contrast to our present day society in which we are moving towards collectivism‚ Ayn Rand’s Anthem depicts a collectivist society which is disrupted by Prometheus‚ the protagonist‚ ensuing in the creation of a newfound individualistic society separate from the original civilization. “The will of the Council is above all things” (34) in Prometheus’ society; they dominate the people’s occupation‚ living situation‚ and the knowledge they have access to. In an excerpt from Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead
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created the Titans. The Greek God’s created all the living beings on Earth because they were bored and had nothing else to do. Unlike God it did not take seven days to create all. The Greek God’s would just think of something and it would happen. Prometheus was given the task to mold the animals from clay and Epimetheus gave them their unique abilities. In the Bible‚ whatever Adam called the animal was what it was named. With humans however‚ it took many tries for mankind to be created and with both
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singularity and isolation of the town gives him the freedom to create a sequence of events that might seem unrealistic or impossible. In Faust‚ Goethe balances similar elements. His Faust is believed to be based upon a historical figure‚ who survived through legends and folktales before he was immortalized through literature; rather than inventing the entire story‚ Goethe was inventing a supernatural explanation for a fate of a legendary figure‚ already understood. The parallels between Faust and Satan in
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Epimetheus‚ the son of Uranus and Gaea‚ was a very important Titan. The Titans were the second generation of people. Epimetheus and one of his many brothers Prometheus were supposed to give characteristics to all the animals on earth as their job or duty. Although he wasn’t a genius and was often called foolish‚ he was worshiped like the other Titans for multiple reasons. He also had a huge family that would build mythology as we know it. His family was a very controlling family‚ meaning that they
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and strategies Both translators of Goethe’s Faust‚ namely Anna Swanwick (written 1878) and Howard Brenton (1995) have used very different styles when translating. The original text‚ Faust Part I‚ is a tragic play written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published in 1808. It consists of three preliminary sections and twenty-five scenes. The rhyme scheme is known as “Knüttelvers” and was popular during the Renaissance. It consists of four accented syllables in every line and an AABB or ABAB rhyming
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A collectivist society where individuality is punishable by death and all men are viewed as “all in one and one in all… indivisible and forever”; herein lies the world of Anthem‚ an atypical yet discomforting dystopian world (Rand 19). Like most dystopias‚ the government is oppressive and tyrannical‚ hiding behind a false veil of fairness and equality. Different is the retrogressive development of technology‚ which can be described as primitive at best. The stark contrast between this portrayal and
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for all mankind.” (98). Equality has now become an individual‚ only dependent on himself and cares only for those he chooses to care for. In chapter 12‚ Equality gives himself the name Prometheus.
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Pandora represents some of the things these people learned because of her curiosity and not being obedient. The tales told by the Ancient Greeks always had valuable meaning to them‚ such was the myth of Pandora. Pandora was created by Zeus because Prometheus took fire from Zeus. Zeus was very angry‚ so he ordered Hephaestus to create the first mortal woman‚ and that’s why she is very important in Greek Mythology (“PANDORA”). Pandora was given life by Athena‚
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architecture. It is indeed a response to what the author terms as ‘ocularcentrism’ of Modern Architecture. Ocularcentrism is the act of prioritizing visual stimuli to all other sensory stimuli available to a human perception. He quotes famous German poet‚ Goethe‚ in his defense‚ “the hands want to see‚ the eyes want to caress” Firstly‚ Pallasma discusses at length the sensory deprivation and distance caused by ocularcentrism; and how this keeps architecture from being as wholesome as it is capable of. This
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(See handout). 3. Thesis Statement / Essay Topic #3: The Modern Prometheus: The Meaning of the Subtitle of "Frankenstein" The subtitle of Shelley’s novel‚ Frankenstein‚ is “The Modern Prometheus.” Prometheus was a figure from Greek mythology who stole fire from the gods and used it to create humans. Based on your knowledge of this myth‚ construct an essay in which you defend or refute the idea that Victor is the modern Prometheus. Incorporate specific‚ concrete evidence from the novel to support
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