Cassandra

“Their loud and ringing cry was of war, from anger, like vultures which in extreme anguish for their young wheel and spiral high above their nests....the sharp cry of these settlers in their home, and for the transgressors' later punishment sends a Fury” (48-52). Masculinity and warfare are allusions of a male dominated society, a society which is comprised in the story telling of greek mythology. These stories depict distinct roles of ideal men and women, they emphasize the power of men in…

prominent being Clytemnestra and how she basically ruled the kingdom while Agamemnon was away fighting in the war, also killing Agamemnon and Cassandra herself, something women were not thought of to do. Also, especially according to the chorus, Aegisthus, Clytemnestra’s lover, does not confirm to his gender roles by letting Clytemnestra kill Agamemnon and Cassandra, instead of doing it himself. These are two people who went against the way things are in Greece; they committed what is called…

The answer is not yet to be found.For instance, in the case of Cassandra C., a 17-year- old from Connecticut. On September 2014, Cassandra was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma but refused to undergo chemotherapy treatment because its was ‘poisonous.' She stated that chemotherapy caused harm, destroyed fertility organs and was toxic to the body. Her…

On the sixteenth day of December in the 1775th year, a daughter of the name Jane Austen was born to George and Cassandra Austen of Steventon, Hampshire, England. Austen grew up with a highly literate family – her father being an Oxford-educated clergyman and her mother was a humorous, aristocratic woman. (Biography) Austen had a large family consisting of six brothers and one sister aside from herself and her parents. “Jane grew up with a normal life. She studied at the town of Oxford, and then…

My aunt Cassandra, aka Cassie the Cowgirl, is not only my most unique family member, but also my inspiration as a woman. Throughout her life, Cassie defied stereotypes and obstacles even with her own family. Cassie found a love for bull riding at a very young age and never gave up on her dream of professional bull riding. . On August 4th, 1959 Cassandra was born into a family of 6 boys. She grew up playing outside with her brothers and running around her neighborhood. Living on a farm, Cassie…

not as a princess as she wanted therefore, showing that Nina was nothing to her. Cassandra, the maid, wore billowing…

provides an understanding of future events. Firstly, the comparison of both Clytemnestra and Agamemnon as animals reveals their hidden nature. Cassandra exclaims, "Protect the bull from the cow... She strikes!" through this, Cassandra compares Agamemnon to a bull and Clytemnestra to a cow (Aeschylus 1125-26). An important aspect to note is how Cassandra switches the…

Around the beginning of the twenty-first century, Marvel produced X-Men crossover series. However, readers opposed these series because the plots veered away from the main storyline. With the release of the film X-Men (2002), fans were able to see a new form of the X-Men as Professor Xavier fought for peace with while Magneto attempted to completely control human society thus making mutants superior. The 2008 publication of Grant Morrison’s New X-Men further exposed readers to a reinvented…

Hecuba, all fail to heed her version of logic. Hecuba’s rhetoric fails to persuade Odysseus to release her daughter from execution. Furthermore, she convinces Agamemnon to summon Polymestor not with her pleas but by bribing him with her daughter Cassandra, his concubine. Lastly, violence shows itself to trump reason as it corrupts Hecuba as she takes vengeance on Polymestor. Hecuba makes a logical heart-felt argument to free her daughter from being Achilles sacrifice, but Odysseus, a man of…

catharsis process is purging, when the emotions of pity and fear are forcefully removed. According to Aristotle, as he wrote in the Poetics, the purpose of a catharsis is to purge people of their emotions. The first vision that Cassandra sees is that of Agamemnon’s death. Cassandra says, “You…