Icarus

destiny. This idea is as old as time itself. In Greek mythology, the tale of Icarus is depicted as one of overestimation and pride. As the story goes, Icarus and his father flee imprisonment from the island of Crete using wings built of feathers and wax. His father warns him not to fly too close to the sea nor sun and ignoring instruction, the sun melts Icarus’ wings and he plummets into the sea. In a fate similar to Icarus, Great Expectations’ protagonist, Pip Pirrip, carves his destiny into…

The year is 2052 scientist had developed mechanical augmentation and just made nano-augmentation (nano-aug). Regular human being hates the mechanical augmented (mech-aug) humans and can’t tell who the nano are augmented (nano-aug). Mech-aug humans have already sacrificed their flesh for better performance just to get shown up by nano-aug humans who have the same ability as their mech-aug brothers, they just appear more human. Agents having a kill switch/kill phase, so if any of the augs have…

The Archaic and Classical periods of Greece, which lasted from 700 to 320 BCE, were a time of change and development. Though Greece, like many other civilizations, experienced times of war and expansion, they also managed to develop an extremely distinct culture. Various aspects of this culture, such as mythology, theater, and government, help demonstrate the values that the Greeks had. While Greek values may not seem to be inherently related to one another, principles such as hubris and the…

Ovid begins his book Metamorphoses with the creation of earth. The world began with a single element called Chaos, it was found throughout the land until the gods created light and order. With the new earth came the creation of plants, animals, and the human race. However, the gods soon realized the ruin that came with each human. The gods summoned the great flood, which was a fresh start for the earth and its inhabitants. The gods spared all the animals and two humans to repopulate the earth.…

references Icarus, and how he made the choice to fly to close to the sun. Auden says on page 1178, “The sun shone as it had to on the white legs disappearing into the green water, and the expensive delicate ship that must have seen something amazing, a boy falling out of the sky, had somewhere to get to and sailed calmly on.” Nature doesn’t get choices. The sun doesn't get to choose if it is going to rise or not. The ship also made a choice to continue to sail as it watched Icarus fall out…

Daedalus Daedalus, known for his inventions and sculptures. One of his famous inventions where the wings. He got this idea from his nephew Talos, he was also an inventor. Daedalus was jealous of his nephew because before the wings, Talos invented a saw he got the idea from a fishes jaw bone. Daedalus was so jealous that he even wanted to kill his nephew Talos. Days went by and one day he was successful, Daedalus was playing around with Talos on top of the roof and he “accidently” dropped Talos…

Lundgren is depicting that love makes him brave enough to face the toughest battles. Lundgren then goes on to mention another Greek legend in the third stanza. The lines “Or if I fly too near the sun” and “cause the wax to melt and run” refer to Icarus. Icarus plunged to his death because he became too ecstatic that he could fly and consequently flew too close to the sun causing his wings to melt. Unlike the Medusa reference, this allusion holds a warning; although love can support you and help…

This course has and still is teaching me a lot about myself that I previously hadn’t put much thought in. In the beginning of the year when we were asked who we are most like, Apollo or Dionysus, I struggled and still struggle to pick one over the other. I see myself in both of these Gods. Like Apollo, I’m very analytical with my decision making. I use the pro’s and con’s method of choosing so I can chose what direction is best for me rather than where “my heart” tells me to go. I value order,…

Lauren Boyd Mrs. Mary Smith AP Literature 20 September 2017 How to Read Literature Like a Professor Essay Thomas Foster’s novel How to Read Literature Like a Professor is an analysis of how most literature is written now and in the past. He hits hard on how symbolism, foreshadowing, and patterns which he mentions both of the topics multiple times in each of the chapters with symbolism being mentioned all the time. Throughout the book, he gives multiple examples for each chapter and he…

The given passage from the bildungsroman novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, is written by James Joyce. The extract appears towards the end of the novel, after the priest spoke to Stephen about becoming a priest and living a clerical life and before Stephan receives an epiphany from a girl wading in the sea. In this extract we witness how Stephen devotes the rest of his life to one of artistic expression. This is relevant to Joyce’s Aristotelian approach to art. This approach…