Daedalus

Mythology is the backbone of ancient Greece. Why is it so important to millions of people? Well, myths contain hundreds of different gods and goddesses, heroes and immortals. It gives the people something to think about and admire. All of them having their unique story and attributes. The reason why these stories intrigue so many people is because all of them are different, and usually are pretty crazy and intense. My mythological creatures are the Minotaur and the Centaur, both with very…

while suffering life goes on. The poet of “Musee des Beaux Arts”, W.H. Auden, and the painter of “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus”, Pieter Bruegel, create the theme through tone. Both, the poem and painting, reflect on the story “Metamorphoses: Daedalus and Icarus”. The story is about and father and son who break out of jail through flying with homemade wings. Icarus did not listen to his father’s wise counsel, he flew too high to the sun, the wax melted, and he fell to the sea and died.…

002091004 Young’s Thoughts on the Development of the Traumatic Memory Allen Young examines the history of mental trauma through memory in this ridiculously incoherent but incredibly interesting essay. The development of the ideas of a traumatic memory comes from surgical sources from the late 1800s to Young’s own essay about post-traumatic stress disorder in 1995. This wide range of documents hides the fact that they are mostly researchers situated in the West, not to mention the obvious…

has assigned himself; whether it is revamping his old broken down home or just decorating for the holidays. Bruce treats his kids like they are extensions of his body and has them do tasks for him. He is so consumed with his objective that he, like Daedalus, is…

The House of the Vettii offers the world a view into an intriguing period of life in ancient Pompeii. By analyzing themes such as punishment and divine dominion over mortals, within six Greek mythology based panel paintings in the House of the Vettii’s better insights into relations between the sexes is gained. Even in the male dominated society of the first century BC punishment is more about power than gender because it was imposed by both male and female. Pompeii is a small to medium-sized…

The purpose of this paper is to briefly describe the historical and recent advancements as well as to examine the ethical merit of the development of artificial wombs. Historically, the topic of an artificial womb extends far before Aldous Huxley penned the “Brave New Word”. In the 16th century, building upon Plato’s description of a “homunculus” – the creation of a fully formed, miniature man - Paracelsus introduced the following recipe: “Let the semen of a man putrefy by itself in a sealed…

Do School Uniforms Lead Students to Better Discipline and Safety? Brunsma, David L., and Kerry A. Rockquemore. "Effects of student uniforms on attendance, behavior problems, substance use, and academic achievement." The Journal of Educational Research 92.1 (1998): 53-62. According to Brunsma David and Kerry Rockquemore, uniforms are a positively strategy to maintain control over the schools. It help to keep an order and safety learning environment. School violence and the type of clothing that…

Joe Rosen who was made famous by an interview published in Harper’s Magazine is being called “DR. Daedalus” for variou reasons. Joe Rosen is a different kind of plastic Surgeon. He wants to revolutionize the way we think about plastic surgery and the way we think of ourselves. One quote from the interview truly explains him,”We can call Rosen ridiculous…

Examples of women who’ve helped heroes could Medea who helped Jason get the golden fleece and Ariadne who helped Theseus escape the labyrinth, Although most of the women have been romantically involved with the heros. On page 212 Ariadne went to Daedalus so he could tell her how to get out of the labyrinth she then “sent for Theseus and told him she would bring about his escape if he would promise to take her back to Athens and marry her” ( Hamilton). This shows how women were just allies to…

Analysis of “The New Technopolitics of Development and the Global South as a Laboratory of Technological Experimentation” Technological Determinism is one of the three major theories on science and technology studied in Science and Technology Studies. The other two are Social Construction of Technology, and Actor-Network/Assemblage Theory. This essay will focus on Technological Determinism, and analyze Adam Moe Fejerskov’s article “The New Technopolitics of Development and the Global South as a…