Daedalus

Considering Fun Home as a mystery novel, Bruce Bechdel’s death serves as the inciting incident which spurs Alison Bechdel to look through the “clues” -- memories, letters, photographs, etc. -- to formulate a judgment about her father’s life. Throughout the novel, it’s clear Alison’s relationship with her parents is tumultuous. Due to her father’s uptight, perfectionist nature, Bechdel finds it difficult to attain his approval and criticize him; moreover, she describes showing him affection “an…

Yi Zhi Zhang Mark Robert Cohen The Nightmare Vision 12th May, 2015 Othello: Reason and Passion In Greek mythology, Icarus, equipped with ingenious wings of wax, was warned by his father Daedalus to fly far away from the Sun. Overwhelmed by the ecstasy of flying, he soared too close to the forbidden heat and fell into the sea as his feathers melted away one by one. Similarly, in William Shakespeare’s Othello, the main character’s reason brings him success, but his passion plunges him to his own…

In the 1949 film The Third Man, protagonist Holly Martins arrives in Vienna to work for his friend Harry Lime only to discover Lime died right before Martins landed in Austria. Without giving too much away, Martins ends up uncovering the circumstances surrounding his childhood chum’s death may be more complex than what’s visible on the surface. The mystery genre -- for both literature and film -- often plays on the idea that the evidence available may not always have the meaning it appears to…

unthinkable until the late nineteenth century. Humans have been fascinated with the idea of flight since the dawn of time. There is evidence of this mutual captivation throughout history in all parts of the world, from the Greek myths of Icarus and Daedalus to Leonardo da Vinci’s study of birds. Today, aviation’s magical façade has faded to the point where it has become a normal part of life; there…

According to Thomas C. Foster whenever characters in literature share a meal it is considered a communion. Just because meals in literature are considered a communion that does not necessarily mean that they are holy. Sharing a meal is an “act of sharing and peace” (Foster 8). Eating food is considered such a personal thing that people only want to share meals with people they are comfortable being around. If an author includes a scene about a meal in their story it is always meant to serve a…

“She became the mother of the monster, the Minotaur, and second the maze.” In this version, Daedalus has already perished and the labyrinth is dying. “She didn’t know how Pasiphae planned to “deal” with them,… but she straightened her back and tried to look confident.” (Page 539) After her first test, she had used very little magic and she almost…

impractical and does everything without thinking, the outcome could be detrimental. Mary Shelley’s main protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, in Frankenstein, David Gow from Geoff Brumfiel’s article “Replaceable You”, and Dr. Rosen from his interview, “Dr. Daedalus” for Harper’s Magazine all think they could create something that betters the world. All three appreciate the beauty of things that are normally repudiated by society’s standards. They all want to transmit the beauty that they see to…

whole shelter and all of his supplies. This connects back to my claim their aren’t bad people bad decisions because if Icarus concentrated more and focused oh his flying he could have stayed in the pattern and escaped, but now even though he’s dead daedalus can now step in his part and learn to always listen for advice. Also now after cole assaulted peter he will learn from his mistake and never do it again, instead he will take that anger in a different way that won’t hurt anyone. In addition…

prisons has received much attention in recent years, but the disproportionate representation of minorities is not limited to adult prisons. It is also found among youth confined in secure juvenile facilities. The crimes for which racial minorities and whites are imprisoned also differ; blacks and Hispanics were much more likely than whites to be imprisoned for drug offenses. This disparity is noteworthy since drug offenses constitute a larger share of the growth in the state prison system today…

n Dubliners James Joyce was portraying gender roles in Eveline, and Clay. Each were a woman and had to take care of someone, and never thought of doing something for themselves. Dubliner had used both these stories to show and relate to other women, and how women were being treated in Ireland. Dubliner is known for his famous English short stories that he has written. His short stories in the book do not represent the touristy things that people might want to read, but it shows how people were…