Narcissus

Plouton or any other name you wish to call him is the god of riches, souls, and the underworld as well as the eldest of the three main brothers in mythology. Hades also has many symbols which consist of Cerberus, a drinking horn, a scepter, Cypress, Narcissus, and a key. His brothers Zeus, god of the sky, and Poseidon, god of the ocean, are also sons of Cronus. Hades was not considered to be death itself, or an Olympian, however was thought to cause death and so the Greeks were not keen in…

My practice predominantly focuses on an exploration of my queer identity, with a particular interest in the negative historical representation of queer people as deviants. As the semester developed I began to explore this idea in relation to the stigma surrounding the title of ‘artist’ in western society. Formally, my practice has predominately focused on digital media and performance as well as performance documentation. I have focused on these material approaches because I do not consider the…

One symbol in the Prologue is the lake. In the book it says, “The goddesses of the forest appeared and found the lake, which had been fresh water, transformed into a lake of salty tears.” Pg. 1, and later the lake says that he had been weeping for Narcissus, a youth who knelt by the lake and looked at himself in the reflection of the water. The lake symbolizes that there is a Language of the World because he is crying…

Greek myth The ancient Greeks used myths to explain the world they lived in. They are great stories to read today but should we read them as stories or as history? Are they complete fantasy or do they actually contain some truths? I’m going to talk about a specific Greek myth. It is one of the most tragic and fascinating myths of the Greek Mythology. Can anyone guess which one I mean? - Who knows the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur? How can you describe the minotaur? Theseus, a Greek hero,…

Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 15 million individuals worldwide from mild to severe. (Lilienfeld, 2006). It is a progressive and irreversible disease that leads to full dependency on a caretaker due to the decline in cognitive function and ability to perform daily tasks (Richarz, Gaudig, Rettig, & Schauble, 2014). Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and normally occurs within individuals 60 years of age or older (Lilienfeld, 2006). Every twenty years the number of…

Today Conrad is still honored by millions of readers as one of the greatest modern writers. Conrad left behind a large body of work whose nature he defined in his Prologue to The Nigger of the "Narcissus" as "a single-minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by bringing to light the truth, manifold and one, underlying its every aspect.” Joseph Conrad almost single handily reshaped the Modern era as far as fiction…

MARTIN SCORSESE Martin Charles Scorsese born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. Part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinema history. In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his…

Narcissistic Personality Disorder Overview Narcissistic personality disorder, drawing its name from the Greek myth of Narcissus (Pincus and Lukowitsky, 2010), is a rare personality disorder that is characterized by “an exaggerated and unrealistic sense of superiority, a need for admiration, and an inability to understand the feelings of others” (Bates and Neff, 2017). According to Mayo Clinic, those who suffer from narcissistic personality disorder may find it difficult to achieve fulfillment…

Compare the way nature is presented in ‘Daffodils’ by William Wordsworth and ‘Nettles’ by Vernon Scannell. With the two poets having rather significantly different backgrounds, the difference in presentation of the poems become evident. William Wordsworth was a very romantic poet and he looked to find the nice things and beauty of the world and nature and he used this to inspire his poetry. He wrote Desideria and Evening on Calais Beach but is most famous for his poem I wondered lonely as a…

I have no preconceptions.” This tells the reader something interesting because silver is something that we all picture the moon. The moon reflects the sun and the mirror reflects everything. The mirror also tells us that it has no before thoughts of what happens. In the second and third lines the mirror tells us “Whatever I see I swallow immediately just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.” What this means is that the mirror will take what it gets immediately and show it back exactly how it…