Homoeroticism

that followed the emperor Constantine much later than the documentation here, that Christian views and beliefs shaped an extremely large amount of the modern concepts that exist in the world today. It is important to note the context in which early Christian writer Paul spoke of homoeroticism, particularly in his letter to the Romans, which is argued by sociologist Jeramy Townsley to not really be about homoeroticism at all. Instead Townsley argues in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion that Romans 1:26-27 actually references specific practices of the goddess cult in ancient Rome. These practices were broken into two separate categories, the first was the male practice of self-castration as a statement of dedication to the goddess, and the second was temple prostitution, which was believed by the women who participated to be an offering to the goddess and to bring the goddess’ good will to them though the practice. Several early Christian writers connect these verses in Romans to the goddess cult rather than homoeroticism, including Hippolytus, in Philosophumena…

figureheads of medieval homosexuality. Moreover, The Passion is not the only example of medieval literature that might reveal the persistence of a homosexuality subculture despite fervent opposition. Bishop and poet Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus, known more commonly as Saint Paulinus of Nola, was said to have been in love with his close friend and fellow poet Decimius Magnus Ausonius. In the fourth century, Paulinus of Nola completed a poem titled "To Ausonius," in which he describes his…

origin of vampires and their sexuality, it is hard to overlook the blatant homoeroticism displayed by the Blood Countess,…

their opposite-sex respective partner, Jacques decides to walk away and head to Duke Senior's abandoned cave in solitary confinement. This almost feels like if Shakespeare was detaching from his homoeroticism idea and walking away from it by giving society the heterosexual weddings they would expect at the time. Perhaps Jacques represents Shakespeare's intention to express homosexual human impulses, and by becoming a licensed fool, legally be able to express his feelings about homosexual human…

of the author’s works and the social position of Americans ,both black and white, based on race in comparison to his characters in Giovanni’s Room. Rahmen’s discussion on undoing race in Giovanni’s Room is a topic which was necessary for fully internalizing James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room. She contends, that at its core, Giovanni’s Room characters are of perceived whiteness. In actuality, Rahmen posits, that Baldwin’s main characters, David and Giovanni, are black. According to the author, David…

Shakespeare uses Elizabethan ideas of male friendship and androgyny as motifs open to further interpretation. Homoeroticism exists not only on the fictional level, amongst the characters, but also in reality due to the necessity for an all male cast. The male actors must have realistically portrayed females, and female characters must have realistically acted as if disguised as a male. The resulting performance must have been enough to appeal not only to the characters within the play, but to…

in the most beautiful tune in bringing the Greek ideal of perfection as well as its service culture of male beauty canon as something to be pursued continuously. Leonidas in a prominent position at the center, while his men, also naked, do not show any expression of shame or shyness. Their expressions are so natural that lead us to believe that there is no shame in the beauty of the body and nothing to be feared. His right hand, two men appear to be in close contact romantic, with its image in…

great knowledge of American everyday form of speech, his real life accuracy of rural life, and the accurate portrayal of rural life that made him become greatly admired and appreciated. But, most of his works are all centered on the early 20th century New England’s rural life. It was from his very own works that would be able to analyze complex social and philosophical themes. Regardless of Frost’s ongoing popularity, he is still seen as an outsider in the academy, where more “complex” and…

the gendered cage that has been put around this genre. Roberto Benigni and Sergio Leone are both highly renowned directors whose films do not typically fall in the same genre; Benigni has mastered the art of comedic films, whereas Leone excels in western pictures. Nevertheless, Roberto Benigni’s Johnny Stecchino and Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in America are both part of the gangster film genre. Now although both of these films cover Italian gangsters and their organized crimes, both of…

neck, shoulder, breast, belly, and back, while referencing gods like Circe and Pelops. When he reaches Leander’s fingers, Marlowe describes them as “immortal” as they imprint a “heavenly path” (67-68). The continual comparisons of Leander’s body parts to gods and immortal beings serve a similar purpose to Shakespeare’s comparison of his mistress to a goddess. Though Shakespeare is mocking the convention, Marlowe embraces it by placing Leader on a grand, immortal scale. Marlowe even states that…