William Shakespeare was a brilliant English poet, playwright, and actor who lived between 1564 and 1616. Shakespeare’s most notable works include the tragedies, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet. Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet, is a story of deceit, treachery, and bloodshed. It is through these events that Hamlet reveals his true nature, the persona of a tragic hero. Hamlet fits the convention of a tragic hero, as he is a man of high estate who suffers from a tragic flaw, which leads to his…
Joyce Carol Oates is known for writing demented stories about adolescent girls craving attention from the opposite sex and trying and failing to find their path in life. Her most popular story with that such plot is “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” In this story, a fifteen-year-old girl named Connie who, like every teenage girl, loves spending weekend nights in town and attention from the opposite sex. However, her innocence and vulnerability eventually lead her into the trap of a…
He was mentored by Anaxagoras, Protagoras, and Prodicus and was also a close friend to Socrates (Lefkowitz 89). In Aristophanes’ later works, the poet provides the character of Euripides with most likely exaggerated religious views. In The Frogs, Euripides’ character is said to pray to different gods than everyone else, and in Thesmophoriazusae, a woman accuses Euripides of “persuading people that the gods do not exist.” (Lefkowitz 93) While Aristophanes and the comic poets did not say anything…
Matisse's painting Dance, is often considered to be the painting that launched his artistic career and got him into the mainstream of modern art as we know it today. The Dance is known to be a key example of modernism since it satisfies the quota that art critic Clement Greenberg has set forward for us and paves a new direction in modern art for future generations to follow. According to Greenberg, modernism in painting should have a strong focus on the basic structure presented in each artwork…
In this poem, Hamlet uses numerous figurative of language to express his feelings towards the relationship with her mother regards his father and his uncle and his remorse towards women negative stereotypes. One of the figurative of language that points out to me after reading the poem was symbolism. Hamlet titled the poem, “FRAILTY, THY NAME IS WOMAN!” frailty is the condition of being weak and delicate which symbolizes women are weaker than men. His mother Gertrude is delicate because she has…
Ancient Greece brought many important things to modern day society. Democracy, philosophy, science, and sport are just a few of the things amazing things Greece has brought to our modern world. We can also thank our modern understanding of theatre and performance art to the ancient Greeks, as it all began in Attica, Greece. Greek theatre began in Attica, Greece as a celebration of the ancient god of fertility and wine, Dionysus. People would perform cult rituals in Attica, usually that of song…
Satyrs were known as goat men that were drinking friends with Dionysus, and they were known for their manipulative and mischievous behavior, which created their plays to be mischievous comedies. Tragedies would be based more on mythology, mainly mythical…
I chose Titan’s Meeting of Bacchus and Ariadne because of the colorful aspect of it. Most of the art depicted in Gardner’s Art Through the Ages chapter on high renaissance is colorful and full of mannerism that it is hard to pick a favorite one. Titan’s bacchanalian scene however captured my attention with its vivid colors and rich details. There was a growth in the role and presentation of mythical imagery in Renaissance times. An understanding with Roman culture and the trappings of classical…
Percy Jackson is the the main character and the narrator of the novel. He is the demigod the son of Poseidon, the ruler of the sea an done of the big three gods. He is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Dyslexia. While he lacks his friend's intelligence, he has the loyalty and bravery. He has never been normal in his life. He attended 6 different schools in 6 years. He is a trouble magnet, no matter how hard he tries to avoid it. Growing up, he never knew his real father…
horn and practices till she can perform at a banquet for the gods. When she attempts to play, the other goddesses ridicule how her cheeks turn blue when she blows into the flute. She escapes back to her forest and tosses the flute into the spring. A satyr named Marsyas finds the flute and without knowledge that Artemis had…