How does perseus punish the wicked king polydectes and his followers?

Perseus succeeded in his mission to take Medusa's monstrous and powerful head. Upon returning to the kingdom of King Polydectes he thought of punishing them for being so wicked and cruel including his people. He tricked King Polydectes to call his people to gather in order to witness  Medusa's head with snaky locks completely forgetting that whoever stares at the head shall turn into cold stone. The crowd gathered including King Polydectes in the balcony of the palace to see Medusa's head and all of a sudden everyone turns to cold statue made of stone the moment they laid eyes on Medusa's head.

The prompt is "major characters in novels or plays often encounter moral, physical or psychological dangers or choices.  The ways in which the characters respond to these situations frequently reveal the authors' meaning. Analyze how the dangers or choices characters have to make are used by authors to develop their themes."  I doubt that it can be applied to Animal Farm exactly. At least you will get the idea how the author chose the characters. As the back-up, you may turn for the help to the guys I personally know. Check PrimeWritings site for more details.