Metamorphoses

By looking at the way composers represent the intertextual connections between texts, audiences are provided with heightened understanding of humanity’s changing contexts in shaping the values and societal paradigms that transcend in time. Within William Shakespeare’s tragedy “King Richard III” (1591), Shakespeare’s depiction of the Machiavellian political endeavour regarding Richard’s personal ambition in the pursuit of authority as a product of his deformed vessel of his corporeality, reflects…

Have you ever played multiple games and always wondered why most of the have something that references Atlas? Have you Ever wondered who Atlas is? Well in this essay I will explain who Atlas is in Greek Mythology. Atlas was a Titan god of endurance. He was also identified as a god of astronomy because he was the first who instructed mankind in astronomical science which was basically used for navigation and measuring the seasons. It is said, in Library of History by Diodorus Siculus, that he…

The “Beats Generation” defined a movement that influenced a generation of freethinking. The “Beats generation” was derived from the literary term of Beat. From the website of Encyclopædia Britannica, it’s biography entry on Jack Kerouac explains the definition of Beat, “meant “down-and-out” as well as “beatific” and therefore signified the bottom of existence (from a financial and an emotional point of view) as well as the highest, most spiritual high.” This movement and its message that says…

The major fault of Frankenstein as a character is not being able to accept responsibility for his creation and this is the first step along that path that he only accepts responsibility when he has lost everything. This extract comes at a critical point of the novel as Frankenstein has reanimated the monster and ran away from him. This impacts the development of both Frankenstein and the monster as characters. Frankenstein is tormented by what he has done. It is important to note us as the…

The 18th century is seen as the Golden Age of British satire particularly due to the work of writers like Johnathan Swift, Alexander Pope or John Gay. Satire is interesting because it is firmly anchored in its time, it is often a reaction to specific event which explains its popularity. Furthermore to be successful a satire requires the reader to be able to read the different levels of the text as well as being well-balanced between humour and criticism. This essay will seek to highlight what…

In March 1968 Henri Lefebvre published The Right to the City. It caused an awareness in the history of ideas on the perception of the city as a stake in society. It announces the arrival of a new reality, the urban, the end of the industrial city and its fragmentation in the outskirts and suburbs. This article shows the extensions and modernity of Lefebvre's theses: his notions have been widely taken up, both nationally and internationally, by urban political practitioners and urban sociologists…

incredible rush to grow up. Her race to maturity is the trait focused on in the story. It splits Connie into two different personalities: 'One for home, and one for anywhere that was not home' (431). Everything about her walk, her smile, and her laugh metamorphoses as soon as she steps out the front door. The child is hidden, the seductive young woman emerges, and the world of the big kids is more than willing to take her in. This world is what she thinks she wants, until the day a shiny golden…

Although the Northern states and the Southern states had their differences in their beliefs, on profuse occasions—specifically on slavery—compromises had squelch down the bad blood between them. However, in 1789, even after the Constitution was adopted by all of the States to amalgamate as a nation, for more than thirty years, the temporarily ceased frictions between the North and South went to and fro once more. Thus, by 1861, these opposing ideals between the disputants were so prodigious that…

For each sample, provide a detailed description, as precise of a rock name as you can, and an interpretation of the (possible) environment of formation. Quaternary: This is an igneous rock known as Tuff pyroclastic, which is a volcano-clastic rick composed mainly of volcanic ash. This conclusion makes sense as the quick cooling would cause the porous structures. This rock possesses sand to mud sized grains; therefore it is fine grained. This rock has interlocking crystals as well as a…

The appropriation of Greek myth in modern narrative fiction has increased in the last ten years, specifically in the young adult genre. Book series such as Oh. My. Gods. and The Goddess Test draw young girls into the world of classical myths, while Percy Jackson and the Olympians captivated an entire generation and introduced them to the complexities and themes of the poll of mythic traditions from Ancient Greece. These new stories that incorporate the mythos help "[re-introduce] an audience…