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- 91: Billy Budd
- ... can be dealt with together b/c of the strong narrative voice determines both. The narrator of the story is clearly a highly educated person with a great knowledge of mythology. Though the voice of the narrative is consistent in this novel, the point of view is constantly changing. Sometimes we are put inside the heads of the characters (he tells ... book. It’s these shifts that make the book ever more true, real, and complex in the different situations. The narrator constantly makes allusions to the Bible and to Greek mythology, and this has the effect of elevating Billy’s story into a "symbolic drama." The narrator also has the habit of straying, and he confesses that this weakness is a ...
- 92: Fantasy Author Charles De Lint
- ... almost all his work. Along with his love for music, de Lint also "developed a large affinity to reading books" at a very young age. "He particularly enjoyed books on mythology and folk tales, which included Celtic folklore"(Somerton). It is no wonder that when he did begin to write that his work was highly influenced by all three types of ... recent novels is titled Someplace to be Flying. It takes place in modern times and in de Lint's city of Newford. This book has many elements of Native American mythology within it. It is based on the idea that the world, and everything within it, was created by "animal people", also called the "first people". These animal people are the ...
- 93: The Friendly Friar
- ... that women may fall when there is no strength in men. This means that if he is not stable and constant Juliet may become inconstant herself. His knowledge of Greek mythology and his great understanding of plants show Friar Lawrence s high level of education. When he is collecting plants in the beginning of scene three he speaks of the Greek god Titan. His reference to Titan shows he has had some background in mythology. Friar Lawrence also has a vast knowledge of plants and flowers. Friar Lawrence grows a magnificent garden which he tends to during the time in which he is not fulfilling ...
- 94: The Cyclops: An Unusual People
- ... The Cyclopes suffered greatly, but although they suffered, they continued to lead exciting and productive lives. Works Cited Evslin, Bernard. The Cyclopes. Chelsea House Publishers: New York, 1987. Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. Penguin Books: New York, 1969. Schmidt, Joel. Larousse Greek and Roman Mythology. Librairie Larousse: Paris, 1965.
- 95: Billy Budd 2
- ... can be dealt with together b/c of the strong narrative voice determines both. The narrator of the story is clearly a highly educated person with a great knowledge of mythology. Though the voice of the narrative is consistent in this novel, the point of view is constantly changing. Sometimes we are put inside the heads of the characters (he tells ... book. It s these shifts that make the book ever more true, real, and complex in the different situations. The narrator constantly makes allusions to the Bible and to Greek mythology, and this has the effect of elevating Billy s story into a symbolic drama. The narrator also has the habit of straying, and he confesses that this weakness is a ...
- 96: Analysis Of Karl Marx And Comm
- ... longing for self-sacrifice on behalf of humanity." In October of 1835, he started attendance at the University of Bonn, enrolling in non-socialistic-related classes like Greek and Roman mythology and the history of art. During this time, he spent a day in jail for being "drunk and disorderly-the only imprisonment he suffered" in the course of his life ... got in, and finally received his degree in 1841. His thesis "analyzed in a Hegelian fashion the difference between the natural philosophies of Democritus and Epicurus" using his knowledge of mythology and the myth of Prometheus in his chains. In October of 1842, Marx became the editor of the paper Rheinische Zeitung, and, as the editor, wrote editorials on socio-economic ...
- 97: Hofstadter
- ... today's academic histories, it does implicitly -- sometimes explicitly -- take issue with its predecessors. Hofstadter loved nothing more than replacing myth with history. His takedown of Thomas Jefferson begins, "The mythology that has grown up around Thomas Jefferson is as massive and imposing as any in American history," and what follows is an effort to cut through the thicket. A portrait ... views and approaches to governing -- almost fickle. Hofstadter wrote, "The Lincoln legend has come to have a hold on the American imagination that defies comparison with anything else in political mythology." Revision follows, and we get a new sense of Lincoln, as a tragic hostage to his own ambition. These arguments, however, are profound quarrels with obdurate myths, not hairsplitting quibbles ...
- 98: Roman Pantomime
- ... that pantomime became the preferred form of drama after the comic ballet school of Bathyllos lost ground to the tragic ballet school of Pylades. Simalarly, pantomime has roots in Greek mythology many of the pantomimes were based on Greek myths. We have evidence of the existence of pantomimes that were centered on Greek myths from very early times. For example, Xenophon ... origins of Roman pantomime can be assessed in terms of its nature. For instance, we can conclude from the evidence available that pantomime had origins in not only ancient Greek mythology and tragedy, but also Etruscian dance. It is possible to make this connection through both textual evidence and through an examination of the ‘ballet’ nature of the art. It is ...
- 99: Dionysus
- ... kids. Sailors race across the thrashing waves. Their canvas full of the harmless breeze. Drinkers acclaim the grape-giver Dionysus, capping their hair with flowering ivy. (Bernard). Dionysus, in Greek mythology is a god of wine and vegetation, who showed mortals how to cultivate grapevines and make wine. “He was good and gentle to those who honored him, but he brought ... pieces. He rose from the dead again and again, providing to his believers that the soul lives on forever after the body dies. Works Cited Bremmer, Jan. Interpretations of Greek Mythology. Totowa, NJ: Harper, 1976. Bonnefoy, Yves. Greek and Egyptian Mythologies. Chicago: Univercity of Chicago, 1992. Bernard, Suzane. “Plato and His Dialogues.” http://eawc.evansville.edu/essays/suzanne.htm (2 Feb ...
- 100: Real Meaning Of LIfe
- ... that goes on in this universe are just the universe's way of killing time, so anything goes. As asserted by Isaac Asimov, I think the Bible is simply Hebrew mythology. The only difference between it and Greek mythology is that the former is still taken seriously. In fact, the Old Testament and the Koran at times even seem like grotesque parodies of evolutionary psychology to me (e.g ...
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