Eve

Once again, Salinger wasn’t oblivious to the meanings behind each character’s name. In fact, symbolism plays a part in the character Sybil Carpenter. “Sybil, bright with innocence but already tarnishing, symbolizes for Seymour the human condition: like the sibyls of old, she is the unconscious oracle through whom the prophecy is revealed, the instrument of truth” (Lane). A sibyl is defined as “a woman in ancient times supposed to utter the oracles and prophecies of a god” (“sibyl”). It is…

series #Killing Eve made a killer impact with audiences on Sunday, following up a strong first installment with another action-packed episode. The psychological thriller chronicles two women, in adversarial roles, who become obsessed with each other. Jodie Comer plays female assassin Villanelle with gusto; while Sandra Oh’s (formerly of Grey’s Anatomy) depiction of MI5 operative Eve may garner the Canadian actress more Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards. At times, you wonder if Eve is…

Paradise Lost has been interpreted in many different ways throughout the years. One of the most debated aspects of the text is whether or not Eve is a feminist character, and by extension whether or not Milton was a misogynist. The debates have risen over the years because of the way views of women have changed. The second wave of feminism in the 1970s heavily effected the way that Milton’s work was looked at and brought upon new interpretations of the poem. Sometimes the historical context in…

Collick, in his article “Desire on the ‘The Eve of St Agnes’”, explores the idea of language and symbolism of desire in the poem ‘The Eve of St Agnes’ by John Keats. Collick holds the notion that Keats was a Romantic Era poet who viewed life as a pessimist and vicariously exemplified that in his works. Throughout his article, Collick critiques Keats’ ambiguity. Keats is known as ‘a poet concerned with dreams, visions, and images…’ (Collick) however in ‘The Eve of St Agnes’ it 's quite odd that…

Jim Jarmusch’s intriguing film “Only Lovers Left Alive” depicts the lives of two hundred centuries old lovers. In the Film, Adam and Eve have lived apart for some time, however that all changed when Eve felt that Adam was unhappy. As a result, she decided to take a flight from Tangier to Detroit. Upon her arrival, Adam and Eve courtly greeted each other. In addition, before Adam and Eve’s reunion Adam had been living in the ruins of Detroit creating his favorite art, music. During his stay…

The woman Eve is portrayed as the mother of all mankind. A mother that we all descended from and are related to. Eve was alive roughly 150,000 years ago originating in East Africa. We know this from the scientific breakthrough of genetic tracking. This sort of new science allows us to follow the journey that our ancestors had taken long before getting here. We are able to observe these families of Eve travel through climate changes, rivals, and many more hardships on their way to their…

I decided to do some deeper research on Midsummer’s Eve in Sweden, and also on the author, August Strindberg. This research provided more context for the play and also shed some light on Strindberg’s writing and beliefs. Strindberg’s life and experiences can be seen as influences in his writing, most notably his misogyny and rocky home life. Midsommarafton in Swedish, this holiday originally celebrated the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice. Normally…

While Eve Smith of Martha's Vineyard wasn't particularly poor growing up, she was raised while her mother was trying to make a name for herself in the news industry. Eve went from overcrowded public schools to some of New York's finest institutions between elementary and high school. Her goal was to break into the fashion industry, which she did have a talent in, and even in her freshman year of high school she garnered a reputation as a fierce opportunist and massive overachiever. This tenacity…

our ancestry is composed by the river of DNA, and that the concept of the Mitochondrial Eve is considered as more poetic than the mythology of Genesis from Chapter 2. Specifically, Dawkins makes his point by explaining that the purpose of our existence is primarily based on the replication of successful genes, coincidentally from the reproduction of our successful ancestors. (TBC) The term “Mitochondrial Eve” is a name referred as our most recent common matrilineal ancestor of all modern human…

eating from the forbidden tree of knowledge, thus changing the world forever. However, even though basis of the narrative is the same they differ fundamentally on many levels. The main difference between the two stories is the narrator, in “Eve’s Diary” Eve describes her experience of the narrative, whereas in “Adam’s Diary” Adam tells his very different perspective of similar events. The structure of “Adam’s Diary” and “Eve’s Diary” is set up in the same fashion of telling the story through…