Essays about: "mythological example"

Found 2 essays containing the words mythological example.

1. 1. 'And then there were none...' - Niobe and her Children

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

   Author : Dafni Margari-Paschali; [2013]
   Keywords : tragedy; mythological example; deconstruction; hubris; Niobids; Niobe; Greek mythology; Attic black-figure pottery; Attic red-figure pottery; Italian red-figure pottery; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : How can a myth for human arrogance and slaughter have a consolatory effect? Niobe, a proud mother of six sons and an equal number of daughters, claimed superiority over Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis. As a consequence for this insolence, she was deprived from her motherhood; the divine archers slaughtered her children one by one. READ MORE

3. 2. Thomas Hardy's Goddess: A Mythological Reading of "Tess of the d'Urbervilles"

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Carl Nimrod Åhrman; [2010-08-04]
   Keywords : Victorian novel; Mythology; Thomas Hardy; Animal Symbolism; Pathetic Fallacy; Modern analysis of 19th century literature; English countryside;

   Abstract : This essay strives to make a re-definition of Thomas Hardy's classic heroine Tess, from "Tess of the d'Urbervilles", an archetypal example of a fallen woman. The fallen woman was a phenomenon of Victorian culture, a puritan way of keeping young girls from losing their morals, but Hardy's Tess is more than a warning example, she is a strong woman who is more reminiscent of the female divinities of Greek mythology. READ MORE