Essays about: "Immortality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the word Immortality.

1. 1. Goddess, Lover, Mother, Witch : Feminist Revisionist Mythmaking and Feminine Morphology of Narrative in Madeline Miller’s Circe

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Wiktoria Grzybowska; [2023]
   Keywords : feminism; feminist literary theory; greek mythology; feminist mythmaking; revisionism; Circe; Madeline Miller; The Odyssey;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to position Circe by Madeline Miller as an example of feminist revisionist mythmaking and investigate some of the novel’s revisionary practices. I thus begin by introducing the project of feminist revisionism, as conceptualized by several different feminist thinkers. READ MORE

3. 2. Heracles and the lion : Analysis of a black-figure lekythos from the Gustavianum collection

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Lovisa Lundholm; [2022]
   Keywords : Heracles; Lekythos; Lekythoi; Twelve labors; The Nemean lion;

   Abstract : This study analyzes the appearance of the myth of Heracles and the Nemean lion on a lekythos from the Uppsala University Museum Gustavianum collection in Uppsala. The lekythos is a small oil vessel generally associated with fifth century B.C. burials. READ MORE

4. 3. The Lily of the Nile : A work on the ritualistic use of an ancient flower of immortality

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för forskning om religion och samhälle (CRS)

   Author : Christie Gutierrez Haddad; [2021]
   Keywords : Ancient Egypt; water lily; entheogen; medicine; content analysis; immortality; lotus;

   Abstract : In pharaonic times, religion, magic and medicine had little distinction between each other due to the commonly held belief that all parts of life were influenced and even controlled by divinity and the supernatural. To navigate life easier, and in true Egyptian fashion, a large corpus of text was composed of magic, medicine and religion. READ MORE

5. 4. Media and (Im)mortality : The Influence of Death on Popularity and Success

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Aldona Martynenka; [2020]
   Keywords : media; death; immortality; celebrity; fandom; popularity;

   Abstract : Musicians who die young often become more famous after their death and moreover, this popularity sometimes continues to exist years or even decades afterwards which consequently has a chance to turn these musicians into legends. Research has shown that the development of media and the growing celebrity culture have impacted the ways individuals perceive famous people. READ MORE

6. 5. Unlocking your digital legacy : A perspective on immortality through our digital traces

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Klio Rapakoulia; [2019]
   Keywords : interaction design; immortality; digital traces; digital fragments; digital age; data; death; digital legacy; digital legacy; digital self; digital death; digital graveyard; data mortis;

   Abstract : Every day, we use technology. Online interactions leave traces and traces serves as portals into different aspects of our personalities, or how we want to be perceived by others. We are encouraged to record and express everything, from our most important moments to the least. READ MORE