LITERATURE QUESTIONS
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turn you into stone
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turn you into a bug
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turn you into dust
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nothing at all
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gazing into Medusa’s eyes could turn a person into stone, so she was very dangerous to be around. People wanted her destroyed, and a man named Perseus promised to do just that. But first he had to figure out how to approach Medusa without looking at her for even a moment.
Detailed explanation-2: -A close look at her role in Greek mythology and art reveals a nuanced and complex character with multiple iterations and implications. Medusa is best known for having hair made of snakes and for her ability to turn anyone she looked at to stone, literally to petrify.
Detailed explanation-3: -She is under a curse which causes everything she looks at to turn to stone. Cixous explains that this monstrous image of the Medusa exists only because it has been directly determined by the male gaze.
Detailed explanation-4: -When Perseus finally encoun-tered Medusa, she was more hideous than he could have imag-ined. Remembering that to lock eyes with Medusa would turn him instantly into stone, Perseus hid behind a statue and used his wits to trick the Gorgon into coming closer.