Electra

Modernity can have a number of different meanings dependent on the context of the text and the period in which the text was written in. With a plethora of meanings, one specific lens for understanding modernity is a deep questioning and challenging of authority. It may be questioning authorities about who we are, how the world works, or how society should work. Modernity brought with it a shift from blind faith in the words of officials to an autonomous querying separate from the thoughts of…

For this endeavor she decided to use a Lockheed Electra10E with a designator NR16020 (“Houston, 2014”). The base model Electra plane had a range of more than 4,000 miles, and a cruising speed of about 190 miles per hour (“Houston, 2014”). The plane was the first all‐aluminum aircraft, and it included state‐of‐the‐art innovations like variable pitch propellers, retractable…

canary from its yellow color. Her second airplane was the Lockheed Vega she called it the little red bus. It was used in her solo Atlantic flight it had red with gold stripes and trim. The last plane she flew was her Lockheed Model L0-E Electra is also known as the Electra. However Earhart called it Flying Laboratory because it had so many modifications. On her journey to fly around the world she disappeared on June 2, 1937 there are many theories surrounding her disappearance. Some think she…

Theogony, 167). Women might scheme, and give birth, but the physical deeds are left to the sons and husbands. This speaks to future generations of Greek tragic heroines; the Electra of Sophocles, for example, waits decades in anguish for her mother’s crimes – violent action is taken only with the arrival of Orestes (Sophocles, Electra, XX). Though Gaia’s plan is “evil” (Hesiod, Theogony, 162), Hesiod’s descriptions of her “sorrow” (Hesiod, Theogony, 165) and of her suffering (Hesiod, Theogony,…

Athens, Greece. Furthermore, Sophocles lived to the age of 90 and then died in 406 BCE in Athens. Throughout Sophocles lifetime he wrote over 120 plays but only 7 survived. The surviving plays were Ajax, Antigone, The Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. One of Sophocles’ most noted quotes was, “There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience…

Eventually, Earhart's twin-engine plane, the Electra, was ripped apart by Nikumaroro's strong waves and swept out into deep water, leaving no visible trace. "The evidence is plentiful -- but not conclusive yet -- to support the hypothesis that Amelia landed and died on the island of Nikumaroro," forensic…

What do you think happened to Amelia Earhart? Millions of people know the famous aviator, Amelia Earhart. But not so many people know how she died. There are multiple assumptions for what happened to Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan. Her first flight, in 1920 was the start of something huge. She began flying many places, like across the Atlantic to Britain, and from Hawaii to the US Mainland. These flights were the many things that made her famous. Not so long after, she had bigger…

that with evidence by saying ,” In the article,” Stars Beg,” Don’t Shoot!” to Armies of Paparazzi” by Donna Freydkin and William Keck, it states,” Ryan Seacrest, Carmen Electra, and Tommy Lee if they momentarily slow their pace to allow photographers to get their shots, they’ll usually be left alone.” “I don’t necessarily pose,” Electra say,” But I’ll walk a bit slower, and then they’ll usually go away.” The final argument is that all paparazzis do is just run around just to take pictures of…

copy their parent's behaviour with the Oedipus complex and the Electra complex, which are both about falling in love with a parent, and resenting that parent's partner. The Oedipus complex is where the boy child falls in love with the mother, yet fears the father will castrate him if he falls out of line. The boy emulates the father to try and attract the mother, which eventually leads to the boy loving the father, in a way. The Electra complex is where the girl child loves her mother, but…

researchers, new discoveries on the Pacific island of Nikumaroro may bring us closer than ever to the discovery of what might’ve happened to her. Amelia Earhart’s daring flight around the world was cut short when her plane, the Lockeed Electra, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on June 2, 1937. Shortly after, rescue workers began scouring the area for signs of her and her navigator, Fred Noonan. The Coast Guard and U.S. Navy launched the largest and most expensive search in…