In Sonny boys case he wants redemption after his mother died, and play his hardest for her. I does this by practicing so hard that the “backboard splinters”, and because of that he redeems himself during the game. But in the other story the Minotaur wanted to redeem himself. He think that every time he kills someone there soul is cleaned of all sin, and he wants to die so he can achieve this honor. This is way while fighting Theseus after he knows he will lose he lets himself die. While each are different in achieving this redemption, they all end up better
In Sonny boys case he wants redemption after his mother died, and play his hardest for her. I does this by practicing so hard that the “backboard splinters”, and because of that he redeems himself during the game. But in the other story the Minotaur wanted to redeem himself. He think that every time he kills someone there soul is cleaned of all sin, and he wants to die so he can achieve this honor. This is way while fighting Theseus after he knows he will lose he lets himself die. While each are different in achieving this redemption, they all end up better