Medea

These words were spoken by Kreon in Sophocles’ play, Oedipus the King. The recipient of these words was none other than Oedipus himself, the king of Thebes and Kreon’s brother-in-law. At this point in the plot, Kreon had just returned from the Oracle of Delphi, where he sought answers concerning Apollo’s plague, which was destroying Thebes. For the plague to end, Apollo orders the city to be cleansed. This requires either the exile or execution of the murderer of Laios, Thebes’ former king.…

Emmitt Perry, Sr. who’s highly abusive. On the other hand, his mother Willie Maxine Perry taught her son the fundamental values of love, family, perseverance through church. Perry’s writing is reflective of his family background from the character Medea. Moreover, Perry’s is subjectively and objectively geared towards portraying black issues in the United States in a humorous fashion. Critics such as Thdore Harrison III accuses Perry of negatively portraying the black experience. Perry’s…

I watched her as she ran through the sprinkler, squealing with delight and amusement. The air was filled with her joyous peals of laughter. Her clothes clung to her thin frame as water dripped from her wild hair and those long, childishly thick eyelashes. Surrounded by a halo of water mist, her celestial beauty was spellbinding. The impression of my love is forever engrained into my heart and soul. In Lolita, written by Vladimir Nabokov, we can observe the main character, Humbert Humbert, and…

The women who neither nurtures nor protects her children. Medea 's husband, Jason, had left her and their two children in order to improve his place in life. Madea wanted to hurt Jason. She knew that killing herself would not wound him as much as killing his children. Medea may have been a woman that was not cut out for motherhood, as she felt being a woman meant suffering and proclaimed that she would rather fight…

Fate, Hope, and Heroism. I have already written about that topic with the Iliad and The Man in the Water, now I am here to write about those three themes as it applies to The Quest for the Golden Fleece and Macbeth by Shakespeare. It just goes to show that another two great stories have those themes very prevalent within them. Those themes could be applied to almost all of the stories that we have read this year. I feel like they are some of the most common themes throughout time. Fate: Fate,…

It is a story about a wife named Medea who’s husband has cheated on her. He has married another woman. The story tells about revenge and Medea conquering her love for this man. It also tells stories about how crazy this woman can be and what she will do to get back at her husband. Making her seem delusional and crazy. In this story, especially…

The journey Jason is sent on in Jason and the Golden Fleece is contrived in hubris. Both kings in the myth feel that their kingdom, and therefore pride, is at risk. So, each sets out to kill Jason and his men in some fashion, which will undoubtedly anger the gods as “Many of us [the Argonauts] are sons of the deathless gods,” and the gods would most likely seek vengeance for their fallen sons (179). Despite knowing that there will be repercussions for their actions, both king Aeetes and king…

Sins undiscovered or unpunished in life will be eternally punished in death, exemplifying Dante’s view that one should never succumb to Earthly whims. As Dante travels through the concentric circles of hell, he meets many sinners who were heroes on Earth who were lauded in spite of their sins or sinners whose true crimes were never punished. In Canto XXIX, he meets Griffolino d’Arezzo who tells him that “the crime for which [his] flesh/was charred was not the one that brought [him] here” (XXIX.…

in our everyday society with more than 1500 articles written about her case (Hyman, 2004, p. 193). However, this is a misconception delivered by media because tales and incidents of infanticide run way back in history and myths like the stories of Medea and Malinche, famous…

Ares Ares was the son of Zeus and Hera and the god of war. He was a violent god that enjoyed the chaos and bloodshed of war. He was one of the most disliked gods, even by his own parents. Ares lacked morals and unlike Athena, was more interested in destruction instead of the strategy and justice of war. He is often pictured in armor, with a shield and sword/spear and was known for his fearsome war cry. Ares often lost battles because he was always easily outwitted, but that didn’t stop this…