Mike Wright English 2367 29 January 2014 Medical Muse Hysteria has been an available diagnosis of female mental and physical health since the fifth century. Hippocrates is known to have fathered the phrase in reference to “the wandering womb.” An innately feminine issue‚ translated from the Greek “hysterika” meaning “uterus.” (Gilman 3‚ 4) History provides nominal modifications to the array of symptoms‚ yet culture has frequently rebranded
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snakes a very bad hair day‚ but that’s exactly what happened to Medusa. Everyone who knows anything about Greek Mythology knows who she is. She turened people to stone if they looked at her and was killed by Perseus with the help Athena then placed her head onto a sheild. But‚ how did Medusa become the lady with snake hair that you can not look at? She was not born this way it all comes from her talking badly about the wrong Goddess. Medusa was a preistess at a temple for the Goddess Athena. She was
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Did you know Medusa appears on the flag of Sicily? She appears on the Dohalice village of Czech Republic’s flags coat of arms also. Pablo Picasso‚ Rubens and Caravaggio have portrayed her in their work. Leonardo da Vinci once painted an oil canvas called Medusa. Medusa is considered a monster because she has the face of an ugly woman‚ hair of snakes‚ and if anyone looks into her eyes she turns them to stone. She is the daughter of Phorcys‚ god of the sea‚ and Ceto‚ a female sea god. Phorcys
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she would say‚ "No‚ no‚ no‚ no‚ no!" because she wanted to look after her son Perseus. King Polydectes was upset because Danae wouldn’t marry him. The king ordered Perseus to go on a mission to find Medussa. He had to cut off Medusa’s fearsome head. Medusa was extremely dangerous because if anyone looks at her face they are instantly turned to stone. He met the goddess Athena who gave him a reflective shield and Hermes‚ a Greek god‚ who gave Perseus a sickle to cut off Medusa’s head Perseus flew quickly
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And even the characteristics or the texture of the skin of dead body ‚ he try to see the actual body to see the color that he saw by his own eye to view out the event. This will become the evidences to portray the Raft of Medusa restored the traditions and mirror the true scene in the raft. Event of human and political aspects greatly interested by Gericault. This painting that occur problems ‚ tragedy and issues
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Reading - Writing Connections Fall‚ 2002 Meeting in 214 Douglas Hall Taffy E. Raphael‚ Ph.D. Office 312 355 4178 Department of Reading‚ Writing‚ Literacy Home 312 666 7789 1234 Education Building email taffy@uic.edu Course is Designed for Graduate Students in the masters degree program‚ and teachers who wish to learn to integrate reading and writing in their classrooms. Students can expect to have a conceptual and practical grasp of integrated instruction‚ including (1) theoretical
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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 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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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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1. When you hear the words "classical music‚" the first composer that many people think of is Beethoven. Can you think of any reasons why this is so? If one says "rock music"‚ who is the first person you think of and why? 2. In the 19th century‚ the "lied" or art song was a very important development. The lyrics to these songs frequently dealt with disappointment in love‚ with the beauty of nature‚ with magic. In today’s songs‚ what are some of the themes being sung about? 3. The piano became
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