Genius

Hero-Benefactor is clear in a great number of the mythoi. The hero must trick the gods of their wealth, steal it, and in some manner make it available to humankind” (Moffett). The trickster archetype is quite a complex one; they can display characteristics of genius, stupidity, villainy, and heroism - often simultaneously. Due to this, it’s apparent that they aren’t just nuisances getting in the way by setting traps and playing tricks. They can also serve as a heroic character to humankind by…

the public in response to women composers, we can assume that women were thought of as lacking in creativity when it came to compositional ability. The men were thought of as those who possessed compositional genius, while women were seen as those who were fit only to interpret that genius. During early 19th Century, Women increasingly participated in amateur musical activities, however upper and middle class women were discouraged from taking music too seriously, with the reasons such as…

important. Aibileen, one of the maids, saw this and decided to help support the writing of a book to voice their perspective. In “Self-Reliance” Emerson defines being a genius as: “To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart, is true for all men-that is genius”(Emerson 113). By this definition of genius, speaking your mind and having other people agree with you, Aibileen is a genius.When Aibileen helped write the novel The Help she shared what she…

movie, “Frankie and Alice” Halle Berry plays an African American stripper named Frankie, who just happens to also have multiple personalities. She has three personalities: Frankie, a strong, intelligent stripper trying to make her way in the world. Genius, a seven-year-old little girl who is very intelligent and Alice who is a southern Caucasian woman that happen to be racist and sexist that behaves as if she’s perpetually loitering at community theater auditions, and broadcasts her contempt for…

anymore. “Why don’t you like me the way I am? I’m not a genius! I wouldn’t go on TV if you paid me a million dollars!” I cried. My mother slapped me. “who ask you be genius?” she shouted. “only ask you be your best. For your sake. You think I want you be genius? Hnnh! who ask you!” At this point Jing-Mei couldn’t stand her mother at all, she could do nothing her mother asked her. When Jing-Mei says “Why don’t you like me the way I am? I’m not a genius! I…

After reading Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, one may ask, how does this book fit into a course addressing genus, genius, and gender? For one, this course focuses on the female geniuses of literature and how they fall into the genus, which is driven by the male gender. In this respect, the narrator in Housekeeping is a young girl, Ruth, who happens to be the genius in this story. She tells us, in quite detail, the story of how her family came to reside in the town of Fingerbone, and the…

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what I was looking for. I told her about my broken screen and I was transferred to the guy with the iPad in the center of the room. Then I had to make an appointment for the “Genius Bar,” which is a creative term that Apple had invented that actually means hands-on-diagnosis and troubleshooting (See Figure 2 for the Genius Bar). I was told that they would text me when my appointment is ready, and I could cancel anytime through my phone or even to extend my time. I was initially overwhelmed by…

reiterates that the writer’s process of gaining inspirational experience is never complete. Furthermore, he affirms that genius lies within the writer’s ability to openly collect experiences, and he notes how those “on whom nothing is lost” may take even the simplest of moments and develop them into stories worth reading (“From The Art of Fiction” 909). He uses the example of a “genius” female English writer who “having once, in Paris, as…

William Blake was a 19th century artist and writer who is regarded as a figure of the romantic age. He was born in London in 1757. He attended school for a brief time period and was mainly educated at home by his mother. The bible had a major influence on his life and his works. He would draw inspiration from the bible for his writing and art. Blake was known to have visions of God. He said that when he was only four he saw God’s head through a window. Then when he was only ten he had a vision…