Analysis Of Mythmaker By Natasha Trethewey

Throughout the poem, the speaker uses specific details that show the conflict between the speaker’s son and his parents. In the first stanza, the speaker recalls exchanges of dialogue between the speaker and his or her son. For example, the speaker’s son exclaims, “I did the problem / and my teacher said I was right!” (Nye 3-4). The child validated his teacher’s opinion but ridiculed his parents’ opinion. This is further explained through more details in a later part of the same stanza. The mother explains how the son believed his parents were “idiots / without worksheets to back us up” (Nye 9-10). The speaker’s son had entrusted his teacher and thought of his teacher as highly intelligent, but believed that way because of foolish reasoning. In addition, the speaker lists examples of minor mistakes the parents made that caused the son to be embarrassed of them. Through distinct details, the speaker describes how the son’s “mother never remembers / what a megabyte means and his dad fainted on an airplane once / and smashed his head on the drinks cart” (Nye 10-12). By choosing to include these particular details, the poet outlines the foundation of the conflict between the son and his parents.

The poem “Icarus” by Edward Field explores the downfall of a man named Icarus from glory to mediocrity. He crossed the sea with huge wings to escape prison, but he flew too close to the sun, which melted his wings, causing him to fall into the ocean. Field uses several literary devices, such as connotation, alliteration, metonymy, and repetition, to adapt the Icarus myth to a contemporary setting.

Myths explain our circumstances in the world and the universe. A prime example of this is the myth of Icarus and Daedalus. Pieter Brueghel painted a picture decrypting the moment of Icarus fall from the heavens. And the two poets William Carlos Williams and W. H. Auden each wrote a poem based on Brueghel's painting, both of which developed a deep meaningful message to the reader. Diction, connotation, and denotation are all used to help describe the emotions and tragedies that Brueghel's painting portrays. These poems are written based on the myth of Icarus.

“The Last of the Mythologists” by Kristen Froberg is an article based on novelist or more prefered a mythologist, Charles Dickens publishing a book around Christmas called “The Sledgehammer” which was later well-known as the “A Christmas Carol”. In the seventeenth century, hearing about children at young ages working in copper mines and factories to provide for their family’s gave Dickens the idea to visit these workplaces but also gave him inspiration to create this book on behalf of a poor person’s child and his own personal experience as a child. CHristmas Carol was one of Dickens's work that he decided to perform in front of audiences. In 1867 and 1868 Christmas Carol was very successful after Charles had a tour profiting about $140,000

Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy”, Flannary O’Connor’s “Good Country People”, and Bobbie Ann Mason’s “Shiloh” all have something in common. In each, the relationship between a parent and child is discussed. It is left up to the reader to decide the nature of the relationship.

With this quote, it shows Icarus’ immaturity, foolish and playfulness when it comes to his father’s inventions and his life. Icarus is a young boy which is evident from the quote above because he is playing with the wax and watching and admiring his dad. If it was an older boy, he’d probably be off by himself or helping his father with his inventions instead of playing with the wax in the wings. Icarus is an innocent boy who doesn’t understand the importance of being responsible. Not being responsible leads him to his death, which could have been avoided if he had paid attention to what his father had told him. Icarus got swept up in the moment when he was flying, and lost all of his thoughts which lead him to the mistake of flying too high.

Since a mother and father are one of the first people to influence who their child will become, their influence plays a major role on their child’s life. From Emily Grierson’s birth to death, her father believed that no one was worthy enough to be with his daughter, rather it be a friend or potential partner. Her father over and over again would

The relationship between father and son is highly symbolized by the boy’s willingness to hear his father’s stories at different ages. When the son is still young, he looks up to his father and wants to hear the stories his father has to tell. This symbolizes the son’s love for his father and his wish to maintain a loving relationship with him. The scenario in which the boy is all grown up is one of the father’s greatest fears. He is afraid that one day the boy will no longer want to hear his stories and that he will want to leave him.

`To begin with, the author uses characterization to express the theme. Phaethon and Icarus are arrogant, haughty, and imperious kids. For example, when Phaethon was arguing with Epaphus he said, “I’ll prove it to you” on page 50. A humble personality is an amazing characteristic, and much more efficient. It helps a person listen to someone else is opinions. Listening to others can also help learn new things They both overestimated themselves. In the scene where Icarus was flying too close to the sun, Icarus wanted to be famous, and be the first boy to fly. Phaethon and Icarus were both foolish.

In the poem “Forgiving My Father” by Lucille Clifton, the reader embarks on a journey with the narrator as she explains the problems she has with her father. The girl is telling the story from the funeral of her father claiming that she is coming to collect what her father owes her mother. As the story plays out, the girl realizes that the issues she is having with her father is rooting from his childhood. Clifton uses the narrator to show different examples of imagery and symbolism to represent the absence of support from her father in her family.

The prologue starts off with an explanation of the omnipresent similarities of mythology in many varying cultures, he talks about how its main function in society is to make the world around everyday people more intelligible. This inquiry into the nature of myth leads him to the discovery that, though every group has its own particular tales about heroes, the stories from such diverse places share certain similarities all using the same pattern.

In the Myths “Phaethon” and “Daedalus and Icarus,” Phaethon and Icarus both disobey their fathers in an act of pride. In the two Myths, literary elements play a key role in describing the stories to the reader. Without literary elements, there wouldn’t be an a story at all! Through the use of character traits, imagery, and conflict, both mythical protagonists, Phaethon and Icarus, demonstrate a shared lesson that a prideful disregard of the warnings from those who are older and wiser can quickly lead to disastrous consequences.

In the poem Landscape with the Fall of Icarus by William Carols Williams and in the painting of Peter Brueghel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus both artists are attempting to portray the fall of Icarus as lack of awareness of the trouble of others and that pain and tragedy that one faces go unnoticed. There are plenty examples in the poem and painting that give strongly suggest that the people do not care, worried about others and live to see another day. We study myths like this because there little to no written record of what happened and their stories are told by paintings and carvings, etc. The lesson of the myth is never being too prideful and don’t be an egotistical individual. Icarus’ tragic flaw was that he was guilty by association

The two myths,Phaethon and Daedalus and Icarus,describes the fatal mistakes of two foolishly ambitious young boys.In the two stories,anyone can see many examples of characterization and imagery.Characterization helps the reader clearly understand a character’s personality.Imagery distinctly assists the reader to imagine a specific scene in a story.Through the use of characterization and imagery both mythical protagonists,Phaethon and Icarus,demonstrates a shared lesson that a prideful disregard of the warnings from those who are older and wiser can lead to disastrous and consequences.

Both authors use conflict, characterization, and imagery to portray the main theme of prideful disregard of the crucial knowledge and advice given to us by those who are older and wiser. The main characters, Icarus and Phaethon, and their story of how they put their pride before their logic and guidance teach us about the consequences of arrogance and ignorance.