Ganymede

Simultaneously, a man name Orlando, the son of the recently deceased Sir Rowland de Boys, flees to the Forest of Arden seeking refuge from his brother who threatened to burn his house down. Trying to protect herself, Roselyn disguises herself as a man named Ganymede as she seeks a relationship with Orlando. At points throughout the play, Roselyn and Orlando epitomize the stereotypical character roles of their respective genders in 16th century France. However, the characters also defy these…

One of the least common art forms in the contemporary art world is the mosaic. Compared to the more common art forms such as painting or ceramics, mosaics have decreased in use from their peak in the ancient world. However, this does not diminish the importance and beauty of mosaics, but rather allows modern societies to admire an art form that it is unfamiliar and exotic, with many intricacies that are not at first obvious. Commissioned mainly by the rich, mosaics grew and spread across the…

nectar and ambrosia to the gods and goddess' on Mount Olympus! ordinarily, people would refer to the myth when Hebe was serving the nectar, she tripped and spilled the drink and food everywhere, consequently Apollo fired her. She was soon replaced by Ganymede. Another story of…

of Duke Senior. She is independent minded, strong-willed, good hearted, and clever. Rosalind is resourceful when she uses her trip to the Forest of Ardenne as a chance to take control of her future. Her charm is shown when she disguises herself as Ganymede to tutor her beloved Orlando in the ways of love. Only Rosalind is aware of the foolishness of love and is delighted to be in love. She teaches those around her to think, feel, and love better than they have previously (Crowther, Act III,…

“stars” orbiting Jupiter and the phases of Venus. In 1609 he built his first telescope improving the Dutch telescope, and made other observations about the moon’s surface other stars in the Milky Way. The four new moons were called Callisto, Europa, Ganymede, and Io. When he showed his findings to the Grand Duke, Cosimo II de Medici, they were named “Galilean stars” in honoring of him. Galileo invented the first pendulum. He started researching it while watching lamps swing as a medical…

the tale of Zeus, king of Greek Gods, who transforms himself to the form of an eagle and abducts Ganymede, a prince. A fight that happens between Zephyr, the god of West Wind and Apollo over Hyacinth, a handsome youth (Pattanaik, 2014, p 19). In the Aeolian Culture of the Greek Island Lesbos, Sappho, the poet immensely praises the beauty of women in…

As popularized in the 1955 movie and song, “Love is a many-splendored thing.” In the grand scheme of things, this magnificent feeling of affection can lead an unsuspecting wanderer down many different paths in life. Whether the path will end happily or fall into despair depends on the situation and those involved. The archetype of a perfect love story is as follows: Boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy proposes to girl, girl says yes, the couple gets married and lives happily ever…

the forest by Duke Federick. His reason for sending her off was because he is afraid that she would become a traitor like her father and that she would outshine his daughter, Celia. During her banishment, Rosalind disguises herself as a man named Ganymede and discovers many new knowledges along the way. From the beginning, Celia does not think that Rosalind’s banishment is for her to shine but only thinks that going into the forest of Arden is “to liberty, and not to banishment.” (145) Hence, As…

Throughout both the film Tootsie and Shakespeare’s As You Like It, the idea of gender crossover is used, and while the idea of gender itself is examined, this crossover’s affect on love relationships is the main focus. Both Michael Dorsey and Rosalind, the protagonists of their respects works, pretend for a short time to be the opposite gender. Both are also in love with someone who, for the time being, is the same gender as they are – Michael falls in love in his disguise, while Rosalind…

Europa is on of the most recognizable moons in our solar system. This moon is the sixth (6th) closest to Jupiter and the fourth (4th) smallest of the Galilean moons ("Moons of Jupiter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia," n.d.). When this moon was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei, he decided to name it after Europa, meaning or daughter of the King of Tyre. Over the last forty (40) years, there have been multiple spacecraft that have raised speculation that Europa has internal convection due…