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Daedalus flew with care and worried for his son constantly. Icarus, young and reckless and flying for the first time, did not watch how high he was going. He flew to close to the sun, and the wax on his wings melted off. He plummeted into the ocean.
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Daedalus flew with care and worried for his son constantly. Icarus, young and reckless and flying for the first time, did not watch how high he was going. He flew to too close to the sun, and the wax on his wings melted off. He plummeted into the ocean.
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* FatalFlaw: Icarus' inability to control his excitement in being able to fly, which leads to his recklessness and eventual death.
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* FatalFlaw: Icarus' Icarus's inability to control his excitement in being able to fly, which leads to his recklessness and eventual death.
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* ShortLivedAerialEscape: Self-explanatory.
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Their story begins when Daedalus was in Crete and King Minos commissioned him to design an impossible [[TheMaze labyrinth]]. After the events surrounding [[Recap/TheMetamorphosesMinotaur the Minotaur, Theseus, and Ariadne]], Minos imprisoned Daedalus and his son to prevent Daedalus from sharing his knowledge of the Labyrinth. (I suppose they didn’t have nondisclosure agreements back then.)
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Their story begins when Daedalus was in Crete and King Minos commissioned him to design an impossible [[TheMaze labyrinth]]. After the events surrounding [[Recap/TheMetamorphosesMinotaur the Minotaur, Theseus, and Ariadne]], Minos imprisoned Daedalus and his son to prevent Daedalus from sharing his knowledge of the Labyrinth. (I suppose they (they apparently didn’t have nondisclosure agreements back then.)
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* FatalFlaw: Icarus' inability to control his excitement in being able to fly, which leads to his recklessness and eventual death.
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* TheJoyOfFirstFlight: Icarus gets overexcited with this feeling, and it leads to his death.
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* TheJoyOfFirstFlight: [[UnbuiltTrope Icarus gets overexcited with this feeling, and it leads to his death.]]
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* AWizardDidIt: The book only explains that Daedalus “applied his thought to new invention and altered the natural order of things.”
* TheJoyOfFirstFlight: Icarus gets overexcited with this feeling, and it leads to his death.
* TheJoyOfFirstFlight: Icarus gets overexcited with this feeling, and it leads to his death.
* TheJoyOfFirstFlight: Icarus gets overexcited with this feeling, and it leads to his death.
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* AWizardDidIt: The book only explains that Daedalus “applied his thought to new invention and altered the natural order of things.”
* AWizardDidIt: The book only explains that Daedalus “applied his thought to new invention and altered the natural order of things.”
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Their story begins when Daedalus was in Crete and King Minos commissioned him to design an impossible [[TheMaze labyrinth]]. After the events surrounding [[Recap/TheMetamorphosesMinotaur the Minotaur, Theseus, and Ariadne]], Minos imprisoned Daedalus and his son to prevent Daedalus from sharing his knowledge of the Labyrinth. (I suppose they didn’t have nondisclosure agreements back then.) \\\
They are on an island, and Minos is monitoring them so they cannot leave by sea. Daedalus decides that the only way out is [[{{Flight}} up]]. Daedalus then created a pair of wings for each of them, feathers fastened together with beeswax and string, and they [[HowIsThatEvenPossible could fly]]. Daedalus [[{{Foreshadowing}} warns]] his son specifically that he must not fly too high nor too low, and he has to follow the path that Daedalus showed.\\\
Daedalus flew with care and worried for his son constantly. Icarus, you and reckless and flying for the first time, did not watch how high he was going. He flew to close to the sun, and the wax on his wings melted off. He plummeted into the ocean.
They are on an island, and Minos is monitoring them so they cannot leave by sea. Daedalus decides that the only way out is [[{{Flight}} up]]. Daedalus then created a pair of wings for each of them, feathers fastened together with beeswax and string, and they [[HowIsThatEvenPossible could fly]]. Daedalus [[{{Foreshadowing}} warns]] his son specifically that he must not fly too high nor too low, and he has to follow the path that Daedalus showed.\\\
Daedalus flew with care and worried for his son constantly. Icarus, you and reckless and flying for the first time, did not watch how high he was going. He flew to close to the sun, and the wax on his wings melted off. He plummeted into the ocean.
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Their story begins when Daedalus was in Crete and King Minos commissioned him to design an impossible [[TheMaze labyrinth]]. After the events surrounding [[Recap/TheMetamorphosesMinotaur the Minotaur, Theseus, and Ariadne]], Minos imprisoned Daedalus and his son to prevent Daedalus from sharing his knowledge of the Labyrinth. (I suppose they didn’t have nondisclosure agreements back then.) \\\
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They are on an island, and Minos is monitoring them so they cannot leave by sea. Daedalus decides that the only way out is [[{{Flight}} up]]. Daedalus then created a pair of wings for each of them, feathers fastened together with beeswax and string, and they [[HowIsThatEvenPossible could fly]]. Daedalus [[{{Foreshadowing}} warns]] his son specifically that he must not fly too high nor too low, and he has to follow the path that Daedalusshowed.\\\
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Daedalus flew with care and worried for his son constantly. Icarus,you young and reckless and flying for the first time, did not watch how high he was going. He flew to close to the sun, and the wax on his wings melted off. He plummeted into the ocean.
They are on an island, and Minos is monitoring them so they cannot leave by sea. Daedalus decides that the only way out is [[{{Flight}} up]]. Daedalus then created a pair of wings for each of them, feathers fastened together with beeswax and string, and they [[HowIsThatEvenPossible could fly]]. Daedalus [[{{Foreshadowing}} warns]] his son specifically that he must not fly too high nor too low, and he has to follow the path that Daedalus
Daedalus flew with care and worried for his son constantly. Icarus,
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* GeniusGadgeteer: Daedalus.
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* JoyOfFirstFlight: Icarus gets overexcited with this feeling, and it leads to his death.
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This is the ‘’very’’ well-known and often referenced story of the genius architect Daedalus and his son.\\
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This is the ‘’very’’ very well-known and often referenced story of the genius architect Daedalus and his son.\\
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This is the ‘’very’’ well-known and often referenced story of the genius architect Daedalus and his son.\\
Icarus is the TropeNamer for IcarusAllusion.\\\
Their story begins when Daedalus was in Crete and King Minos commissioned him to design an impossible [[TheMaze labyrinth]]. After the events surrounding [[Recap/TheMetamorphosesMinotaur the Minotaur, Theseus, and Ariadne]], Minos imprisoned Daedalus and his son to prevent Daedalus from sharing his knowledge of the Labyrinth. (I suppose they didn’t have nondisclosure agreements back then.) \\\
They are on an island, and Minos is monitoring them so they cannot leave by sea. Daedalus decides that the only way out is [[{{Flight}} up]]. Daedalus then created a pair of wings for each of them, feathers fastened together with beeswax and string, and they [[HowIsThatEvenPossible could fly]]. Daedalus [[{{Foreshadowing}} warns]] his son specifically that he must not fly too high nor too low, and he has to follow the path that Daedalus showed.\\\
Daedalus flew with care and worried for his son constantly. Icarus, you and reckless and flying for the first time, did not watch how high he was going. He flew to close to the sun, and the wax on his wings melted off. He plummeted into the ocean.
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!!Tropes in “Icarus and Daedalus”
*GeniusGadgeteer: Daedalus.
*AWizardDidIt: The book only explains that Daedalus “applied his thought to new invention and altered the natural order of things.”
*JoyOfFirstFlight: Icarus gets overexcited with this feeling, and it leads to his death.
*IgnoredExpert: Daedalus trying to warn Icarus.
*TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: We wouldn’t have learned the potential dangers unless one of them was going to come into play.
*ShortLivedAerialEscape: Self-explanatory, I think.
Icarus is the TropeNamer for IcarusAllusion.\\\
Their story begins when Daedalus was in Crete and King Minos commissioned him to design an impossible [[TheMaze labyrinth]]. After the events surrounding [[Recap/TheMetamorphosesMinotaur the Minotaur, Theseus, and Ariadne]], Minos imprisoned Daedalus and his son to prevent Daedalus from sharing his knowledge of the Labyrinth. (I suppose they didn’t have nondisclosure agreements back then.) \\\
They are on an island, and Minos is monitoring them so they cannot leave by sea. Daedalus decides that the only way out is [[{{Flight}} up]]. Daedalus then created a pair of wings for each of them, feathers fastened together with beeswax and string, and they [[HowIsThatEvenPossible could fly]]. Daedalus [[{{Foreshadowing}} warns]] his son specifically that he must not fly too high nor too low, and he has to follow the path that Daedalus showed.\\\
Daedalus flew with care and worried for his son constantly. Icarus, you and reckless and flying for the first time, did not watch how high he was going. He flew to close to the sun, and the wax on his wings melted off. He plummeted into the ocean.
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!!Tropes in “Icarus and Daedalus”
*GeniusGadgeteer: Daedalus.
*AWizardDidIt: The book only explains that Daedalus “applied his thought to new invention and altered the natural order of things.”
*JoyOfFirstFlight: Icarus gets overexcited with this feeling, and it leads to his death.
*IgnoredExpert: Daedalus trying to warn Icarus.
*TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: We wouldn’t have learned the potential dangers unless one of them was going to come into play.
*ShortLivedAerialEscape: Self-explanatory, I think.
