Athena’s Dominance A famous Greek poet named Homer once wrote‚ “Her gray eyes clear‚ the goddess Athena answered‚ ‘Down from the skies I come to check your rage If only you will yield.’” With intelligence beyond everyone’s years and the graceful ferocity of a lion protecting her territory in battle‚ may athena’s wisdom forever rain down on mankind from the peak of Mount Olympus. Even though the other gods and goddesses proved to be powerful in their own way‚ Athena the Maiden Parthenos‚ Goddess
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Fighting For Dominance Tim O’Brien tells a highly emotional story‚ “The Things They Carried‚” in which he weaves two memories of First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross’s life together. These two significant parts of Cross seem to be trying to compete to be the more dominant‚ one being of lovely Martha from back home who has captured Cross’s heart and attention; she sent him letters that “were not love letters‚ but Lieutenant Cross was hoping” (1) for a sweet declaration of love. Cross’s other life is that
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which some people go to obtain physical flawlessness has unfortunately created a standard of beauty that cannot be obtained without intervention from science. Although written in 1843‚ the central theme illustrated by Nathaniel Hawthorne in “The Birthmark” resonates with today’s society and exemplifies science versus nature‚ patriarchal expectations of the
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data together are suggestive of a genetic basis‚ although environmental influences are also evident. http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/neur-sci/2001-November/047260.html Hypothesis There is no correlation between which thumb is on top and the hand dominance when the hands are clasped. In this hypothesis we accept that these two characteristics are genetically unrelated. Data Collected Table 1: consists of all the data collected. Full data is located at the end of report. * Neither means that the subjects
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Georgiana’s birthmark represents her grasp on humanity as shown in its shape as a hand. The hand symbolizes humanity’s role in nature and the continuous struggle between nature and science. Georgiana is someone who Aylmer sees as created “nearly perfect from the hand of Nature” (Hawthorne 1). Her birthmark is an imprint left by nature and is representative of humanity’s ties to it. Altering nature isn’t something that humans should be able to do because it is more powerful than any creation made
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A Dual-Criticism Look at The Birthmark Literature is many things: provoking‚ heartwarming‚ emotional‚ traumatic‚ poetic‚ maybe even life-changing. Literature can also be incredibly ambiguous. While literature can be “simply read”‚ when one takes a step back and looks at a piece through specific lenses‚ the work can take on an incredibly different‚ deeper meaning. Taking the lead of criticisms such as formalist‚ psychoanalytical‚ biological‚ feminist‚ Marxist‚ etc.‚ one can dig deeper into a text
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Aylmer does not quite understand the quote by C.Joybell because he loses sight of his love of Georgiana for scientific perfection. Moreover‚ Aylmer’s want to get rid of Georgiana’s birthmark produces a change in his feelings toward her. When discussing the birthmark and a possible removal with Georgiana‚ Aylmer said‚ “you [Georgiana] came so nearly perfect from the hand of Nature… as being the visible mark of earthly imperfection” (11). Additionally‚ Hawthorne states “this one defect [grew] more
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Symbolism Symbolism and other figurative speech in The Birth-mark and The Thing in the Forest Birth – Mark : First and fore-most the birthmark represents the fatal flaw of humanity‚ and that eventually we all fall into sin‚ sorrow‚ decay‚ and death. I think that the birthmark represents the desire for perfection or in this case the lack of. Georgina’s husband found her birthmark to be all consuming blot on her otherwise beautiful face. He made it something so awful that his wife lost her own feeling of
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In the story “The Birthmark” and “Bartleby the Scrivener” both stories had to do with what the character think is beneficial to them. In “The Birthmark” the character Aylmer‚ think his wife scar on her cheek makes her look less perfect. Whereas‚ in “The Scrivener” the character Bartleby does what he desire while at work. In “The Birthmark” Aylmer was persistent to his wife getting rid of her birthmark‚ knowing he’s a doctor she is going to allow him to remove it not knowing the outcome‚ but aware
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makes him make a crucial mistake with the potion for Georgiana. After drinking the potion‚ and after every breath‚ Georgiana was losing life and dying. Georgiana says‚ "Aylmer‚ dearest Aylmer‚ I am Dying!" (2450). She was dying. Insisting that a birthmark was imperfection defect that what once considered a charm; the vanity of a person who thought his hands could change what nature created. All this because Aylmer wanted to dominate what he thought science could alter; the result‚ death of a perfect
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