Ovid's Metamorphoses is a collection of hundreds of myths told by the Roman poet Ovid and organized into fifteen books, weaving a mythic history of the world from its creation until Julius Caesar. The tales include interactions and struggles between gods and humans, the Trojan War, and Rome, centering on the theme of metamorphoses, of changing fortunes and physical forms. Included are stores about Narcissus and Echo, Arachne, Orpheus, Achilles, Ulysses and Caeser.
Some writings are enhanced by myths and others are built upon them Pygmalion the play written by George Bernard Shaw is a prime example of a literary work that has been built upon a myth and in fact the play would not attain the literary merit it has if not for the myth Metamorphoses In the myth Pygmalion a sculptor falls in love with his scuplture In the play Henry Higgins a phonetics teacher falls in love with his pupil However Pygmalion marries his creation and Higgins does not Shaw uses thi
Pygmalion Play Analysis Pygmalion derives its name from the famous story in Ovids Metamorphoses in which Pygmalion disgusted by the loose and shameful lives of the woman of his area decides to live alone and unmarried With wondrous art he creates a beautiful statue more perfect than any living woman The more he looks upon her the more deeply he falls in lobe with her until he wishes that she were more than a statue This statue is Galatea Lovesick Pygmalion goes to the temple of the goddess Venu
That my days have been a dream Yet if hope has flown away In a night or in a day In a vision or in none Is it therefore the less gone All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream A Dream within a Dream E A Poe 1849 The conscious mind gives us one way of making sense of our environment But the unconscious mind gives us other more supple ways 2011 David Brooks article on the Social Animal tells us that the cognitive revolution of the last thirty years has broadened our perspective in rel
Authority and boundaries exist in every civilized society regardless of the size and population Government and laws are indispensable in helping to keep the society peaceful and functional The microcosm adduced in the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a perfect example of how the loss of boundaries and authority would result in the rise of evil spirits In general human beings need authority and boundaries in order to interact with others harmoniously Without authority and boundaries
Greek tragedy has complicated relationship with the law and crime such as Euripides Medea Usually tragedies show crimes committed and ask their audiences to be judges and juries to judge the ethical issues attribute blame and provide justice On the other hand Shakespeares Othello has the same elements of committing crimes It does not matter whether the killer is male or female or who they murdered are The point is that these two tragedies Medea and Othello both commit crime to revenge ruler by
Analysis of Desire Desire is a compelling and multi faceted emotion and it serves as the thematic string which runs through and connects three different plays A Streetcar Named Desire The Love of the Nightingale and Hippolytus However the fact that they share this theme certainly does not mean that it is interpreted in the same way The authors Williams Wertenbaker and Euripides respectively present different views and aspects of desire influenced by their own opinions the time period and societ