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- 91: Ark 2
- The Story of Noah's Ark In Judeo-Christian mythology, one of the best recognized stories from the Old Testament is the story of Noah and the Ark, and how they survived God s great flood. This story is a common one throughout many mid-east cultures, both past and present. The most notable of these is in the ancient Mesopotamian mythology, with the story of Utnapishtim and his story of survival of the gods wrath. Though both are telling what is assumed to be a tale of the same event, there are many similarities as well ...
- 92: Elements of Masque In The Tempest
- ... the rainbow, reflecting the harmony of nature. The presence of the goddesses themselves in the masque reflects the element of divine intervention in the masque. In masques, it was common for characters from Grζco-Roman mythology to be featured, blessing the couple. Divine intervention is also manifested in Ariel, who can only do good, as seen by the fact that he could not work for Sycorax. He is subordinated to Prospero, as well as all the other spirits, weaving in the concept of the supernatural. Ariel also alludes to mythology in his attirements as a seanymph and harpy. However, it would be wrong to classify The Tempest as a masque, as although it contains many elements of the masque, it features a structured plot with ...
- 93: The Influence That Hsi Yu Chi
- ... Journey To The West (which is want I will refer to it as from now on) portrays the world as one which is inhabited by demons, monsters, dragons, fairies, magic and various deities from Chinese Mythology and pushes the real hero of The Journey Hsuan Tsang into a corner and introduces a new hero, a monkey named Sun Wu K'ung, who is a disciple of the Tang Monk. Hsuan Tsangs ... so obvious. Overall, The Journey To The West is highly entertaining and introduces a lot of new concepts into my life. I advise that anyone who reads it should also have a book on Chinese Mythology at hand as it involves many characters from The Chinese Pantheon. The poetry verses are some of the best I have ever read (though I'm told it sounds better in Chinese because then it ...
- 94: The Rez Sisters
- ... get all seven of them to Toronto to join in the biggest bingo in the world. They load up a van they borrowed and head off to the big city. Nanabush, a North American Indian mythology creature follows them on their travels. Nanabush is a trickster and he can go by many faces. The myth behind Nanabush is that he left this world when the white people came and he is the Christ of Native mythology. Many native people believe that, without Nanabush and the spiritual health of this figure, the core of Indian culture would be gone forever. (P. XII The Rez Sisters) During the play Nanabush disguises himself as ...
- 95: Divine Comedy
- Among the various tools Dante Alighieri employs in the Commedia, his grand imaginative interpretation of life after death, scenes involving figures and beasts from classical mythology provide the reader with allegories and exempla effectively linking universal human themes with Christian thought and ideology. Among these, the figure of the Siren, found in Canto 19 of the Purgatorio, exists as a particularly ... earthly pleasure masked by a self-fabricated visage of beauty and goodness, concurrently incorporating themes of unqualified repentance and realization of the true goodness of things divine. The Sirens are familiar literary characters from Greek mythology; they are most recognized as one of the many perils Odysseus encounters in Homer's Odyssey. As Circe explains to Odysseus before he sets out for home, "You will come first of all to the ...
- 96: Billy Budd
- ... of view of 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 us Claggarts secret thoughts ... to the events in the book. Its 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 Billys story into a "symbolic drama." The narrator also has the habit of straying, and he confesses that this weakness is a "literary sin." One might find ...
- 97: The Cyclops: An Unusual People
- ... an appealing tribe of 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.
- 98: Billy Budd 2
- ... of view of 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 us Claggart s secret thoughts ... to the events in the 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 literary sin. One might find ...
- 99: The Friendly Friar
- ... looks. He also tells Romeo 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 his church duties. He speaks ...
- 100: Analysis Of Karl Marx And Comm
- ... a devoted Christian with a "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. The student culture at Bonn ... lax acceptance requirements. Unsurprisingly, he 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 issues such as poverty, etc ...
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