Nymph

Prompt #4: To Be or Not To Be Inaction and action contributes to different perspectives of living life. These two concepts foil with each other to create a self-struggling environment that initiates internal conflict. Shakespeare’s Hamlet emphasizes the turbulence of a strong nation, Denmark, through times of death and suspicion among the main characters. Hamlet, the son of the deceased king, contemplates his role in the future of the kingdom while reconciling his defeatist attitude with…

For a recent personality disorder, narcissism has gathered a lot of attention in the past 150 years. From Patrick Bateman in American Psycho to Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada, the stereotypical narcissist has gained a lot of reputation in both movies and real life as a person who is extremely obsessed with himself or herself. But what makes a person a narcissist? Where did the characteristics of a stereotypical narcissist come from? For nearly a century and a half, psychologists have…

It all began with nothing and it created our entire way of life. At first there was nothing but Chaos and out of Chaos came Night and Erebus. Then there was Love and from Love came Light. Erebus and Night created Ether and Day the heavenly and earthly light, from Light and Day came Gaia the earth mother. Night alone gave birth to Doom, Fate, Nemesis, Sleep, and Death. Gaia alone gave birth to Uranus and is also her husband. Together they made the Cyclops, the hecatoncheires and twelve Titans.…

With Hester, Dimmesdale can finally be true and live a real life. Dimmesdale describes his time with Hester with “‘Do I feel joy again?’ cried he, wondering at himself” (167). Joy, the greatest feeling in a human’s life. Without joy, life is meaningless. Dimmesdale finally feels true. Unity also brings about more changes in Hester. The long standing symbol of sin which has weighted down Hester for so long is finally tossed off. Hester feels, “the stigma gone, Hester heaved a long, deep…

Part A: The Statue of Liberty Athena just like the Statue of Liberty represents courage, civilization, and justice. Athena could have inspired the Statue of Liberty because of her role as the defender and protector of cities in ancient Greece. She represented the notion of wisdom, skill, strategy, justice, and civilization, which are things that man never can easily attain, even though they are eager for them. Athena also known as Liberty inspired people to become so passionate about her, and…

insecure about his rule because his father got killed by his child so he thought the same. So he had Children, he ate them. Rhea decided to trick her husband and instead of him eating Zeus gave him a rock.to eat. She sent Zeus to the mountains with some Nymphs. Zeus came back as a servant and poisoned his father and making him throw up all his children. They battled for 10 years until Poseidon, Zeus, and Hades killed Kronos and cut him into pieces and threw him into Tartarus ( Hunt…

In fact Zeus told Hermes “Hermes, you’ve been our messenger before. Go tell that ringlet nymph it is my will to let that patient man Odysseus go home“(Homer Book V L. 30-33). Compared to Antigone, she had to stand up for herself. Let’s not forget that she is also a woman doing what was unexpected of what Greek women are supposed to do. Instead…

In my paper I am going to compare two very historical epics. The stories are “The Odyssey” and “Beowulf”. If you do not know what an epic is I will explain what those are. Furthermore I will show the traits that make “The Odyssey” and “Beowulf” share that make them epics. I will compare both the epics. Also in this paper I will show how both stories view religion and how accurate they are to it and why? Both of these stories have different religious views and other different aspects but I am…

Artemis In Greek mythology, gods ruled the Earth; they created mortals and protected them from the figures of the underworld. Among these gods was Artemis. Her father, Zeus, was the King of Olympus. He was married to Hera, but often spent time with mortals and other goddesses. One day, Zeus saw Leto from Olympus. In order to prevent Leto from the jealous wrath of Hera, he transformed Leto and himself into quails and raped her (Lincoln Library 108). Afterwards, Leto was turned back into her human…

almost impossible to be fulfilled. No matter how much one may have, there’s always a need for something one cannot get. The book of Echo and Narcissus is about undergoing a transformation. We are introduced to Echo and Narcissus. This tale is about a nymph Echo, who falls in love with a human, Narcissus. Echo’s ability to hold onto conversations was disabled from her because of her previous misdeeds. Therefore she cannot engage in conversations. As her punishment she is only allowed to respond…