The Gaze of Orpheus taken by Orpheus from light to dark and back to light is symbolic of the artist’s journey from reality to the edges of the surreal, “…the force that enables Orpheus to cross the boundaries of light and life, and to descend to Eurydice, according to Blanchot, is that of art. Rendering this dark point, the lure, the point in which the artist's control is undermined, is also the object of the work of art.” (New Media Narratives). Blanchot uses the myth to transcribe the creative process. “Eurydice's disappearance symbolizes a loss that is recuperated by the compensatory gift of Orpheus's
Hades in popular culture ungrateful towards the gods. A species of burrowing blind snake, "Gerrhopilus hades", is named after the god Hades. Hades in popular culture The mythological Greek deity Hades often appears in popular culture. In 2010, Hades has been in the movies "" played by Steve Coogan, and the remake of "Clash of the Titans" and its sequel "Wrath of the Titans" played by Ralph Fiennes. He is depicted as an antagonist in all three, but is only the central antagonist in "Clash of the Titans". He becomes an ally in "Wrath of the Titans". In the three television series "", ""