A few great questions have plagued humanity throughout the ages, all of which are impossible to answer. How did the world begin? How did we come to be? What happens when we die? It is human nature to be uncomfortable with unanswerable questions, and so different cultures developed their own mythologies to give them a sort of comfort in the face of the unknown.…
Throughout Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, there are some chapters that readers may feel lack information or any plot movement that pertains to the book in a direct way and would like to just pass through those chapters as quickly as possible because those particular chapters are thought of as filler chapters. If there is one thing a reader should take away from studying any Jane Austen piece is that she has a talent to formulate and place events in an appropriate order so that everything that happens throughout the novel fits perfectly together like a puzzle and that she has a rhyme and reason for the information she expresses throughout the book. A particular chapter that should be focused on is Chapter 10 in Volume One. On the first read-through, this chapter seems unimportant based on how it is primarily about writing letters and killing time until Jane Bennet has recovered from the…
Demigods have one human parent and one godly parent. Hercules: Son of Zeus and Alcmene, very strong, completed the twelve labors in atonement for killing his wife and sons. Achilles: Son of Thetis and Peleus, dipped in the river Styx as an infant, granting him immortality everywhere except for the heel his mother held him by, origin of the phrase 'Achilles Heel'.…
Ovid gives agency to Queen Dido when she is abandoned by Aeneas and through her speech, subverts Virgil’s portrayal of love as a ravaging fire. In The Aeneid, Aeneas states to Queen Dido, “‘I sail for Italy not of my own free will.’” (Virgil, Aeneid 108:499) To Virgil, Aeneas’ abandonment was considered to be selfless and not the cause of Queen Dido’s destruction but her own catalyst. In Ovid’s portrayal however, Aeneas’ abandonment is a result of ignoring the love other people have for him.…
WHAT WORKS: Act one starts the script off with a solid, narrative foundation with a clear goal and opponent for Frank and his friends to go up against. The power struggle for control of each new round of action figures consistently drives the story forward while simultaneously establishing pieces of how this all out feud started. Frank and his friends take their plan serious but in an almost satire manner that suited the group dynamic extremely well. Likewise, the youthful determination and passion about building the ultimate action figure collection for themselves and all the kids out that are unable to create a compelling lore for the reader audiences.…
Margaret Thatcher, Often referred to as the Iron Lady by the Russians was the Prime Minister in Britain from 1979 to 1990. She was look upon by the British people with both respect and hate, either way she had a strong and successful career. Thatcher was not merely unpopular, she was very polarizing – some liked her, other disliked her. There are many reasons for why the British people hated and respected her.…
Please let her come back with me as herself and not reborn. Then when we are both old, we will both return to you.” and then he started playing a sad mourning song for them, Hades was brought to tears and he took his wife Persephone’s hand, he knew what Orpheus’ pain felt like. Then he…
She fled as he chased after in pursuit. Eurydice met her death when she was bitten and poisoned by a serpent in the grass. Saddened by such a tragedy, Orpheus went to seek out his wife in the Underworld. He gained an audience with Pluto and Persephone and charmed them with his music. They granted permission for him to take his wife back to the world of the…
Hades gives Eurydice back with a condition. Orpheus breaks the condition and loses her again causing him to mourn a lot more. Dionysus and his followers get sick of him. Dionysus’ and his followers cannot take Orpheus mourning anymore: “Then in a frenzy of cruelty, with the drunken lust to cause blood to flow, they threw themselves upon Orpheus and tore him limb to limb, casting at last his head and blood stained lyre into the river. ”(3)…
In Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, many characters changed throughout the novel. Of the many characters Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet have the most change throughout the journey of the novel. These characters both contribute to each others change and benefit one another. Characters in literature can have positive or negative changes from growth as a person. In Pride and Prejudice Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth have positive changes.…
Ovid, one of Rome’s greatest poets, predicted that his fame would live on forever. So far, his prediction has proven accurate. In “Metamorphoses” Ovid depicts an unfavorable opinion of humanity in a way in which he almost see’s himself as separate from humanity. Ovid’s view of human nature is that it is innocent and predictable. As though it is the behavior of children.…
In both life and literature, love exists as a hidden force that secretly drives all lives, propelling people's greatest desires and pushing them to extreme lengths if it means that they will get what they want. Love, in whatever form it comes in, will make people crazy. In fact, it will make them so crazy that centuries after a work has been written, students analyze the insanity behind the actions and the all powerful drive — love— that caused it. In Plato's Symposium, characters examine not only the modern phenomenon of love, but also the god of love, Eros, and his intricate character. Concepts of love brought up by other characters of the Symposium are reflected in Alcibiades desires and mirror the story that Alcibiades tells in his speech about his relationship with Socrates.…
This Place Where Love and Death Embrace By Daniel Hodges The newly-founded city of Carthage is a bustling place, brimming with innovation, and creation. It was a place of beauty, culture, and a home to a goddess. That is until a particular Trojan man washed up onto their shores. How swift then was the fall, both for the kingdom and for its Queen.…
Similar to other stories involving adventure, drama, and chaos, Ancient Greek Literature often includes characters who are threatened with impending death. The theme occurs in several pieces of the time such as Sophocles ' Oedipus and Homer’s epics, the Odyssey and the Iliad. Although the fear of death is sometimes crippling, this often propels characters in Ancient Greek literature to act upon it for better or for worse. In the majority of these cases, the fear of death causes characters to attempt an escape from it.…
In the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Orpheus’ love for his wife was so strong that it gave him the ability to accomplish…