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- 831: The Odyssey - Gender Roles
- ... men arranged and implemented. Women were valued, but they participated in the affairs of the world only when they had the tacit or open approval and permission of the men who directed their lives. The literature of this sort of masculine society, of which the Iliad and Odyssey are examples, aptly illustrates these social conventions. The themes of these works are subjects which are of interest to men; warfare, hunting, the problems of the warrior and ruler, and so forth. That which would concern women, such as domestic affairs, is not involved in this literature, or is dealt with only casually. Keeping in mind this important attribute of epic poetry, which is the direct result of its social and intellectual environment, one cannot help noting the great difference between the ...
- 832: The Genji Monogatari
- The Genji Monogatari Genji Monogatari is the greatest single work in Japanese literature. It provides us with an informative look into the court life of the Heian Period, as well as give us a wealth of vivid characterizations along the way to developing the lineage of the hero ... upon which to build, bones upon which to hang a body, in a way that had never been done before and has never been equaled since. Genji Monogatari is the greatest single work in Japanese literature. It provides us with an informative look into the court life of the Heian Period, as well as give us a wealth of vivid characterizations along the way to developing the lineage of the hero ...
- 833: Music In Therapy
- ... Ficken, T. (1976). The use of songwriting in a psychiatric setting. Journal of Music Therapy, 13 (4), 163-172. Goldstein, S. L. (1990). A songwriting assessment for hopelessness in depressed adolescents: A review of the literature and a pilot study. Arts in Psychotherapy, 17(2), 117-124. Finkelhor, D., & Araj, S. et al. (1986). A sourcebook on child sexual abuse. Beerly Hills, CA: Sage Publications. La Fontaine, J. (1990). Child sexual ... support music therapy? AMTA promotes a vast amount of research exploring the benefits of music as therapy through publication of the Journal of Music Therapy, Music Therapy Perspectives and other sources. A substantial body of literature exists to support the effectiveness of music therapy. What are some misconceptions about music therapy? That the client or patient has to have some particular music ability to benefit from music therapy - they do not ...
- 834: The House Of Seven Gables - Sy
- American Literature reflects life, and the struggles that we face during our existence. The great authors of our time incorporate life’s problems into their literature directly and indirectly. The stories themselves bluntly tell us a story, however, an author also uses symbols to relay to us his message in a more subtle manner. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book The House ...
- 835: Old Man And The Sea, Santiago
- ... tragic man and recorded it in The Elements of Drama. Although the characteristics that he drafted were based from his experience with the Greek theater, the tragic man exists in multiple forms of art and literature. For example, many scholars consider Captain Ahab from Moby Dick a tragic man. Ernest Hemingway embraces the idea of a tragic man to show how modern literature portrays heroes. The heroes of this era illustrate that life is a solitary struggle more likely to end in failure or defeat than in victory. Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea in 1952 ...
- 836: Philosophy Statement
- ... visually belied by the sweeping exchanges of incumbents and rookie politicians. It is evidenced in the unchanging archetypal structures that Americans recognize as well as their homes. Besides being a required undergraduate component, history and literature can be worthwhile pursuits of an architectural education that adds meaning and richness to our understanding of place. In 'museum' we recognize 'muse', who were the authors of inspiration, the daughters of Zeus, the king ... that the muses "sing of all the laws and all the gracious customs of the immortals," as Hesoid tells us. Without these precedents, design of museums, for example, becomes empty and unguided. Other lessons from literature quickly come to mind. Eden was a mythological place and so was it's literal counterpart and redemption in Golgotha. Jonathan Swift uses domicile and fashion as a potent characterizations of the many different peoples ...
- 837: Romantism
- Romantism “To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic”, was said by Oscar Wilde. There are three main romantics beliefs the pieces of literature we read, they are that you should value the individual over society, to understand yourself you must first understand nature, and that you need to be your own person in life. First of all there ... from his fears. Valuing yourself over nature, understanding yourself is also understanding nature, and you need to be your own person and lead your own life are three main beliefs that were shown in the literature that we read. To value yourself over society you have to be able to have confidence in what others think of you, ands be able to say what you feel right. Nature is only as ...
- 838: Inquisision
- ... Galileo to be admonished about his Copernicanism. It was this same body in 1633 that tried Galileo. Sources Because of the nature of this subject, care must be taken in choosing readings. Until recently, Protestant literature on the Inquisition tended to be hostile to the Catholic Church, while Catholic literature tended to be apologetic and justificatory. A balanced introduction to the early period is Bernard Hamilton, The Medieval Inquisition (New York: Holmes & Meier, 1981). For a frank Catholic discussion of the Inquisition and its problems ...
- 839: The Role of Fate in Antigone
- The Role of Fate in Antigone Sophocles’ Antigone concerns the struggle of a young woman battling for justice at all costs. The idea of fate is a staple throughout Greek Literature, and Sophocles uses the concept of fate to dictate the actions of a character. Antigone’s destiny is one of predestination, a mission of the gods which begins with her ill-fated family and Creon ... honor her fallen sibling. There s no doubt that her actions will mean death, and even Creon’s last minute efforts could not change her destiny. Thus, Antigone, perhaps one of the most noble of literature’s characters, is a victim of fate and destiny and not of personal pride or obstinance. Ancestry, human law, and personal actions all lead to Antigone’s downfall but none could prevent them, because fate ...
- 840: Oedipus Trilogy Analysis
- Novel Analysis of The Oedipus Trilogy Oedipus Rex, or Oedipus Tyrannus as it is in Latin, could be what we call today a Freudian work of literature. The Oedipus Trilogy was originally written by Sophocles and is meant to be told in a story-telling fashion. But this Grecian tragedy was revised and translated into English by Paul Roche and put into ... Iliad and the Odyssey are two such examples. We can see that their societies were greatly concerned with Fate, as much of their writing reflects that. Every society has its own needs and concerns, and literature is always the best way to reflect them.
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