Medusa

Metamorphoses Book 1: Ovid begins in prayer, seeking inspiration from the gods to give him the ability to accurately describe his works in Metamorphoses. He then goes into a detail description of how the earth is created, which contains many similarities to the book of Genesis. The god who created earth is unknown, but after its completion man is born of the clay to rule to world. Ovid next describes four ages of man. First being the golden age, which is a time of trust, goodness. Sadness…

Vegas Paradise proves that old school is still cool! When people think of gambling they almost always think of the bright lights of Las Vegas. The gambling mecca that is located in the heart of the Nevada desert is a jackpot paradise, with it serving as the inspiration for a certain up and coming online casino. Vegas Paradise presents a slick experience across the board, as it has grown out its 2012 launch to become a casino that everyone is talking about. Considering its popularity, it is…

The Outsiders story written by SE. Hinton takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma where there are two rival gangs. The Socs and the Greaser. The theme of the story “The Outsiders” is in the name of the book itself. The book’s name “Outsiders” is a theme itself, the characters feel as if they’re being treated like freaks and feel like outsiders. For example. that fact that they have to carry “switch-blades” everywhere they go gives the reader the impression that the Greasers are hated and can be jumped at…

Dance or Movement is a way to communicate, but not only that, it can work subconsciously through the use of hieroglyphs. - literal symbols of something. Dante’s Inferno is great for dance and specifically ballet because not only does it have a clear narrative but also ballet works through grand romanticized ideas and themes which are what Dante’s writings are full of. Dante uses inventive language and rich imagery that is far ahead of his time. The humanity in his poem, and themes he…

Another theorist that is also proposing their theories in Emily Dickinson’s poem “443” is French feminist Helene Cixous. In her essay “The Laugh of the Medusa”, she focuses her theories by using the idea of sexuality. In the essay, she’s proposes the idea that women should be truthful when they write. The main idea that Cixous may find in Dickinson’s poetry is that the topics she wrote were based on keen…

Dell started out in 1984 with just 1,000 dollars and became the largest computer system providers worldwide. The founder of the company was Michael Dell who at that time was a 19 year old. Michael Dell went to the University of Texas as a pre-med student, but at the end of his freshmen year he left to devote his time to his growing business. Dells vision in 1984 was on how technology should be designed, manufactured and sold. Dell is more than a company with a vision, it’s a company with strong…

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classification information for Poriferans: Poriferans, better known as sponges, consist of 5000 known species, all located primarily in marine and fresh waters (Myers, 2001a). They are multicellular, heterotrophic, invertebrates with an irregular shape and no distinct pattern of symmetry (Myers, 2001a). Overall, they are the simplest of animals; thus, lacking any true tissue and/or germ layers (Myers, 2001a). Furthermore, they are known to be highly sessile,…

Kim Kardashian as an Example of a Modern Independent Woman During her lifetime, a woman is constantly confronted with the society’s expectations concerning who she should be and how she is supposed to behave. Frequently, she hears that she is ‘not woman enough’ or on the contrary—she is harshly criticized for exposing too much of her feminine nature and consequently called various demeaning names. She finds herself conflicted in how to appeal to the public opinion and still maintain her own,…

Can Satan be said to have self-knowledge, as he seems to in Book IV? Is it possible for one to know oneself when one has rejected God and one's own creatureliness? If we are to accept that Satan "has self knowledge," we must define this self- knowledge: what does is mean to know one's self? By knowing one's self, does one better understand one's essence, or does one better understand one's emotions and the causes of one's state? In short, is Satan's self-knowledge of his emotions and responses,…

golden rain. Afraid of his fate, the king of Argos sent his daughter and his grandson out to the open sea, where they landed on a new island. There, the king of that island sent Perseus off on a journey to keep him away from Danae. He was to kill Medusa and bring back her head. He succeeds in his journey with the help of Athena and Hermes, who gave him shoes with wings, an invisibility cap, a sword, and a mirrored shield. Perseus is the hero of the story, bringing back Medusa’s head victoriously…