Theseus

I believe that the moral theme of Heracles becomes clear at the very end of the play when Theseus says to him, “even the strong are o 'erthrown by misfortunes” (Euripides). This implies that the moral purpose here is to not give up no matter how bad the situation is as Hera took every opportunity she could to make Heracles’ life hard for him out…

inspiration for the Olympics. Occasionally, gods have the uncontrollable urge to have children with mortals, creating what is commonly called a demigod, meaning half God.This is also the religion which most Greek myths are based around. Tales include the Theseus and the Minotaur, Jason and the Argonauts, Perseus and Medusa and Bellerophon and the Chimaera. CUSTOMS Greece has many customs such as the Olympics and many other festivals. The Greek carnival is a carnival which starts ten weeks…

The Assyrians and Greeks both had heroes that exemplified their cultural values at the time. Oedipus and Gilgamesh both went on journeys leading to immortality; however, the forms of their immortality differed vastly. The Assyrians and Greeks both believed that immortality only came after obtaining certain desirable character traits, usually formed through suffering; however, the Assyrian’s individualistic culture actively strove for individual immortality, whereas the Greek’s collectivistic…

speaking of himself begging for death and a nymph who is mourning the loss of her love, respectively (Batista; Montanari). However, it is not simply human mortality that is shown through Monteverdi’s music. “Lasciatemi Morire!” cries out for “my Theseus”, a legendary Greek war hero, while also calling for God’s pity (Batista). This blends secular with religious themes, as well as desperation with a feeling of hope. This is followed up in the later years with Scarlatti as well. His piece “Sento…

spiritual meaningful convention of love, the other engages in sexual drive and the humiliation lechery may bring to ones table for the rest of their living. The Knight commences his tale by introducing a Duke who is known by many, by the name Theseus. He recollects his time as a great conquerer, and how he took Hippolyta to wife, the queen of…

Shakespeare, like any other writer, has a few key themes that he prefers to incorporate within many of his literary works. One play that he has weaved the theme of love in, is A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Though this story is a bit light hearted than most of Shakespeare’s works, it still has a problematic couple that love each other passionately. Something that I have noticed about Shakespeare is that he enjoys creating characters that are imperfect by making them a captive to human emotion, in…

Another week in the books and I have to say this class is going really good. For this journal entry we were asked to compare and contrast each one of the sites using your own impressions and opinions. The three websites are Knossos, Acropolis, and Pompeii Google Project. So I took the time to look at each website and I decided Pompeii Google Project would be the most fun to explore. The reason being the display seems really normal and there seem to be a lot of open space. Pompeii was an…

known as dream work. “The purpose of dream work is to transform the forbidden wish into a non-threatening form, thus reducing anxiety and allowing us to continuing sleeping.” (Freud, Dream Analysis paragraph 6) At the beginning of the play, Duke Theseus is about to get married to Hippolyta in just four days, although he is growing impatient in having to wait for that day to arrive. Hippolyta tells him, “Four nights will quickly dream away the time;” (Act 1, scene i, line 9) The reason for dreams…

Zeus’s brother Poseidon, was turned God of the seas, after defeating the Titans. He was also the god of horses. Among his children were Theseus and the cyclops Polyphemus. Polyphemus was a monster with one eye, and he was blinded by Odysseus in the Odyssey. Poseidon was enraged at the type of insult Odysseus played. Thus he had his revenge, Poseidon made. Odysseus suffer and threw many difficulties…

“Dream” can be found throughout the entire play (Farrell, 2015). This magical, romantic-comedy is set in Athens. Although Shakespeare’s writing encompasses several characters, we will center on an upcoming performance for the impending wedding of Theseus, Duke of Athens and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Provided that, we will also focus our attention around four Athenian lovers, Hermia who is in love with Lysander and Helena who is in love with Demetrius. These characters, while at periodic…