Metamorphoses

I will be analyzing the stories of Callisto, Actaeon, and Pentheus in regards to Dionysus and Artemis. All three of the first characters go through serious transformations that are very significant for my essay. These transformations in Ovid’s Metamorphoses are really determined by the naive nature of each of these three characters and this really is the fuel for Dionysus and Artemis to keep their godly roles in the stories. Callisto and Actaeon from Ovid and Pentheus from the Bacchae both…

the same course, same-sex eroticism in art gained full force, making even the study models could gain prominence in the art circuit and salons, as was the case of Subleyras painting, "Charon passing the Shadows ": "... How an obvious model study metamorphoses easily a mythological figure."…

study of great works of the past, claiming it, "cannot be inherited, and if you want it, you must obtain it by great labour." Eliot asserts that it is absolutely necessary for the poet to learn past traditions, to have an understanding of the poets that preceded them, and to be well versed enough that they can understand and incorporate the so-called "mind of Europe" into their poetry. It stands to reason, then, that if a poet must be a master of literary tradition past and present to create a…

Throughout the movie October Sky the main protagonist (Homer Hickam) faced several challenges that held them back and delayed their dream of building rockets. Most people would have given up after a failure. In Coalwood people do not go to college or leave the town and are destined to become a coal miner unless they are good at football. But Homer doesn’t want to be a coal miner and works to get a scholarship. He and his friends persevered (even after several rocket explosions and mishaps) and…

Karraker, N. E., Gibbs, J. P., Vonesh, J. R., they found that large quantities of road salt decreased survival in both Spotted salamanders and Wood frogs. Survival of their embryos also decreased significantly. Amphibians have a lower chance to metamorphose, which is the process of an organism to develop into an adult, causing a lower a survival rate. Sanzo, D., and Hecnar, S. J. (2005, September 12), provided additional evidence of road salt’s effect on amphibian population decline. Their data…

Zelig (1983), directed by Woody Allen, is a fictive documentary that presents the story of Leonard Zelig (Woody Allen), a Jew who has a peculiar feature: the ability to transmute, i.e., to acquire the appearance, the gestures and the speech of the person who is next to him. The "human chameleon", as he is called in the movie, is cured by a treatment with a psychiatrist Eudora Fletcher (Mia Farrow) and becomes a national hero to escape the Nazis. According to Robert Stam and Ella Shohat, in…

Due to war and other dangers, these refugees must attempt to find a safe haven. For these refugees to do this, they must to metamorphose into a different person if they want to develop their lives. However, the ways these refugees change can vary, from assimilating with the local culture and language, to adopting a different position or job in life. Nevertheless, many examples prove…

Their story, originally told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, begins with the struggle of love as Venus tries to stop Adonis from voyaging on his hunt by attempting to seduce him. Her struggle to keep him with her, because she knows of his fate, ends in tragedy as Adonis is killed by a wild boar. In the…

The progression and evolution of man is an event that causes change to the things around it. Technology has always been a part of humanities evolution starting with tools for protection then to our current technology of laptops and super computers; alike to this idea Nietzsche concerning the evolution of the perception of truth. According to Nietzsche’s ideas, in the beginning truth was simple, humble, and modest; but as higher culture began to topple over the past. But due to its slippery…

The play ‘An Inspector Calls’, was written in 1945 by writer J.B Priestley. Its story revolves around a middle-class family called the Birlings, whom are celebrating the engagement of their daughter, Sheila. However, the play undergoes a subtle shift in mood and tone as an inspector lets them know that they have taken part in the suicide of a young lady called Eva Smith. Priestley chose to develop each character in the play in such a way that they all bring a lesson into the drama. Perhaps one…