Eros

The Portrayal of Love in Steven Schutzman’s The Bank Robbery Love is arguably one of the most complex feelings in the world. In the Greek language, there are four words for love; agape, storgē, phili and eros. The Japanese language has three words to illustrate love. Both languages use these different words to explain a different type of love and its effects. In modern English, the world love is used for various depths of admiration. In Stephens Schutzman’s “The Bank Robbery”, love is portrayed…

Imagine you are in a box. A glass box. A plexiglass box. This plexiglass box is hurtling through space at a speed too fast for you to fully comprehend. The funny thing is though, you are not afraid. In fact, you could not be any more indifferent towards your current place in time, and in space. You are Billy Pilgrim. In the poem I Do Not, by Michael Palmer, the narrator makes a point of telling you again and again (In English) all the words he doesn’t know, and all the things he cannot say in…

Hera, was one of the 12 Olympian gods (“Greek Gods and Goddesses”).The Olympians were considered primary deities in ancient times. Ares fathered many children, many being mothered by Aphrodite (“The World Book Encyclopedia”). These children include: Eros, Phobos, Deimos,…

Philosophy plays a significant role on examining religious claims to certainty regarding metaphysical reality because it questions the unquestionable, and challenges ideas that have been in motion for centuries. As stated in the book, Elements of Culture, by Susan Andreatta, “religions support the status quo by keeping people in line through supernatural sanctions, reliving social conflict, and providing explainations for unfortunate events.” Religions provide knowledge of the unknown, or at…

attract any man and receive anything that she wanted. Aphrodite’s looks and magical girdle led to multiple affairs and bastards. She bore Ares two sons: Phobos (god of fear) and Deimos (god of terror). Aphrodite slept with Erotes and gave birth to Eros (love), Anteros (counter-love), Himeros (sexual-desire), Pothos (yearning) and Harmonia (harmony). She also had affairs with Poseidon, Dionysus and Hermes and bore each god one child. Aphrodite had multiple affairs with mortal men and even fought…

love is purely an emotional condition. The meaning of ‘I love you’ is so personal because love is extremely of the mind and as a feeling, is incredibly subjective. However, it can manifest itself in ways that are objective. According to Plato,‘Vulgar Eros’ or earthly love is nothing but mere material attraction towards a beautiful body for physical pleasure and reproduction. Love could be so intoxicating. It feels so good to be in love and to know that you are loved and appreciated by your…

Revered as the culmination of all his work, C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces is the recipient of scholars’ praise and the author’s favoritism. Scholars praise Lewis for his ability to transform a narrow classical myth into a universally applicable story. While this universality owes itself to the fictitious nature of the novel, it is also rooted in the theme of love. In order to fully elucidate the concept of love as he understood it, Lewis published The Four Loves. He first distinguishes between…

Women in combat arguments analysis In the viewpoint, “There Are Many Reasons to Oppose Gender Neutrality in the Military,” Mackubin Thomas Owens argues against women in the military based on three factors: 1. Physical differences 2. Men treat women differently than they treat other men 3. The presence of women leads to double standards Physical differences According to Owens, women are not as strong as men which places them at a “distinct” disadvantage when it comes to…

Introduction Mary Shelley successfully created two distinctive characters, the wise benevolent creator Frankenstein and the brutal ugly monster, with the form of science fiction and Gothic under the context of the 19th century mainstream culture. Distorted images of the social scene and the characters were showed in the magic mirror Mary Shelley built. The tension between good and evil, a full collision and presentation was obtained (Shelley, 163). In the previous mythology, most of the monsters…

Christopher Smith Ms. Gage 2/26/16 A-2 Research Paper This is a report on the similarities of the Greek and Egyptian gods.Egyptian and Greeks have very similar gods, myths, religious festivals, and sacrifices to the gods. The Greeks highly regarded Egyptian magic and thought…