Flight of Icarus 1
The name of the father and son duo in the story.
Daedalus and Icarus
The two things that the wings were made out of.
Wax and feathers.
He likes to play on the beach.
Icarus
a message about life or human nature that a writer shares
theme
Give an explanation of how something came to be
Myth
The builder of the labyrinth.
Daedalus
This character throws Daedalus and his son into prison.
King Minos
How Icarus dies.
He flies too close to the sun and the wax melts from his wings, causing him to fall.
Who retold the story?
Sally Benson
Universal Theme
A universal theme of the myth.
1. Listen to your elders.
2. Know your limits as a human.
3. Respect nature.
Why does Icarus keep on flying higher and higher?
He felt free/joy for flying.
Why is Daedalus thrown into prison?
Because Theseus escaped from Daedalus' "inescapable" maze.
average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree
Moderate
Prowess
The reason/goal behind why Icarus and Daedalus build the wings.
To get off the island that they have been imprisoned on.
What Daedalus builds in honor of his son.
A temple to Apollo, and a memorial for his son.
Icarus' job for the plan to escape.
To collect feathers for the wings.
Has magical creatures, gods, and explains something natural in the world.
Myth
Doing something quickly and nervously
Frantic
The two things that Daedalus builds before and during the story. (you must get both answers to get all points)
The maze/labyrinth
The wings
Why couldn't Daedalus follow his son higher into the sky?
He was too heavy to follow his son higher.
Not to fly too high or too low.
the story's point of greatest interest, or more important moment
climax
an uneasy worried feeling
Anxiety