Prometheus and Gaea: Ayn Rand’s Choice of Characters Throughout Greek mythology Prometheus is known as the fire bearing Titan who rebelled against Zeus and saved the world from his curse of a heatless and lightless punishment. Like wise‚ Equality in Anthem also rebels against his government in response to seeing the corruption within it. These similarities show how their lives exemplify the ideal of individualism. Furthermore‚ Gaea‚ the goddess of earth‚ is comparable with The Golden One from
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Von Goethe “Prometheus” 1. Prometheus is the speaker of this poem‚ and he is speaking to the god of the gods. 2. In the first stanza‚ a simile occurs‚ it says “And‚ like the boy who lops the thistles’ heads” This simile here was revealed by Prometheus and he was referring Zeus to an evil trickster young man. Furthermore‚ the purpose of this simile is to visualize the boy who is ripping off the heads of a beautiful flower‚ which is an evil action. However‚ The reason that Prometheus is referring
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PART A 1. INDUSTRY PROFILE 1.1 General Introduction: India’s consumer market is riding the crest of the country’s economic boom. Driven by a young population with access to disposable incomes and easy finance options‚ the consumer market has been throwing up staggering figures. India officially classifies its population in five groups‚ based on annual household income (based on year 1995-96 indices). These groups are: Lower Income; three subgroups of Middle Income; and Higher Income. However‚
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There was not one distinct issue that lead to the Eureka stockade on the Ballarat goldfields. In Victoria‚ hostility between the miners and government arose because of the dreadful living and working environments. These complications began to grow because of the deficient gold licensing system. Specific occurrences in Ballarat created the hostility to break out into the chaos and violence between miners and authorities. This event is known as the Eureka stockade. A difficult journey to the goldfields
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EUREKA FORBES (The Direct Marketing Pioneer) The case examines the strategies adopted (over the years) by leading consumer appliances company Eureka Forbes in India. The case explores how the company built up the vacuum cleaner and water/air purifier markets in India from scratch through its direct marketing efforts. The various initiatives to ensure good customer service and enhance customer satisfaction are examined in detail. The case also discusses the company’s attempt to enter the bottled
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The Eureka Rebellion‚ the great triumph of our nation‚ where we won our fight for rights and freedom‚ the beginning of democracy. Was it really a triumph though? Can it be argued that it was instead a tragedy? From who’s point of view is it from? The diggers? The officers? The women? Perhaps people like Rede or Hotham. Most importantly though‚ what about now‚ in our times? From these unique viewpoints it adds up‚ it is neither triumph or a tragedy and it is both simultaneously. When someone is to
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THE MODERN PROMETHEUS IMPORTANT REFERENCES Paradise Lost Did I request thee‚ Maker‚ from my clay To mould me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me? Lines from John Milton ’s Paradise Lost From the title page of Frankenstein; or‚ The Modern Prometheuse‚ 1818 In Frankenstein‚ the intelligent and sensitive monster created by Victor Frankenstein reads a copy of Milton ’s Paradise Lost‚ which profoundly stirs his emotions. The monster compares his situation to that of Adam
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In Isaac Asimov’s "The Eureka Phenomenon"‚ he explains that when relaxed‚ a person’s mind can solve a problem‚ conflict‚ or make a discovery much easier than if the person was in a stressed out state of mind. Examples are provided all throughout the story‚ including the humorous story of King Hieron II and Archimedes. This story in a nutshell was about King Hieron II giving a large amount of gold to a goldsmith to fashion a crown. After receiving the crown‚ King Hieron II had suspicions that the
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Versus Prometheus What do a god and a crazy doctor have in common? Nothing right! Wrong! In the stories Prometheus and Frankenstein the protagonists are very alike in many ways. They both tried to play god‚ steal‚ and they both get punished for what they did. In the stories Prometheus and Frankenstein the protagonists both tried to play God in their own way. They did this by trying to create their own being or race to worship them. In the story Prometheus‚ the protagonist Prometheus takes
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similarities that exist between Katniss and Prometheus. This article tells a story of how Prometheus used his determination to help the people by giving them fire. In the Hunger Games it tells a story of how Katniss uses her courage in this sick and twisted game to start a fire for a rebellion. Even though they are both one person what they do is very important and helps tons of people. In the article it says‚”So instead of living on Olympus‚ Prometheus went out amongst men to live with them and
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