Icarus

Bruegel and Warhol: Paving the Way to Morality in their Respective Times Artists, Pieter Bruegel and Andy Warhol are geniuses in their own rite. Bruegel lived in an era, where religion, warring, and class were in constant tension. His paintings depict the societal ills of his time, masked in mythology, and religious themes. I imagine he utilized this method so that he would not be sought out as an open critic—risking his life. Warhol, on the other hand, grew up in the United States, during an…

the forms of comic books, books, video games and film. Literature and films today inspired by myths such as the “Aeneid” uses these same elements to ignite social and political awareness. Conscious creations such as Captain America, Superman, Kid Icarus and the TV series of Battlestar Galactica invent mythology into the consciousness of the generations today. The image of Captain America punching Adolf Hitler on the cover of Captain America issue #1 in 1941 is the visual demonstration of a…

First of all, I would like to analyze Dardalus. Daedalus is the Steve Jobs of Greek mythology. If something cool and new needs inventing, he's the man to do it. Various Greek writers credit Daedalus with inventing the axe, boat sails, a big maze called the "Labyrinth," statues that depicting people with separated legs and hands, and of course, fake wings for humans. At one point, he throws his nephew off the Acropolis after the poor kid invents a few contraptions that are cooler than Daedalus'.…

In Fun Home, Alison Bechdel writes, “Our family was a sham… That our house was not a real home at all but the simulacrum of one, a museum.” (17) Throughout the graphic memoir, Bechdel presents her family as living in an artificial world: a façade of a perfect and united family mainly perpetuated by Bruce Bechdel’s disconnection from the family. As Bechdel reflects upon her unique upbringing in her graphic memoir, she explores the cause of her father’s distant presence. Bechdel specifically…

Emma Sticklen Porter English 2, Pre-AP/GT-3 29 January 2018 Fahrenheit 451 Allusions Research 1. Allusion/Type: Juan Ramon Jimenez/ Literature A. Quote: “If they give you ruled paper, Write the other way” (Bradbury XVII). B. Explanation: In the Beginning of the story, this quote is an allusion to Juan Ramon a Jimenez, a Spanish poet. He earned the Nobel peace prize for literature in 1956. Jimenez was a well-known in the United States for his poetry. He wrote most of his poems in free verse,…

This essay compares and contrasts the theme of flight in three different time periods and cultures through the following research question: In which ways is the theme of flight similarly and differently channeled through the Roman “Icarus”, the French Le Petit Prince, and the African American Song of Solomon, and what does this explain about how the ancient Romans, the 20th century French, and the 20th century African Americans viewed the future? As this is a very specific question pertaining to…

The human nature has been changing since the time the first man appeared. The natural character of the human being, his way of thinking, acting and feeling have been subject to many prior discussions. It is a well known fact that the way humans behave is a result of their interaction with the environment that they live in. In the twentieth century, the nature of humanity changed in accordance with the new environment. In this paper, these changes in the human nature will be the subject of…

“A new kind of modern-day hero had been born. Poets and artists alike now identified the aviator with a list of familiar flying personalities, including Arabian princes on flying carpets, Perseus and his winged sandals, Wagner's flying Valkyries, Icarus, and countless angels and archangels.” The idea of aviation and pilots as the new heroes during World War 1 resonated me. In the current world, aviation is not big of a deal anymore and many of us don’t appreciate it as much as it was first…

Icarius. He was a farmer and was friends with the God of Wine Dionysus. Dionysus gave wine to Icarius and his shepherds to honor their friendship. The shepherds had never had wine and they thought they had been poisoned. They took revenge by killing Icarus while they were drunk. When Erigone found her father's body she could not control her sadness. She buried her father and hung herself next to his grave. Dionysus was…

worthy, (Dictionary.com). A person has to make a sacrifice or choice in a situation. Sometimes that person is a difficult place in their life, so making a sacrifice may affect that person or another person’s life. In Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Daedalus and Icarus, Daedalus in his cruel and envious mind went first knowing he would wonder where his son was while escaping exile. First, he was cruel and envious. In the past, Daedalus killed his sister’s son because Daedalus was envious of his nephew’s…