Medusa

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common names for the highly venomous Chironex fleckeri. However, these terms are ambiguous, as "sea wasp" and "marine stinger" are sometimes used to refer to other jellyfish. Anatomy "Cubomedusae", from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904 The medusa form of a box jellyfish has a squarish, box-like bell. From each of the four lower corners of this hangs a short pedalium or stalk which bears one or more long, slender, hollow tentacles. The rim of the bell is folded inwards to form a…

distinct roles of ideal men and women, they emphasize the power of men in writing while suppressing the amount of power and heroism within women characters in literature. Women characters are portrayed as victims, in some cases even villains, like Medusa whom was a victim of rape yet was cast out to be an adulteress amongst…

In today’s society, men are often stereotypically generalized to be powerful and strong figures. Men are usually expected to be masculine and seductive as it is evident with Disney’s Hercules action figure and the Dr. Pepper advertisement. Many people in life experience growing up differently and this person’s life is no different. Throughout their life, they start out having a feminine personality and lacked the body structure of a masculine boy when compared to others. So this person was…

Uncovering an accurate example of femininity in literature is difficult, especially when inspecting novels written during previous centuries, authored in predominately patriarchal societies. Historically, Western society has proven exemplary at excluding female voices; leaving literary interpretation from the perspective of feminist theory limited, at least somewhat, to work written by men. Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw affords the opportunity to explore feminist ideals with the interesting…

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When does the Rococo begin in France? What historical events help influence the rise of Rococo style? Roccoco style is a style of structural planning, starting in France around 1720, advanced from Rococo sorts and recognized by its rich refinement in utilizing distinctive materials for a sensitive general impact. It is described by softness, class, and a rich utilization of bending, characteristic structures in ornamentation. The word Ornate is gotten from the French word rocaille, which…

Every night before bed, I waited impatiently for my grandma to read me one of her beautiful novels. I would walk into our room, where the shadows of the trees danced around the peach colored walls. The window that overlooked the moon glistened and reflected onto the candles that my grandma would turn off as soon as I fell asleep. We laid on the bed snuggled in my overly large blanket, my leg thrown over her in a way to keep her locked there. Her voice softened as she read me my favorite story…

colored- white or grey, perhaps. The bed was what it had always been: a solid grey platform…” (5). When she does meet her captors she is shocked at their appearance more than anything else, describing their hair like tentacles as similar to that of medusa. It appears that, for Lilith as well as the other humans, what is most frightening is that they do not look “human”.…

Gericault’s painting, Raft of the Medusa, attains a very intricate piece of work by layering nude bodies amidst the ocean on a raft. Many of the people draped over each other appear to be dead as the waves of the ocean topple over them. Men towards the top of the painting appear to be desperately…