Helen Crump Essays

1. I Love Lucy: How does this program deal with—or exploit—Ricky's Cuban heritage? The I Love Lucy Television Series took a risk by introducing a multiracial family as the main characters of the show; however the comedy hit became one of the most successful of the early 1950’s. Husband, Ricky Ricardo was introduced as your typical hot headed Cuban, who worked a medium to lower class job as an entertainer/musician at a local nightclub. There have been times when the program deliberately joked or

angered her husband at the time Agamemnon, thus began the gruesome war. In the painting Helen of Troy, Evelyn de Morgan uses the immaculate beauty of Helen to show that people can easily be distracted by beauty. While in the poem the “Description of Helen.” Christopher Marlowe uses the same scene to show that people should not dwell or worship others only because of their beauty. In the poem “The Description of Helen” Christopher Marlowe uses vivid imagery

Troy is a film based on the philosopher Homers “Iliad, depicting the battle between the ancient civilisations of Troy and Sparta. This battle was brought on by the mistake of Prince Paris (Orlando Bloom) courting the Spartan king Menelaus’s wife (Diane Kruger) after a truce was accepted. Using this, king Agamemnon declared war against the Trojan empire; and in so there downfall. This film has much contradiction to whether it is reliable. Critics and historians show mixed perspectives regarding the

An archetype is an image, a descriptive detail, a plot pattern, or a type of character that occurs multiple times in myth, literature, religion, or folk lore. Archetypes often provoke emotion in the reader as they awaken an image, calling illogical responses into play. Many novels, legends, and myth are made up of archetypes which causes similarities in the plots of many novels. For example, the Helper God, the golden place, seasons and metamorphosis are archetypes that make up modern literature

Women’s Characterization in Hemingway Erica Jong once said, “Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.” Throughout history, women have been pushed around, their voices silenced, their opinions challenged; women had to fight for their rights. Similarly, in Hemingway’s short stories, “Cat in the Rain” and “Hills Like White Elephants,” women are often in relationships in which they do not have an equal say, they are sad and longing for more than they have

Born on the island of Delos to the king of the gods himself and the lovely lady Leto, Apollon, more commonly known as the God Apollo, is easily one of the most salient of the twelve Olympian deities. Patron of the Delphi, along with a myriad else, the oracular Apollo is known far and wide throughout classic art, literature, and even in the modern day astral field of astronomy itself. Of light and truth, healing and plague, Apollo is both harmonious and contradictory at times, yet at his core, a bright

Gender roles are something that has been very significant for ages and have also played a very important role in how society ran. Gender roles, society and life have changed so much over the years and you can see the difference between things then and now, we must look around and think about everything that is going on and how we can avoid repeating the negative in the past. From the Victorian era to today gender roles have changed significantly, but many things are still the same. Males have always

tell she is putting things off for as long as she can, but what if her alone was not enough. Helen was able to run away from Menelaus and go back to Troy with Paris. After a few years of her being said that she was kidnapped, she came back and had to suffer however Menelaus treated her. Helen found her own strength and told the truth of where she had been and how it was her choice to leave Sparta. Helen and Penelope are powerful greek women, but only Penelope is viewed as perfect for staying loyal

to be born child, Helen attempted to get every detail perfect. She stood in the kitchen preparing the dinner menu when she received word from her Loyal Servant, Ekristam, that Odysseus and his family had been unfortunate and effortlessly jerked off course. The trip had been smooth sailing with clear skies and calm seas; however, this soothing experience is something that Odysseus has never encountered. As Odysseus and his family set out for a celebration with the angelic Helen of Sparta, Odysseus

wisdom and military victory, patron of city of Athens.(perseus) Roman name Minerva. Her parents were Metis and Zeus. She had a lot of siblings and half siblings Artemis, Aphrodite, the Muses, the Graces, Ares, Apollo, Dionysus, Hebe, Hermes, Heracles, Helen of Troy, Hephaestus, Mino, Perseus, Porus.(goddess) Athena was a tall, slim women with Bluish-green eyes trickling light, wearing a suit of armour and a golden helmet.Her powers authority over wisdom and crafts, which includes agriculture, spinning

I have chosen Andromeda-also know as The Chained Woman as my constellation. I chose Andromeda as my constellation because it sounded interesting. When I read the name, it just caught my attention, I wanted to know why this constellation was called The Chained Woman. I wanted to know the story behind it and find out who this woman was. Some information about The Chained Woman is that she is located in the northern sky. Andromeda was catalouged by Ptolemy- a Greek astronomer in the 2nd century. Andromeda

because of Helen, who was the wife of King Menelaus of the Spartans. In a quick turn of events, Helen had fallen in love with Paris, and the lovers fled to Troy. After the 10 year war, Troy had been burned to its knees and all of the residents with it, and Helen was stuck with only two options. The first was to stay with the Greeks, who she had betrayed and caused the 10-year war with, or to stay with the Trojans, who were killed by the Greeks when Troy was burned, and few remained.

Hypnos Hypnos is the child of the primordial gods Nyx, the deity of night, and Erebus, the deity of darkness. Hypnos is a very solidary Greek god who resides in a cave in the underworld that does not see the light of the rising sun or the light of the moon. The most notable features of the cave are the Lethe, the river of forgetfulness, that runs through the cave and the hypnotic plants that reside outside his cave. In the Ovid, Hypnos is also the father of three children, Morpheus, Phobetor, Phantasos

The ten year war between the Trojans and Greeks was centered on Helen’s kidnapping. King Menelaus was not at all happy that his beloved Queen had been kidnapped. So, like every king did in those days, he sent 1,186 naval ships and 100,000 soldiers to take back what was rightfully his. The soldiers set siege to the city of Troy, but could not breach the city, due to the Troy’s mighty defences. After ten years, with neither side taking the lead, one of the Greek generals, Odysseus, wanted to go back

person who took Helen lives. In the film, Agamemnon, Helen, Paris, all exist, and the background of Paris stealing Helen away is incorporated in the film. However, it is incorporated differently, as no Gods are in the film, and the Golden Apple isn’t even mentioned. Instead, Paris and Hector negotiate a peace treaty with Menelaus, but end up breaking that treaty about 5 seconds after they made it, because Paris smuggles Helen on board their ship, which doesn’t sit well with

is informed of this during preparations for war in the movie adaptation of the famous Trojan War. Trojan princes, Paris and Hector, arrive in Sparta to begin peace talks, yet the young prince Paris falls in love with the beautiful Queen of Sparta. Helen reveals her disdain for the King and agrees to flee leave with Paris to Troy, despite the war such an action would bring. Her disappearance is discovered by King Menelaus, of Sparta, and he goes to his brother to request aid in destroying Troy. At

Task 1 The story of the abduction of Helen initiated with Eris the goddess of discord. The marriage of the King Peleus with the sea Nymph Thetis was held on the mountain of the Pelion in Thessaly, in Central Greece. Eris was not invited. She was outraged and disturbed the wedding feast and threw a golden apple onto the table, which apple belonged to, Eris said, whomever was the fairest. Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite each reached for the apple. Zeus declared that Paris, prince of Troy who thought to

“To Helen” from Edgar Allan Poe and “Helen” by H.D. are two poems with drastically juxtaposing views of Grecian legend Helen of Troy. Helen was despised for being the cause of the Trojan War, but her beauty stole the hearts of numerous men of the time and those of many men today. These two poets express their views through the use of literary elements such as speaker, imagery, and form. Two different speakers offer two very different opinions of Helen of Troy. Poe’s speaker in “To Helen” has a very

Helen of Troy Helen is the most beautiful woman in Greece and married to King Menelaus of Sparta. People consider her as the daughter of the most puissant god, Zeus. However, her captivating beauty causes prince Paris to elope her. The poem, To Helen, by Edgar Allan Poe, reveals his love and affection for Helen’s beauty. Whereas the second poem, Helen, by H.D. Greeks revile the beauty and attractiveness that Helen possessed. These two poems referring to Helen of Troy reveals the two speakers’ attitude

in Greek mythology and particularly in the story of Helen. In Greek legend the god Zeus disguises himself as a swan and seduces and rapes a woman named Leda. The product of this rape is Helen, known as the most beautiful woman in the world. She grows up in Sparta, Greece and becomes the wife of King Menelaus. She is then known as Helen of Sparta. Then, the Trojan prince Paris falls in love with her. He abducts her from Sparta and names her Helen of Troy. This starts a war between Greece and Troy