Study Guide

Medusa

Profile

Medusa definitely isn't going to win any beauty pageants. She and her Gorgon sisters, Euryale and Stheno, are totally revolting. They have snakes for hair, for Pete's sake, and anyone who looks them in the eyes instantly turns into stone. (Yeah, that’s about as ugly as it gets.) Medusa became famous when the hero Perseus chopped off her head (with a little help from the goddess Athena).

Basic Information

Name	Medusa
Nickname	Medousa, Gorgon Medusa, Dussy, Medussssssa
Sex	Female
Current city	I refuse to release my current location. Some stupid hero might try to behead me (again).

Work & Education

Occupation

Being a hideous monster (but seeking new employment)

Family & Friends (& Enemies)

Parents	Phorkys and Keto, or maybe Gorgo and Keto
Siblings	The Gorgons The Graeae
Children	Pegasus Chrysaor
Friends	My sister Gorgons, Euryale and Stheno Anyone who hates Athena, including Arachne and the Crow
Enemies	Athena, who turned me into a monster Poseidon, who got me into this monster mess to begin with Perseus, who beheaded me

Relationships

Relationship status	Single. I once had a fling with Poseidon, but then Athena turned my hair into snakes. It kind of put a bad taste in my mouth for romance.
Interested in	Men to add to my growing sculpture collection

Favorites

Quotations	"In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star." – Bette Davis "All changed, changed utterly: a terrible beauty is born." – William Butler Yeats "Whether life's disabilities Left you outcast, bullied, or teased Rejoice and love yourself today" – Lady Gaga, Born this Way "A lot of life is dealing with your curse, dealing with the cards you were given that aren't so nice. Does it make you into a monster, or can you temper it in some way, or accept it and go in some other direction?" – Wes Craven "Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster." – George Eliot "I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it." –Tori Amos "The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice." – Benjamin Franklin
Books	Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Confessions of an Ugly Step-Sister Grendel Kafka's Metamorphosis Frankenstein Wide Sargasso Sea Sleeping Ugly Howl's Moving Castle
Music	Anything by Lady Gaga, but especially Born This Way The Les Miserables soundtrack, especially I Dreamed a Dream and At the End of the Day The Phantom of the Opera soundtrack, especially Learn to Be Lonely and No One Would Listen The soundtrack to Wicked, the musical The Funny Girl soundtrack
Movies	Shrek Monsters, Inc. Beauty and the Beast X-Men: First Class (I like Mystique) Beastly

Activities & Interests

Likes	The Cookie Monster Versace (they use my face as their symbol!!!) My snakes (they're actually pretty friendly) Pretty flowers (Really. I like them, but nobody ever brings me any. It’s depressing.) Ugly dolls
Dislikes	Mirrors and other reflective surfaces Heroes Meddling, self-righteous goddesses Swords Athena's aegis Pumpernickel bread The Percy Jackson series (okay, mainly just The Lightning Thief) The 1981 Clash of the Titans movie The 2010 Clash of the Titans movie
Interests	Feminist studies Herpetology Revisionist fairy tales and myths
Groups	Deadly Greek Monsters Card-carrying member of he AAV (Athena's Angry Victims) Poseidon's Ex-Lovers Snakes are so misunderstood "Hero" Haters Decapitation Survivors

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