The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

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, painting a vivid and terrifying picture of its aggressive violence. The father of Gods Zeus takes the form of a swan in order to seduce and to rape Leda, the beautiful woman that he desired. It is worth noting that a swan usually symbolises beauty, grace, elegance and peacefulness. In Yeats’ poem it is completely the opposite. This would imply the reason Zeus chose this bird for his disguise: to lure Leda close so that he may rape her. Yeats wants to communicate the violence of a sexual act. He draws a sexual picture without directly presenting the meaning of the poem. In the first stanza, we are directly exposed to the rape through the use of obscene and figurative language. Yeats begins his poem with an instance of ferocity and brutality that might have immediately brought an ultimate horror to the readers. The poem starts suddenly with violence that is ‘’a sudden blow’’ .”The absurdity of the rapist (Zeus) is transformed into the violent image of `great' wings `beating.' The bird no…

written and was reviewed several times to express self; bring out the passion for writing, and the achievements made through persistent hard work. The drama ‘The Gift’, exhibits meticulous work of the script writer, actors who have taken the roles of the son and father, shown performance to bring out the relationships. Engage and persist: Props, expression and body language and voice modulation were added. Different situations were shown to express the hatred of the son towards his father,…

Graham’s “Lamentation,” like many of her other works, is a direct expression of emotion; an expression of emotion through body movements. Graham was known as the “Mother of Modern Dance” and for her technique “contraction and release.” She also focused on the stability and strength of the body and keeping its control. This technique was in efforts to develop and maintain flexibility in the spine and hips, specifically in a seated position. “Lamentation” was created in response to the grief,…

Charles Darwin is the father of many great explorations and theories, his ideas about the relationship of expressions of emotion between man and animals is just one of many great ideas. Darwin strives to make the readers see that humans and animals share a lot, especially in their expressions of emotions. Charles endures to prove that not only are expressions of emotions universal throughout beings all over the world. Darwin’s explanation of why humans and animals have similar expressions of…

communicating and interpreting a whole range emotions using only their facial muscles. Whether voluntary or involuntary, a simple curled lip, raised eyebrow, or crinkled nose, can speak volumes. In fact, many psychologists believe that not only are some of our basic facial expressions innate and not learned, but that they’re also universal across cultures. They believe that whether you were born in Tokyo, Oklahoma, or the isolated Amazon, you’re born with an innate ability to identify…

His study of physiognomy was one of the first studies of facial expressions and or emotions with photographs as visual aids. All of his images represented many expressions on the old man’s face. However all of these expressions were administered by electric shock by probing the human face, thus causing forced reactions and emotions on each face. Duchenne’s study consisted of examination of the expression of emotions. His work was divided into Three main sections,…

from the lowest animal to the highest man, and the expressions of emotion. At the end of this biographical sketch I have concluded that although Darwin’s contributions to psychology are not always acknowledged, most psychologists would agree with many of his findings. If I wanted to further this research, I would analyze his contributions and impacts on comparative psychology. Keywords: Charles Darwin, psychology, evolution of instinct, evolution of mind, expressions of emotion, darwinism…

Body language implies the transferring and receiving of messages based on cues from body position, like facial expression, and body movement, such as gestures. Space use concerns with the encoding and decoding of cues on the basis of interpersonal distancing behaviours, for instance standing close to each other or seating arrangements. Paralanguage includes the tones of vocal tone and pacing, for example, the rapidity of speech, hesitations, and pauses. Nonverbal behaviours can be useful to…

Presently, animals are mistreated at alarming rates. Humans view animals as a lower caste and sometimes claim their superior cognition and understanding of the world. This leads to the abuse of animals. For instance: animals can be used for testing, killed for sport, or be placed on display for the world to watch. These actions would distress any human and make them extremely uncomfortable, so, why is it acceptable treatment for animals? The rationale for this treatment is found in the human’s…

knowledge of micro expressions it can be easily determined whether someone is lying or telling the truth. Micro expressions occur on different parts of the face when someone is trying to conceal an emotion. Knowing micro expressions can be essential to everyday life situations, and being able to read and interpret them is key to understanding nonverbal behavior and people. The background and history of micro expressions goes all the way back to Charles Darwin in 1872. Darwin was the first…