Cassandra Essays

The rape of Cassandra Cassandra was the daughter of King Priam, who was promised by god Apollo to teach her the art of prophecy. He hoped that she would fall in love with him but she rejected him. Apollo was so upset that he cursed her never to be believed by anyone and she was seen as a madwoman and a liar by her family and by the people of Troy. Although she was seen as liar and a madwoman by her own people, what she foresee in the future was true and it happened, it got to the point where her

Cassandra is one of the few characters in the play who can see with clarity. She has been given the gift of telling prophecies, but has also been cursed so that no one believes her. While standing outside the house, Cassandra begins to tell the prophecy of Agamemnon’s death to the chorus of men. These men do not believe her, and just think that she has gone mad. While the chorus of men are unable to believe Cassandra due to the curse, the men are also ‘blind’

Clytemnestra became furious with Agamemnon for having a mistress and also for sacrificing one of their daughters to calm the sea. In anger, Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon and Cassandra and proclaimed herself ruler of Argos. At this time, having an affair may have been more socially acceptable than it would be today, however, this seems as though it might be a rational, but somewhat violent reaction to finding out that your husband

Revenge and justice are powerful motives when it comes to people basing actions from emotional distress. When referring to revenge, people tend to feel no remorse once they have been wronged by someone especially someone they love. Throughout the three different stories told in Aeschylus’s Oresteia, the reader can learn how each person seeking revenge ends up as the victim due to their actions taken as personal gain of power. Agamemnon is the first example of personal gain of winning a war through

This chapter will discuss the journey of King Ken Arok in building Singasari kingdom and assess his life story as depicted in Kitab Pararaton according to Joseph Campbell’s outline of Hero’s Journey. The epic hero of Kitab Pararaton is Ken Arok, an incarnation of Wisnu who was born of a poor widow. Through ups and downs and a lot of crime-committing, Ken Arok succeeded in becoming the first king who built the Singasari Kingdom. Unfortunately, his past of hurting people to achieve what he was ‘destined’to

In Euripides’s The Bacchae and in William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, I found the gender roles in these particular plays to be very interesting because this was my first exposure to cross-dressing in works of literature. In The Bacchae, women play a huge role because women are often portrayed as feminine and inferior in many past works, however, in The Bacchae, the women of Thebes decide to rebel against the men and join the Greek God of grape harvesting, wine, fertility, and partying, in the woods

ustice, fairness, and decency, abstract concepts that are innate in society and human nature. However, despite their near universal status in humanities mid, they often have different meanings for individuals. Aeschylus uses The Oresteia in order to explore these issues as characters in the play try to determine what it means to be just, what ought a just actor do, and what is the best model for achieving justice. The characters discuss ideas such as vengeance, reciprocity, balance, moderation, and

Introduction The course of literature, though it continues to modernize and move forward as us, it is still a reflection and culmination of history. Relics of the past still linger and in one way or another in literature, Greek literature being one of the prominent relics that were used in historical literatures and are still being used today. Many of the modern age literature burrowed plot devices, concepts and archetypes from the Greeks. Even in movies and television series, there are various

Epic poetry is basically a long narrative poem, that is based on stories that are larger than life. For instance it is about the grandeur of warriors, bravery of heroes, various Gods, kings and their kingdoms. In style and theme, it is majestic. It basically incorporates mythicism, religious affairs, legend, folktales, historical events that are of national significance. It sometimes involves events that are of universal significance aswell. National significance basically is taken in a sence that

The choice to retaliate or forgive when wronged is a crucial decision everyone must make. Vengeance and virtue are deeply ingrained in the human condition, transcending all cultural and societal barriers. In literature, vengeance, and virtue are universal themes, as seen in Alexandre Dumas’ novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, and William Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest. However, when it comes to the fundamental aspects of the human condition, the value of virtue far outweighs the value of vengeance

Lauren Arant Mr. McInnis English IV 19 February 2018 The Medieval View of Courtly Love in “The Knight’s Tale” Courtly love can mean different things for different poets, genres, and periods. During The Medieval Times in western Europe, poets wrote in the courts of nobility and developed a new approach to love. In the Medieval Times, the new approach to love was called Courtly Love. The medieval view of Courtly Love is evident in “The Knight’s Tale” by chivalry, the rules of Courtly Love, and the

HOSEA The prophet Hosea lived in the kingdom of northern Israel in the eighth century B.C., a time of great political change and struggle. The Hebrew monarchy felt the need to make political alliances with pagan kings to keep Israel on friendly terms with other nations. Individual Hebrews often married or in business deals with pagans, were attracted to the sexual rites in the pagan fertility temple. Of particular danger to the Hebrew faith were the cults of the storm god Baal, the Lord of the Winds

How does Miller explore the theme of Betrayal in ‘A View from the Bridge’? Betrayal is an extremely important theme in Arthur Millers 1950’s play ‘A View from the Bridge’. The setting and community of the play, play a vital role in showing this themes significance; with the Italian American Red Hook community underpinned by the law of Omertà, a code that dictates silence and forbade people from cooperating with authorities, an extremely obvious portrayal of how betrayal is loathed within the community

Blood for blood – a life for a life: this is the form of justice that exists in Aeschylus’s 2500-year-old trilogy, The Oresteia. But there are many kinds of justice, and Aeschylus explores its many forms: Familial and ensconced in law, reciprocal and democratic. Our modern world has organised justice – we have law courts and jurors, murder as manslaughter, conspiracy, association and attempted but Aeschylus asks: can there be one right way to determine justice? This underlying theme along with the

Cassandra, also known as Alexandra, is the daughter of the king Priam in Greek Mythology and in epics such as the Odyssey and the Iliad. While she is thought to be cynical by the people of Troy in the stories for her punishment of never being believed, she is in all actuality a very unfortunate heroine. Not only is Cassandra unfortunate, but she is a misunderstood hero as well, and it’s supposed to be made very clear that she is not only a hero, but has surprisingly great intentions in two main ways

Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train so what happens next? Suspense...intrigue...lots of characters and sub-plots. The Cassandra Crossing is a 1976 Disaster - Thriller film directed by George Pan Cosmatos and features an All-Star cast that includes Richard Harris, Sophia Loren, Martin Sheen, Burt Lancaster, Lee Strasberg, Ava Gardner and O. J. Simpson. An infected Swedish terrorist stows away on this train and inadvertently infects

”we create war.” When placing lines like these early in the drama, Osofisan guides the reception towards an emphasis on human beings rather than on the gods. The links between gods and humans are the priests, in Greek and Yoruba religion alike. Cassandra in The Trojan Women is such a priest. In Osofisan’s adaptation, Cassandra’s counterpart is Orisaye. Osofisan follows Euripides’s play rather closely, and Orisaye’s frenzy, too, is seen by the other characters as madness. In particular, her own mother

The movie was entitled “The Cassandra Crossing” released on 1976 and directed by George Pan Cosmatos. The actors in the movie are Richard Harris as Dr. Jonathan Chamberlain, Sophia Loren as Jennifer Chamberlain, Burt Lancaster as Colonel Stephen Mackenzie, and Ingrid Thulin as Dr. Elena Stradner. It started when three terrorist tried to blow up the U.S. mission at the International Health Organization but they failed because one of them was shot by the security, the other one escapes and the last

It was summer time and Cassandra Gherkin was packing her things into a large brown duffle bag. Why you may ask. Well, Cassandra was heading off to her first overnight sleep away camp. She was very nervous because she rarely leaves the house unless she is going to the therapist for her "issues". When Cassandra was 5 she had been heavily abused by her alcoholic father. Now at 12 years old she still carries around her childhood trauma. Ever since the incident she has had trouble with everyday

I am reading City of Glass by Cassandra Clare and I am on page 437. This book is about Shadowhunters and Downworlders coming together to save themselves from Valentine, a corrupt Shadowhunter, and his army of demons aiming to destroy the Shadowhunter and Downworlder races in a bloody war. At the center of the conflict lies Jace and Clary. The siblings’ father is the leader of the demon army and it is their duty to stand against him and fight with their friends and family. Jace has demon blood inside