RAPE "Leda and the Swan" is a sonnet written by William Butler Yeats. The subject matter is taken from one of the many stories in Greek mythology. The swan is the god Zeus in disguise. He forces himself on Leda and because she had also had sex with her husband‚ the Spartan king Tyndareus‚ she becomes pregnant with four fetuses. The most important of these offspring on the development of the Western civilization is Helen of the Trojan War. A close study of "Leda and the Swan" reveals how Yeats
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The new film "Black Swan‚" directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman‚ is a mesmerizing tale of a young woman’s descent into fear and paranoia. Portman plays Nina‚ a ballet dancer with a major company in New York City. As a sheltered good girl‚ Nina is naturally suited to the pure and intricate "White Swan" role in "Swan Lake." But that same leading part also requires her to portray the seductive and malicious "Black Swan." To nab the all-important spot‚ Nina must draw from the
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He is a young man embarking on a journey that will most likely shape the rest of his life. He has finished school and is in search of employment. Hawthorne places David Swan in a slightly secluded and scenic area off the side of a roadway. This quiet area‚ near a pond‚ is a tranquil place for David Swan to fall asleep. This environment simulates the blindness everyone has to their own existence and further exhibits what Hawthorne described in his opening paragraph when he stated‚ "There are innumerable
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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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This is a good question because prevention of terrorist attacks is determined almost entirely by knowing when and where they will happen. In his book “The Black Swan”‚ Nassim Nicholas Taleb uses the terrorist attacks of September 11‚ 2001‚ to illustrate the importance of what he has termed a “Black Swan” event. A Black Swan is an event with three attributes‚ quoting Taleb: “First‚ it is an outlier‚ as it lies outside the realm of regular expectations‚ because nothing in the past can convincingly
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It all started with the desire of a ballerina to get the main role in their recital “Swan Lake”‚ in which the chosen ballerina would portray not only the white swan but the black swan as well. However‚ this person who aspire to get the part‚ lack the characteristics that the black swan possesses‚ that may be the cause of all the strange things that is happening to her‚ Nina Sayers‚ the protagonist of the movie. Nina who is on her late 20’s yet lives with her mother‚ who I assume where Nina gets
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Wild swans Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China is a memoir of three generations of Chinese women from Imperial China through and beyond the Cultural Revolution. Chang’s grandmother was a warlord’s concubine. Her gently raised mother struggled with hardships in the early days of Mao’s revolution and rose‚ like her husband‚ to a prominent position in the Communist Party before being denounced during the Cultural Revolution. Chang herself marched‚ worked‚ and breathed for Mao until doubt crept in
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Wild Swans by Alice Munro In the story “Wild Swans‚” Rose is learning about the destructive potential of relationships at home. The story mainly takes place on a train journey. Rose is traveling to Toronto by herself with ten dollars ¨in a little cloth bag which she sewed to the strap of Rose´s slip´. Before she leaves‚ Flo‚ Roseś step-mom‚ tells Rose to be careful‚ everyone wants to hurt you. Rose does not believe anything Flo warns her about in the community of Toronto. The reason she is going
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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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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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