Hades Hero's Journey

This is the biggest point of how Blanche relates herself to the lighting motif in the story, which is when she loved this man her world was full of brightness and happiness, much like a light bulb. However, once he took his life she can no longer get that spark of light with anyone, it is forever darkness surrounding them. She introduces her young love to Mitch about this stating: “He was a boy, just a boy, when I was a very young girl. When I was sixteen, I made the discovery--love. All at once and much, much too completely.

He abruptly chose not to go back to school after his father died, which was one of his biggest mistakes. He stayed in Starkfield even though he had the opportunity to go back to school and study his main interest, science. Because of this, he spent most of his days cooped up in his house. “But one phrase stuck in my memory… Guess he’s been in Starkfield too many winters.

8.Explain the irony in Frankenstein's actions Even after Victor’s mother dies, and she wished for him to take care of the family and to wed Elizabeth, Victor spends his time in science and neglects his family, shutting off contact for 2 years and not returning home until 6 years later. A bigger show of irony is Frankenstein’s constant return to isolation. Even after becoming somewhat mentally insane, Henry restores his friend and rehabilitates him back to his previous health. Although not fully recovered, Victor returns home and decides not to tell his family, but rather go back into nature for more isolation, He did not learn from his actions and after the monster pays him a visit, Frankenstein continues his mission in isolation. (Takes place in chapter 9 and 10) 9.What does the death of William symbolize?

a crippled elderly man, head of maintenance at an amusement park called “Ruby Pier”, who is the protagonist and the main character of this novel. He was jokingly known as “Eddie Maintenance.” Eddie sees his life as worthless until he died on his 83rd birthday during a freak accident at the park trying to save a child from falling roller coaster car. He was awaken in Heaven and was taken a journey to meet five people whose lives intertwined with his in many ways which he never expected. • Eddie’s Mother-

Defying this, a hero is always able to persevere through whatever challenge is thrown at them. Odysseus suffered through many ordeals before he returned to his wife, “… naked and near death on the island of the Phaeacians. Far gone in weariness, in oblivion, the noble and enduring man slept on…” (5). Despite all odds and Poseidon 's wrath, Odysseus somehow made it out alive while still retaining the strength to complete his initial quest. Any mortal man would have been happy staying with Calypso forever, but Odysseus resisted these humanly temptations and set out once again, his life still in danger.

Turning from a prideful boy to being merciful toward his dead brother. In fact, it all began when his brother was born, “with a tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old man’s” (595). Doodle is weakened and incapable of doing activities normal kids do at his age. The narrator encourages Doodle to keep on pushing, but no sooner does the narrator learn that pushing Doddle over his limitations will sooner or later kill him. The narrator kills Doodle indirectly, as a consequence of the lack of knowledge he has about Doodle’s medical issues, and as said before, being enveloped in pride.

His life only continued to worsen; he was surrounded by an endless cycle of bitterness. At last, as the pain of the real world continued to engulf that last piece of hope that Waldo had for happiness, he locked himself inside his imaginary world. At the beginning, he had spent a few hours in the real world, being judged and ignored. Unable to bear the loneliness, Waldo began to spend less and less time in his world, until one day he stopped waking up. No matter who attempted, Waldo was unable to open his eyes.

Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death; most run with fear when they hear these words, these names. At one point in time they were quiet, unknown to the human world, walking alone in their own universe. It wasn 't until they collided, completely oblivious to the powers that each of them inherited from birth which sat, awaiting the moment they could burst from the souls of their captors. Regulation of these events was done thoroughly through the years leading up to the breaking of the Seal 's, uncontrollable killings of all sorts taking over when these beings were released.

The greatest tragedy here is that Jake seemed to have given up, not on life or anything existential, but just on romanticism. Both know that they could not have each other due to Jake’s ‘condition’ and Brett’s sexual tendencies, and while Brett appeared to still dwell on the life that could have been, Jake had obviously given up. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway displays a tragic storyline with deeply flawed, broken characters. No character had an actual ‘happy ending’ or general improvement in their lives; if anything they were worse off at the end than the beginning and had hurt each other more. If not for these reasons, then the very fact of Jake’s abandonment of romantic ideas should be thoroughly convincing that The Sun Also Rises is in fact, a

Without sufficient strength delving into the Great Axe's depths was tantamount to suicide. His smile soon turned into a frown however as he turned around to look for the long departed hart. Finding himself alone in the wide glade his frown deepened and contorted his innocent features. As mystical as this relic was it wouldn't feed him and his father.

— Albert Einstein did not speak until he was four years old and didn 't read until he was seven. His teacher described him as "mentally slow, unsociable and adrift forever in his foolish dreams." He was expelled and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic

As if not satisfied with his evil deeds, his brain development was rapid, requiring few guidelines in his childhood to adhere to societal and psychological rules. This further denied Nelson a moment to groom his anatomical

The Big Three (Greek Mythology) Did you ever wonder who the big three of Greek mythology are? Well if you did read on… Hades is the oldest , followed by Poseidon then Zeus. Hades is more shadowy.

In one of the most heartfelt moments of The Odyssey, Odysseus meets his mother in Hades on his journey back to Ithaca and discovers of her passing. So she spoke, and my heart yearned To embrace the ghost of my dead mother.

Reading throughout the myths of Osiris and Hades, there were several differences in symbolism. Hades’ myth talks about the kidnapping of Demetrius’ daughter, Persephone, taken in the underworld with him. Zeus, alarmed for the barren earth, sought for Persephone's return. However, because she had eaten pomegranate seeds while in the underworld, Hades had a claim on her. Therefore, it was decreed that Persephone would spend four months each year in the underworld.