to be noted‚ first of all‚ both Bathers and Leda with the Swan feature nude figures bathing in the water‚ with trees around them. They are both very natural scenes and have a relaxed air about them. Both of the paints have a low tonal range‚ but Bathers is bright and lively‚ even though the scene shown is relaxed the brighter colours coming from the right shows that the scene might be depicted earlier in the day‚ whereas in Leda with the swan the temperature is low and its significantly darker than
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Leda and the Swan notes Origins Leda and the Swan was a Greek myth in which the God Zeus transformed into a swan and raped the girl Leda. Different versions of the myth disagree on whether Leda was actually raped or seduced by Zeus. In the myth‚ Leda gave birth to four children‚ who hatched from eggs. One of the children was Helen of Troy‚ the woman the Trojan War was fought over. Analysis on form The poem is a sonnet-it has 14 lines. Each of the lines has 10 beats to it. Yeats plays with
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Year 11 Short Story Unit Writing Task How does “Wild Swans” explore the central character’s experience of adolescence? In Alice Munro’s short narrative Wild Swans‚ the female adolescent narrator‚ Rose‚ travels alone on a train ride to Toronto. On the train she is sexually harassed by a minister and through Rose’s reactions to the harassment‚ readers are given a vivid image of how Rose experiences adolescence. Throughout the story‚ Rose experiences fear and confusion about growing up‚ prompting herx
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In William Butler Yeats poem "Leda and the Swan"‚ he uses the fourteen lines of the traditional sonnet form in a radical‚ modernist style. He calls up a series of unforgettable‚ bizarre images of an immediate physical event using abstract descriptions in brief language. Through structure and language Yeats is able to paint a powerful sexual image to his readers without directly giving the meaning of the poem. "Leda and the Swan" is a violent‚ sexually explicit poem with its plain diction‚ rhythmic
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Swan Lake Ballet is a form of dance that started during Western Europe during the Renaissance. Itwas created towards the end of the romantic period‚ so the culture and style of romanticism was prominent‚ with glimpses of the beginning of the classical era. Because of this‚ it contains elements of both eras. Some of the romantic characteristics include the pursuit of the unattainable‚ romance‚ fantasy‚ focus on the female role‚ simple play‚ pointe work‚ soft and feminine technique for females and
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The poem contains philosophical issues‚ for the author speaks about life in his poem and about the fact that everything will happen again‚ even thought without our presence. The theme of the infinity of the beauty‚ freedom and the impossibility to stop the time may be obviously seen‚ too. The swans are “wild”‚ just like the author used to be. The poem has the structure of five stanzas‚ each consisting out of six lines. The rhyme scheme of each of the stanza is the same and is a-b-c-b-d-d and the
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After reading many novels throughout my life I would place‚ The Shadow Lines‚ by Amitav Ghosh‚ in my top 10 list. The novel is based on the narrator who was English educated but Indian born. The narrator illustrates and shares his views of foreign countries which he has never been to with other characters in the novel. Even though the narrator is English educated his values‚ ethics‚ and culture is more Indian than an American. Many of us now notice that when a person migrates from one country
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This poem is based on the Greek Myth of Leda and Zeus. Zeus took the form of a swan and raped Leda; who bore four children afterwards. Two of these were human; and allegedly her husband’s‚ and two of them demi-gods; among them was Helen of Troy. Helen of Troy caused the end of Greek mythology; the great battle to try and win her. In this poem‚ Yeats explores the motivations behind Leda and Zeus‚ and the results of what happened. This poem is in a sonnet form; usually a love poem. It is interesting
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1. I was most worried about what might happen to Omovo when he ran after the lady through the forest and got to the river. It seemed like he was going to run into a lot of trouble by following the lady all the way to her cave with the rest of the people she was with. 2. I think Omovo’s feelings towards the solders were more of fear and hate than anything else‚ it seemed from the beginning that he didn’t like them. After he saw them at the bar and they spit in his face‚ I think he got the feeling
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Narrative Response 1 The Shadow‚ was written by Albert Camus‚ in the year of 1942‚ just three years after World War Two began. Even though throughout the book much of the war isn’t shown‚ Albert Camus‚ was still able to incorporate one aspect of the war‚ racism. While at his mother’s funeral the main character first notices the women sitting next to his mother’s coffin. “An Arab woman—a nurse‚ I supposed—was sitting beside the bier; she was wearing a blue smock and had a rather gaudy scarf wound
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