The Raft of the Medusa In 1819‚ the French painter‚ Theodore Gerricault‚ created a sensation in Parisian art circles and high-society when he unveiled a huge and impressive canvas entitled "Scene of Shipwreck." Not only is the painting gigantic (16 ft high and almost 24 ft wide)‚ but is also quietly horrifying. A group men on crowded fat are making an attempt to get a faraway ship to notice them. Survival looks almost impossible‚ and but the desperate situation does not even begin to suggest
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THE LAUGH OF MEDUSA 1. Cixous is well known for her notion of écriture feminine. In "The Laugh of the Medusa‚" Cixous maintains that to define a feminine practice of writing‚ or écriture feminine‚ is not possible since "it will always surpass the discourse that regulates the phallocentric system" that aims to theorize or enclose it (1976‚ p. 883). Cixous discusses her wariness of reductive language that would simplify or capture her practice of écriture feminine. Nonetheless‚ her basic attempt
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In the novel The Bell Jar‚ Sylvia Plath represents the idea of sexual double standards by introducing specific male characters into certain scenes. The main character‚ as well as the protagonist in the novel‚ Esther‚ portrays frustration when faced with the various social views that men have on women. Esther encounters one of the two‚ minor‚ male characters‚ Marco‚ who is a sadistic Peruvian man. Sylvia Plath describes Marco’s outlook on sex as demeaning to both men and woman‚ yet he proceeds to
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The Myth of Medusa “I am a monster. The worst kind of monster. The kind that people have told stories about for thousands of years. I am the Gorgon Medusa. And my eyes can turn anything into stone” (Heather Lyons). Medusa is a very popular creature of Greek Mythology. In two thousand and fifteen‚ there was a movie made about this interesting Greek mythology creature. She is known worldwide for her villainous locks and beady eyes. Although the name may seem familiar to many‚ not many people know
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Never make a god or goddess angry. Medusa learned that lesson the hard way. She made the goddess Athene infuriated by having relations with Poseidon in her temple‚ so to get revenge Athene turned her into a gorgon. She used to be one of the most beautiful women in Greece before making Athene upset‚ but after becoming a gorgon her hair turned into snakes‚ she grew claws‚ wings‚ and worst of all who ever looked at her turned into stone. After she was turned into a gorgon she was slain by Perseus and
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The Deadly Power of Medusa This book tells about Perseus’s voyage to capture the head of Medusa. It all started when King Acrisius went to see the oracle of Delphi and learned that his daughter‚ Danae‚ would have a son who would someday kill him. The king locked Dana in a bronze chamber to keep her from having any offspring. However‚ the god Zues came to see her and then their son‚ Perseus‚ was born. The king placed them (Danae and Perseus) in a chest and cast them off to sea. They ended up landing
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Medusa‚ the Misunderstood Gorgon By having the appearance of gruesome scaly skin with pure piercing green eyes‚ and the uncanny appearance of snake. This terrifying beast with collective serpent skin tied around her waist like a belt‚ is the one and only Medusa‚ as her Mythology name suggests. Medusa is most notably known for her distinctive snakes for hair. Not only did she have snakes for hair that already appalled all of mankind‚ she also has the capacity to turn anyone who looks into her eyes
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conditions on a raft occupied by shipwrecked passengers of the ship Medusa. This painting is dark and gloomy mostly by the colors that have been chosen to portray the scene appropriately. Gericault was known for making political statements in regards to the French government. Gericault used this painting to show the problems of social stratification and the discrimination during this time. According to history the crew of the Medusa along with some of the passengers were considered lower class and
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Raft of the Medusa Theodore Gericault‚Raft of the Medusa‚ 1818-1819 [oil on canvas]491X716cm The Raft of the Medusa was created by Theodore Gericault in the years 1818 and 1819 during the French Romantic period. This oil painting‚ which stands at a massive 491x716cm‚ was created to capture the tragedy of the Medusa.This essay discusses what the Raft of the Medusa was‚ the reasons behind why Theodore Gericault made this painting and the political impacts it had at the time it was made. The ‘Medusa’
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Helene Cixious’ The Laugh of the Medusa explores the relationship between gender and writing. Her article presents two aims: to break up and destroy‚ and to foresee the unforeseeable and project. Cixious wants to destroy the historical writing structure that has been led by males to repress women and keep them in the dark. "As soon as they (women) begin to speak‚ at the same time as they’re taught their name‚ they can be taught that their territory is black"(pg.575). Cixious’ use of the terms dark
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