Persephone

Persephone straightened her skirt. She was more nervous today than she'd ever been before. Interviewing the Malfoys was a huge task, and to make it easier, she'd decided to interview the youngest member of the family, Draco Malfoy. When Mr. Malfoy came into the room, she stood and shook his hand, and invited him to be seated. So far, he seemed withdrawn and quiet, not the evil mastermind so many seemed to view him as. She decided to just dive in. "Mr. Malfoy, would you mind just telling me a…

Yeats’s poem ‘’Leda and the Swan’’ and Dorothy Hewitt’s ‘’Grave Fairytale’’ have content that is both mythological and violently sexual. In Yeats’ poem the speaker retells a story from Greek mythology. It is that of the rape of Leda by Zeus. In Hewitt’s poem, the speaker creates a new version of Rapunzel’s fairytale. This essay will discuss the relationship between mythology/ folklore, violence and sex through the analysis of both poems. In Yeats’ poem, the speaker resents the rape scene,…

Both “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood paired with Ulysses The Sirens by John Williams Waterhouse use the myth of Ulysses to show that he was surrounded by sirens and tied to an long pole and couldn't break loose.The Sirens were scary and dangerous creatures that seduced the sailors with their attractive voices to their doom and causing the ships to ruin by the island.The Sirens likes to hurt people by luring sailors with their enchanting music to their…

Water trickles down the abandoned pebble path, isolated from the real world. Flowers bloom on the banks and grass sways in the bitter breeze. Demeter goddess of all living things sits on a rock. The rock, such a boring inanimate object brought to life by the moss and the roaming creatures that sprawl upon it. Only Demeter is able to bring such life, such brightness and joy to a dormant object. The beauty she had created in the world, everything she had hoped of had all been true. Her newborn, on…

To be associated with her a drastic change in environment is usually what occurs. Persephone was tricked and taken to the awful depths of the underworld by Hades. An example of this occurrence is present in Wuthering Heights, where Catherine is lured into obtaining a life with Edgar with promises of higher status and greater wealth, but…

Gods and Goddesses but my favorite is Persephone. Persephone is the goddess and queen of the underworld. Persephone’s parents are Zeus the god of the sky and thunder and Demeter the goddess of the harvest. Her physical traits are kind, curious, and cheerful, has light brown hair and green eyes. The strengths she has are she is adaptable and able to compromise, her weaknesses are she tries to please everyone and is torn by her loyalties. The myth of Persephone starts when Hades was the God of…

screamed at the top of her lungs. Her parents ran up the stairs to check on Persephone, when they got to her room they started asking Persephone if she was okay, and what had happened? Persephone kept on screaming “look!” “Look around you! Don’t you see the blood all over the furniture?” Her parents looked around in confusions, “what are you talking about Persephone?” There is no blood on the furniture.” “What?” Persephone shouted in shock as she looked up and noticed all the blood…

Willowthaus, the daughter of Hades and Persephone, was a beautiful, strong, and mischievous young woman. She was conceived during the winter months while Persephone was in the underworld with Hades, and then born in the Springtime on Earth while Persephone was with her mother Demeter. Demeter was so happy that Persephone had a child, but feared for what her life would be like in the underworld. After a great deal of reckoning, Persephone agreed to let Willowthaus stay on Earth to be raised by…

writing to you to tell you why Persephone shouldn’t have to stay in the underworld for six months. “Why should Persephone get to decide what she gets to do?” you ask. Well she is your wife, don’t you want her to be happy? One reason Persephone shouldn’t have to stay in the underworld for six months is because she misses her mom, and her mom misses her. While Persephone is gone, Demeter kills all the plants on Earth and makes everything cold and bare because she is sad Persephone is gone and she…

give people hope when times are tough. They can also be used to give a message to a reader like how actions have consequences. Greek Mythology is no exception to this theory. Many messages and lessons could be learned from these myths like Persephone. Persephone is a great story that passes down many message and life lessons that can still be learned in life today.When talking about Greek Mythology, there are gods and goddesses for nearly everything you can think of. Like most civilizations,…