Phallus

The room itself was grand and ancient, with walls of rough hewn stone, polished granite floors, and a ceiling as high as ten men. There were eight long tables, the shortest on a raised dais along the far wall, and seven more set orthogonal to the first and extending to the entry. Sheaves of wheat and sprays of spring blooms adorned the walls, and cornucopias spilled fruits, nuts and candies onto each table. There were dancers, at least a dozen of them, draped loosely in silks of gold and rich…

world. Isis, a loving and loyal wife, as a result, undergoes another quest in order to find the pieces, and reassemble the body of her deceased husband so that he can finally be laid to rest. After finding 13 of the 14 pieces, and crafting a golden phallus to replace the lone missing piece, she completes…

Being a pioneer in the minimalism and the feminist art movement, Yayoi Kusama is constantly pushing boundaries in the realm of culture and art. Every element in Kusama’s artwork, such as repetition, pattern and accumulation, questions the viewers to rethink social and political norms of society in the hopes that it would inspire change to gender equality. Her installation, Walking Piece, serves as an exemplary example of dissolving boundaries between humanity, art and environment. Dressed in a…

I’ve wrestled with the expectations of this assignment. I wrestled with whether or not I would take, in my opinion, the easy way out by discussing culture and nationality, culture and language or culture and ethnicity. I have much to say about all, but it would admittedly be a regurgitation of original ideas, with some personal flare, which brings nothing to the psychological table, not if it’s to mean something, not if it’s to count. With that said, my three cultural groups are as follows:…

three higher varnas were originally the Indo-Aryan invaders, the Sudras were Dāsas, darker-skinned Aborigines (who probably spoke Dravidian languages)” (Encyclopedia of World Cultures “Sudra,” 2018). The Dasyus or Dravidian people worshipped the phallus and were looked down on by the Aryans. The arrival of the Aryans caused the collapse of the Dravidian culture, and many Dravidians were killed. The remaining Dravidians were organized into the bottom caste of the Varna system as slaves. Only the…

Vampires, werewolves, and monsters of all kinds have been prevalent in the horror genre, but the monstrous-feminine is comparably different. Whereas male monsters shock and terrify the audience through violence and bodily transformations, the female monster is horrifying in relation to her sexuality. The horror genre has frequently perpetuated patriarchal ideologies with scenes objectifying women using the ‘male gaze’ and punishing women for any kind of sexuality. Brian de Palma’s 1976 film…

sanctuaries; manifestly, niches in the rocks to place statues of various gods and goddesses occur near the cliffs. Weird sounds echo in swirling winds surrounding this haunting region of Pan’s sizeable cult. A wooden statue of the goat god with an erect phallus stood among the rocky area. Each year, to attract the return of the devilish creature Pan, the pagans practice horrendous deeds; including sexual interaction with goats, along with their usual…

In the second act of A Doll’s House, Nora does everything in her power to distract Torvald so that he does not read his mail. Krogstad has sent Torvald a letter in which he has detailed Nora’s debts and recent actions. When Nora’s pleas for Krogstad to spare her fall short, she realizes that she must resort to other means. During the play, Nora eventually asks her friend, Kristine, to help her since she and Krogstad used to know one another. However, this plan will also fail to achieve the…

Homophobia is when a person has dislikes and has a fear homosexual people. Homosexual is thought to be when one has sexual attraction towards the same gender. No one really understands how sexuality and gender work, and one just makes assumptions based on the words, and opinions passed around. One does not choose their sexual orientation; while its is objected by conservatives, sexual orientation is based on several factors such as availability of partners, moral sense, the desire to have…

Revenge for Masculinity “Away, morality!” demands Atreus. In dismissing morality as though it were a servant, Atreus acknowledges that his revenge scheme is unethical (Seneca 249) However, he disregards this and disregards moral justice. His revenge instead emerges as an expression of prideful rage that roots itself in a bruised and diminished masculinity’s attempt to assure itself of its strength. Self-value and rationality become irrelevant in this prideful attempt to reclaim masculinity as…