Seduction

Loyalty and Infidelity Focusing on the marriage of Odysseus and Penelope in the epic “The Odyssey,” we will explore how one woman love for her husband shows mental prowess that most lack to possess. The objective of this text is to show the differences among the female and male positions in a marriage dealing with double standards. Penelope was faced with twenty years of adversity and not knowing the well-being of her husband, but managed to stay faithful throughout the entire ordeal. She…

Gender roles have always existed to some extent throughout history, and it has been a stepping stone of human life and broader nature. In the Greek society women were not allowed to impede in politics or anything other than being a wife/mother, yet the goddess of marriage and birth, Hera, defies all of the rules. Hera’s jealousy, and trickery creates unwanted havoc, and throughout the book her character reveals that she acts according to her situation, leading her to effectively be a…

For centuries, folklore has defined different cultures around the world. Many of these tales have been adapted into mainstream media for children by companies such as Disney. Unsurprisingly, Disney leaves out a lot of the original stories. The fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen are meant to express topics involving the loss of innocence that young ones are not expected to know. Amidst modern literature, Joyce Carol Oates’s inserts similar connotations in her 1966…

HANDHELD CAMERA Handheld camera: A filming approach that can give a sense of urgency or chaos to action, often making the viewer feel like a participant. Aronofsky effectively used handheld tracking shots using handheld camera to analyse and portray his key themes. A particular scene which effectively uses this technique occurs during one of Nina’s mentally deluded episodes when she arrives home from her ballet training the night before the Opening Night’s performance. The handheld camera…

Channel No5 perfume that is considered as the perfume that “makes you irresistible”. To highlight this image, Channel launched several advertising and one of the most important adds is the one released in 1998. These add combine mystery, humor and seduction. It features the actress and model Estella Warren in a revisited version of little red riding hood. In the add there is the use of the three colors: Red, Yellow and blue. The Red color symbolizes love and passion. The yellow color refers to…

When asked of what a man is supposed to be, most people would reply strong, tough, blunt, and essentially a badass. In literature, we would define these type of people as “hard boiled”, meaning that they are tough both on the outside and on the inside. In The Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade, a rugged San Francisco detective shows many resembling traits of a hard boiled detective, but also has the ability to show some compassion when necessary. Part of what defines a detective as, “hard boiled”, is…

The Life of Muhammad Muhammad was born 570 B.C. in Mecca, Arabia. His parents were Abdullah and Amina, but his father died before he was born. Muhammad’s mother died when he turned six years old then his grandfather took care of him. After two years he went straight to his uncle because his grandfather died. Abu Talib protected him throughout his adulthood. He worked for a wealthy merchant named Khadija. Muhammad delivered her goods to Syria, and Khadija trusted him because he was a hard worker…

necessarily true, as the reader will soon find out, the knight is actually an honorable man who just can’t back down from a challenge. Unknowingly, the knight finds himself being tested by the green knight in disguise. For three days he is tested by seduction of a married woman and being given a magic sash. On the first knight, “[He] kept his pact with honor and abided by [his] word and held [him]self true to”(188-189) the green knight. On the second night he also held true and avoided the…

This is seen in how the families assist each other and bond through their struggles, in how the migrants create communities and worlds together, and in how the Joads interact with other families. Intercalary chapter seventeen effectively demonstrates the theme of unity through the migrants’ willingness to assist each other and bond through their struggles. In this way, because they “all come from a place of sadness and worry and defeat,” they grow closer together and “share their lives, [...]…

In the essential odyssey an astute reader can not only enjoy the adventures of Odysseus, but catch a glimpse of ancient greek society as well. By carefully observing the relationships between Odysseus and female characters, a reader can understand the social structures and gender roles of the ancient greeks. When analyzing the female characters through their dress, speech, or actions, distinct female archetypes begin to form. The Odyssey portrays three specific female archetypes, the seductress,…