sea towards a boat. Nemo takes what his father says to heart and makes him furious. His dad starts yelling at him saying that he isn't ready to be going out on his own. Nemo's dad quickly steps in before Nemo could swim out. One day, during a class trip, Nemo and his friends go off on their own towards the end of the reef and play a small, childish game of who could swim the farthest to the open sea. In the movie Finding Nemo, Nemo lives with his overprotective father who like any parent, only wants what's best for him and wants to keep him safe. Sure enough, his wings melted, and Icarus fell into the sea and drowned.

Before they set off, Daedalus warned Icarus to 'Above all, don't fly too high! Don't fly too close to the sun!' Once they set off, Icarus' enthusiasm got the best of him and he tried to go higher than the sun. Icarus at first was skeptical about his father's invention and didn't want to leave, but as fathers do, he gave him strong words of encouragement. Day and night, Daedalus worked on his greatest invention that would get them out of Crete, which turned out to be two pairs of wings made out of feathers and wax. When he found out about this, Daedalus wanted to flee the island with his son, Icarus, but King Minos didn't permit this and kept them as royal prisoners. One day Minos ordered Daedalus, an ingenious inventor, to build him a maze and he agreed only to find out that the labyrinth contained a Minotaur that fed on men and women. The myth of Icarus takes place on the island of Crete where the unruly King Minos is in charge.