Ceres Before Proserpina

her son. Esme’s husband had cheated on her. The mistress brought the baby to Esme’s husband and

She can’t fully comprehend why she detests these flowers, and so all she knows is that they “did not make sense to her.” The child in her only has insight into her own world, and not into the worlds of others around her. Despite the marigolds being too troublesome for her to understand, she remains ignorant and does not try to seek any further meaning behind them. With Lizabeth in this naïve state, she has not yet felt the conflict between the child and the woman in her; she’s too ignorant at this point to attempt to develop an understanding for Miss Lottie and her flowers. After Lizabeth and the other kids launch the first attack on the marigolds, invoking great rage in Miss Lottie, Lizabeth feels a sudden urge to antagonize the old woman even further. Chanting vicious phrases at her, Lizabeth feels that she, “lost [her] head entirely, mad with the power of inciting such rage [in Miss Lottie].” Lizabeth has been taken over by a childish sense of pride after provoking Miss Lottie, showing her selfishness and lack of compassion. Being the child that she is, Lizabeth decides to further irritate Miss Lottie, only thinking about herself and how to ease her boredom. She is only concerned about her own little world. This sudden act of cruelty to Miss Lottie reveals

Circe gives him a life of ease and self-indulgence on an enchanted island. In Phaecia, Odysseus is offered the love of a young princess and her hand in marriage. The Sirens tempt him to live in the memory of the glorious past. Calypso, the goddess with whom he spends seven years, offers him the greatest temptation of all: immortality. In refusing, Odysseus chooses the human condition, with all its struggle, its disappointments, and its inevitable end. And the end, death, is ever-present. But he hangs on tenaciously and, in the midst of his ordeals, he is sent living to the world of the dead to see for himself what death means.” (Lawall,

After her failure to satisfy her mother and herself at the talent show, the relationship between them soured at an accelerated pace, culminating in one final argument. "Only one kind of daughter can live in this house. Obedient daughter!" the mother shouted. "Then I wish I weren't your daughter," came the reply. A few words later, the daughter delivered the blow that all but destroyed the mother's dreams: "Then I wish I'd never been born! I wish I were dead! Like them," she screamed, alluding to her mother's miscarriages.

Even as he suffers, the parallel of his grief to that of the woman’s dissipates for we are privy to the knowledge that Odysseus is likely to have once been a man who cut down the father of another home. Though the language of grief is universal, spreading itself to Odysseus in likeness, the application of it remains ironic because the self-pursuant and capable hero persists in the blindness that his own hands brought about the same pain in many

John Steinbeck’s short story, “The Chrysanthemums” features many themes: themes of gender suppression, love, passion, and betrayal. This short story revolves around the character Elisa Allen who has a strong love and a great passion for her flowers, for her beloved chrysanthemums. However, when a mysterious man arrives towards the end of the text Elisa’s love and passion for the chrysanthemums weakens and she feels betrayed by one of the things she loves most. Steinbeck uses the unlikely encounter between the Tinker and Elisa, as well as, the encounter between Elisa and her husband as a way to express the theme of love and betrayal.

As she hastily made her way through the long-winded hallway, the realisation of her husband being away at war suddenly hit her. The delight evident on her face swiftly turned into an expression of extreme woe. Heartbroken by the fact that he was missing this major milestone, her eyes were a waterfall, dripped with salty tears down her

This story of betrayed love is ironically woven into the bedcover on the marriage bed of Peleus and Thetis. Although the poem is supposed about the story of Peleus and Thetis, which is a happy one, the ekphrasis of Adriane dominates most the poem. In stark contrast to the happy tone of Peleus, The story of Ariadne centers around betrayal and abandonment. Ariadne's expression of grief (lines 132-201), is arguably the focus of the

Her sudden death in the arms of her lover, was tragic and turned her success in Pyrrhic victory, her career throughout the novel is however a fascinating tale of determination, fortitude and resilience is.

In the poems “The Pomegranate” by Eavan Boland and “The Bistro Styx” by Rita Dove, the poets make allusions to the myth of Persephone. This myth is about the anguish felt by Persephone’s mother, Demeter, when she loses her. In the poems, both writers are witnessing their daughters grow apart from them, but they have different viewpoints on this process. Boland in “The Pomegranate” understands that this drifting apart is certain and yearns to make the most out of the time she has with her daughter before this emotional detachment. Conversely, Dove in “The Bistro Styx” is spiteful of her daughter's increasingly evident detachment from her. Boland and Dove use the myth of Persephone in order to to describe the relationship struggles endured by

The first woman introduced is Hecuba, who grieves for her family, people, and ravaged homeland. She says, “Sorrow, my sorrow. What sorrow is there

In the story, Proserpina went exploring in a forest and she found the most beautiful flower she has laid eyes on. So, she proceeded to pull up the flower from the ground, but as she did a giant hole began to form where the flower had stood. Someone came out of that hole riding on a black horse and demanded that she return with him to his castle in the underworld. Proserpina refused his offer, and tried to run away, and call for help but soon realized that no one can hear her. She gave up and reluctantly left for his castle as they arrived there he then revealed himself to be Pluto and that she will stay with him forever.

Herasmos told her to do very stupid things. For example he told Provisia to to put a bug in the other gods wine and she did so, he told her to put a spider in the gods soup and she did so, he told her to put mud in the gods washing water and she did so. All the other gods hated her for this. Later on Herasmos blindfolded Provisia and told her that they were doing a game. So Herasmos told her to stab the “sack of beans” with her spear, so she did. But little did she know that the sack of beans was really her best friend Heekos. Once Provisia took off her blindfold she figured out what she had done, she became very mad at Herasmos to kill her friend. Then Herasmos transformed into a demon, and Provisia shortly figured out that she became friends with a demon and was tricked by him. And in a blink of an eye Herasmos disappeared in thin air. Provisia was so in shock she did not know what to do, so she checked Heekos’ pulse…nothing. So Provisia had nothing else to do but cry, so she did so, she cried and cried and cried until she could cry no more. Then the next morning she buried Heekos and took her own life

Atena warns Penelope that she only has 12 hours to get back to Ithica, before the suitros start to look for her, and her disguise wll no longer do its job. Penelope thanked the well disguised Athena and ran off into the forest with her new look. Penelope had not thought of the dificulties that would come once she entered the maze like forest. Penelope is once again ecountered by Athena, disguised now as a suitor. Penelope sees the “suitor” and hides behind a tree. Penelope was very confused, and didnt understand how a suitor could have alread known that she was missing, she was requestioning the promise that AThena made to her. Athena disguised as the suitor quickly giggles to her self and then runs away. Penelope knew that she should stay away, but she did not have any more time to waste, the forest got very cold and very dark early in the day. Penelope had lived the past 20 years of her life without her lover. She had gotten used to not having anyone to sleep next to her, and talk about hiow she was feeling, but for some reason the forest made her lonlier and sadder than she had ever been before. The level of silence was

The king at last remembered Talia and went back to her house to see if the lovely lady was perhaps still asleep. Driven by lust, he told his wife he was going hunting. Once he entered Talia’s house, he saw the girl and the two toddlers and told her who he was and what had happened. As they continued speaking to one another, their friendship and love grew. When it was time for him to leave again, he promised her he would come back soon and knew he was madly in love. He dreamt of the girl and of his children often and called their names in his sleep. The queen was enraged by hearing him call out these strange names and became suspicious. She told the king’s secretary to look for Sun. Moon and Talia. If he would betray his king, he would get all the money he wanted, but if he didn’t, she would have him killed. The poor man decided that his life was more valuable than his loyalty and so he told the queen what the king had told him in confidence.