PHL-1010H-LD01 09/18/12 Socrates as eros? Truly‚ love takes on many different forms. Love‚ for many centuries‚ has been given many different names. It also serves different functions. To distinguish a specific type of love‚ one of them is called eros. How love as eros can be defined is based upon the utilization of a specific writer’s perspective. Numerous published written works may account for the definition of eros. In this Essay‚ Plato’s perception of love as eros will be described. Furthermore
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The plot of Much Ado About Nothing is based upon deliberate deceptions‚ some malevolent and others benevolent that functions the main and sub plot. But also Deceptions are used by Shakespeare to reveal a lot about characters and attitudes. The duping of Claudio and Don Pedro results in Hero’s disgrace‚ while the ruse of her death prepares the way for her redemption and reconciliation with Claudio. When Claudio has shamed and rejected Hero‚ Leonato and his household “publish” that Hero has died
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statue of Eros sleeping is one of the key attractions in the metropolitan museum collections for the lovers of ancient Greek history. A glimpse at the magnificent work of art takes one away‚ far back in time to the Hellenistic age. Clearly it is one of the most remarkable works in the Metropolitan Museums total collection. The statues sculptor is not known but the time of its making has been correctly identified. Moreover historical studies have revealed much surrounding the statue of Eros as a sleeping
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elements are privileged and which are suppressed. This variance in interpretation is exemplified in comparing two of the more recent cinematic adaptations of Shakespeare ’s comedies‚ Trevor Nunn ’s Twelfth Night and Kenneth Branagh ’s A Much Ado About Nothing [Much Ado ’]. Although both films can to an extent be seen as comedies with serious‚ almost tragic aspects inherent throughout‚ Nunn ’s film deals with these serious facets as central to the depiction‚ whereas Branagh‚ although not entirely ignoring
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The main quest in Jane Eyre is Jane’s search for family‚ for a sense of belonging and love. However‚ this search is constantly tempered by Jane’s need for independence. This does become an impediment in the love of jane and mr Rochester. She begins the novel as an unloved orphan who is almost obsessed with finding love as a way to establish her own identity and achieve happiness. Although she does not receive any parental love from Mrs. Reed‚ Jane finds surrogate maternal figures throughout the rest
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pieces of work‚ “Eros Sleeping” and “Composition V” by Wassily Kandinsky will be analyzed using five different theories‚ which include formalism‚ two expression theories and two contextual theories. The chosen expression theories are Leo Tolstoy’s view based on his text “What is Art?” and the expression theory of O. K. Bouwsma laid out in his writing “Philosophical Essays”. For the contextual theories‚ Marxist Aesthetics and Danto’s theory of art will be used. In each section‚ “Eros Sleeping” will
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The negative and positive impacts of love are explored using various main characters in the play ‘Much ado About Nothing’. The play was written by Shakespeare in the Elizabethan era and therefore love was portrayed in a very different way‚ they would have seen a woman as less important in a relationship; in this era however we have very different views and see both genders as equal. Consequently as the play progresses the Elizabethan audience would relate a lot more to the courtly love that Hero
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Sleeping Eros Most gods and goddesses during the Hellenistic period were portrayed as exactly that‚ godlike figures. However a new trend began to spread where the accuracy of age was required in order to add truth to the work created. The bronze statue of sleeping Eros was created between 3rd Century B.C. and 1st century A.D and supposedly it comes from the island of Rhodes. The length of the statue is only about 3 feet‚ a relatively small statue used to represent a god. Eros is portrayed
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Eros‚ the god of love‚ is persistently called upon to assist mortals in their quest for love. He embodies love and his figure is often depicted off of a person’s feelings towards love. Both poems address the relationship between Eros and humans; however‚ the two have opposing underlying beliefs on love. The two poems both use anatomic detail to relate the mortality and place of humans in their relationship with Eros. The first poem describes love as the “Tyrant of the Human heart”. The heart is
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AS English Literature – Unit 2 (Coursework) EXPLORATIVE STUDY Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is studied and his Much Ado About Nothing is used to explore the theme of love. Performances are referred to. Shakespeare’s romantic comedies explore love‚ the “divine passion”‚ in all its moods and intensities. Most characters in these two plays are in love‚ find love or seek it. Twelfth Night‚ reputedly the most mature of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies‚ weaves several such love stories into an intricate
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