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Ethical issues, which, according to BusinessDictionary.com, "a problem or situation that requires a person or organization to choose between alternatives that must be evaluated as right (ethical) or wrong (unethical)," are seen in many works of literature. For example, in Louisa May Alcott 's Little Women, the main character, Jo, struggles with not knowing whether or not she wants to marry her best friend because she wants to focus on her future. Another example is from Victor Hugo 's Les…

death of a prominent character, is Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings. This is considered by many to be the saddest song of all time. In 2004, the BBC’s Today program voted it the “saddest classical” work ever, ahead of “Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas” (1) , a song listened to many times in this class’s lectures. Through more research it is was found that this song was also played during the T.V. announcement of both JFK and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s deaths as well as performed at Last Night…

The 13th century work, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, contains a prime example of the many existence of many different personas under the umbrella of one name. The work is written by Dante, voiced by Dante, and focused on Dante, but none of these are the same person Each is their own entity that exists in different realms and forms than the others. The three forms include Dante, the person, Dante, the writer of the Divine comedy, and Dante, the pilgrim and protagonist of the work. The…

blindly on Hektor( Son of Priam). According to Cartwright, “The Trojan army defending the great city of Troy, led by their king Priam, had assistance from a long list of allies. The Trojans, too, had their semi-divine heroes and these include Hektor, Aeneas, Sarpedon, Glaukos, and Rhesos. They also had help from the gods, receiving assistance during the battle from Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, and Leto”. After a complicated journey, the Greeks surrounded the city for 9 long years and razed the…

Chryseis he decides to take Briseis as a replacement of Chryseis. Hermes: The messenger of all the gods. Dolan: One of the Trojans that was sent to spy on the Achaeans. Antenor: Antenor is a Trojan noble man. Sarpedon: One of the sons of Zeus. Aeneas: A Trojan nobleman, he is also a mighty warrior and the son of Aphrodite. Andromache: The loving wife of…

Baroque is “a style of western art music composed about 1600-1700.” Some famous composers that played baroque music are, Henry Purcell, Johann Pachelbel, and Domenico Scarlatti. These are only a few! Henry Purcell’s most known piece is called “Dido and Aeneas.” It is an opera that has three acts and was written by Henry but there was also some libretto by Nahum Tate. Next, is Johann Pachelbel. His most famous piece is known as, “Johann Canon.” Canon means is a piece of music that is…

These heroes can be found throughout Greek mythology. They were said to posess superhuman strength, among other things, though their power was never equal to that of the gods. Famous demigods include Hercules, Perseus, Achilles, and Aeneas. Demigods were much like the superheroes of ancient Greece, and stories abouth them continue even today through authors like Rick Riordian. Symbols that famously represent Zeus include the lightning bolt, the eagle, the bull, and the oak tree. Temples…

Allusions of Dante’s Inferno The vision of three different views in Dante’s The Inferno that shows the allusions people will make once read and thoroughly interpreted. The mythology allusion is made various times in the poem acknowledging the gods are always helping their people. The Biblical allusion is also seen in this poem with many references noted towards God. The final allusion made fairly often throughout the poem is an historical allusion seen to resembling previous dates. These three…

When I signed up to take music appreciation, I knew it would be the perfect class for me. I myself take up being a musician as a hobby, I’ve played the guitar for years and have a basic understanding of music in the world. I knew that music had deep history within its roots, but I always had a curiosity to learn a slice of that history which is exactly what this class did. Besides playing an instrument and make music, I also became very fond of listening to music as a hobby. I began to have a…

Women in Homer’s The Odyssey, Euripides’ Hippolytus, Virgil’s The Aeneid, and Ovid’s Venus and Adonis (And Atalanta) often held positions of power, whether it be a dutiful wife and loving mother, a widowed queen, or a goddess. In these Greco-Roman texts, women hold power by embracing their feminine roles, where a man may “name her as [his] own, that she may spend all of her years with [him], to make [him] father of fair sons” (Virgil: 4). She is expected to be as loyal and motherly as Penelope,…