Chiron

History has shown that possessing a great deal of power does not necessarily make someone a good leader. As we all know in most of Shakespeare’s plays the role of violence and the role of power plays a huge part in the buildup of the plot. However the theme of power is what prevents Titus Andronicus from being simply a gratuitously violent play such as Williams Shakespeare’s other plays like Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and others. In the eyes of many people it seems that power is the ultimate…

Justice and revenge are two related concepts that are based on actions in response to a person committing a wrongdoing. The deciding factor of whether the actions reflect justice or revenge mainly rely on the emotional and moral standpoint of the person seeking justice. Justice is usually based on logic, and the main motivation does not develop solely through emotions. Actions done while one is seeking justice are typically seen as morally justifiable; people seeking justice are not acting from…

The Lightning Thief, written by Rick Riordan, is the first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. This book is a fantasy-adventure novel, which is based on Greek mythology. It's the first young adult novel written by Rick Riordan, who is known by his Percy Jackson novel series. The Lightning Thief is the first book of the Percy Jackson's novel, which published in June, 2005 after it was sold at auction to Miramax Books. It appeared on The New York Times children's Bestseller list…

I have always been a fan of the different interpretations people have of Heaven, Hell, or the in-between, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is one of my favorite interpretations, taking you on Journeys beyond belief. The divine comedy is separated into 3 Canticle, which means hymn, song or psalm, Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio) and Paradise (Paradiso). The story by many is said to be real and by some non-religious orientated people it is meant to be as basic mythology, of one man’s…

He is a child of Cronus and Rhea. His siblings are Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus, and Chiron. His children are Macaria, Melinoe, and Zagreus. Hades wife is Persephone. Symbols that represent him is Cerberus, a scepter, Narcissus, and Cypress. A well-known myth concerning the god is about when the Titans were defeated and the three brothers…

For this activity, I selected two gods and a hero: Zeus, Hera, and Achilles. Zeus and Hera are principal actors in the Olympian thread of the plot, and inseparable in their entanglements, both with each other and with mortals. I felt that I would understand the Iliad itself better if I understood these supreme gods better. Achilles is, of course, the hero of the Iliad and is the axis of the entire storyline. I will present, in order, the biographies of these three characters. Then I will explain…

Journeys can be taken many ways; some people take the path less traveled, and some people take the easy way out. Dante happens to be on a journey that is less traveled by exploring the depths of Hell in the Inferno. The epic poem’s story is about self-realization and transformation; it sees Dante over coming many things to realize he is completely different from the start of the inferno journey. From the beginning to the end of the book Dante starts having a personality change from the way he…

The interrelationship between human and its counter opposites should never be categorised in a reductionists binary, as the distinction is not as straightforward as one may perceive. In the Elizabethan era the complexity of the human genre and its sense of placement and connectivity in relation to the natural world was being questioned and explored. Shakespeare clouds the parameters between the human and non-human, stripping the boundaries in order to explore the limitations of humanity. Titus…

The Lightning Thief Many people have probably seen the movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lighting Thief, but what some people might not have known is that this movie was based on a book series by Rick Riordan. In the book, a twelve-year-old boy named Perseus “Percy” Jackson is a demigod, half-god and half-human, son of Poseidon, learns who is truly is and go through a few complications on the way. To summaries the story, Poseidon is accused of steal Zeus’s lightning bolt and Percy has 10…

This revival of Titus Andronicus was an off-off Broadway production by New York Shakespeare Exchange; it ran from February- January in 2015. This production was directed and adapted by Ross Williams, who has directed many shows around the world. The show had a successful run, and all the reviews were positive. There was a fascinating twist, this productions setting of William Shakespeare’s most bloody play now takes place in a circus tent in the midst of a carnival. Titus Andronicus follows the…