Edgar Allan Poe And Hilda Doolittle And The Helen Of Aristotle

In both the Odyssey and Sappho’s Fragment 16, Homer and Sappho speak of and acknowledge Helens beauty. Though, they do so in different ways. In the Odyssey, Homer compares Helen to that of a goddess using Artemis as an example. Although homer describes her beauty in a positive light, he also claims that Helens attractiveness caused the Trojan war and the death and suffering of many. “when all you Achaeans fought at Troy, launching your headlong battles just for my sake, shameless whore that I was”(160). Therefore in the Odyssey, Helen is depicted as an intricate character. In epic poems, this is a trend that can be seen throughout the reading as the writing style goes into greater detail. One can also conclude that Homer tends to focus on the negative and emphasize war.

In the poems, “To Helen” and “Helen”, both Edgar Allan Poe and H.D. emphasize the beauty of the infamous Helen of Troy; however, the speakers’ attitudes differ as one praises and worships Helen while the other condemns her for her treachery and remains unmoved by her beauty.

In normal life, people will sometimes suffer from depression or sickness caused by the loss of a loved one in a romantic or family relationship. This has been a part of life for hundreds of years and it is a way that authors like Edgar Allan Poe, William Faulkner and Horacio Quiroga connect with people all throughout the world. Using exaggerated scenarios, these authors communicate how much of an impact isolation or abandonment can have on a person physically or mentally decaying.

Poe was feeling a lot of happiness with his wife, he would write poetry about her. He was madly in love with her. One famous poem he wrote describing the love he had for her is “To Helen.” “To Helen” is a poem describing Poe’s feelings towards Virginia Clemm. He would describe her beauty and how she makes him happy. “Helen, thy beauty is

Poe's stories oftentimes succumb to women portrayed as beautiful and sickly, a raw connection to the women in his life. This on its own is Poe's own idolatry, and it exudes into his writing. Notwithstanding their elegance, these women create tribulations for

My first Reasoning for my conclusion is Helen of Troy. Helen of Troy was supposed to be the most beautiful woman in the world, “the face that launched a thousand ships”. Why was she called “the face that launched a thousand ships”? This was because many men wanted to be wed with Helen of Troy due to her supposed beauty. I believe that at a point they weren’t fighting for helen anymore, they were fighting to win.

While perusing the magazine section at my doctor's office, I happened across a print advertisement for feminine hygiene products by Summer's Eve. The advertisement features Helen of Troy and the words, “It was more than her face that launched a thousand ships”. It seems that the ad aims to convince it's viewers that women, more directly the female genitalia, are capable of bringing factions to war. The advertisement features Helen of Troy, and explains that it wasn't just her beautiful face that brought empires to war. The analysis contained herein will attempt to bring light to and explain the use of Helen of Troy as a tool of the advertisement to empower women.

"To Helen" is the first of two poems to carry that name written by Edgar Allan Poe. This poem was written in honor of Jane Stanard, the mother of a childhood friend, Rob, whom he met when he was 14-years-old. Even though Poe began idolizing Jane and his affections are somewhat complicated, “To Helen” can still be categorized as a maternal figure. Poe wrote the poem “To Helen” shortly after J. Stanard died and aspired to thank her for being a second mother to him. He gave her the name of Helen, referring to the Classical figure of Helen of Troy, and thus giving Jane great praise for her beauty. Poe mentions her “hyacinth hair” and her “classic face” Furthermore, in the last stanza, he compares her figure to a statue: “How statue-like I see thee stand, / The agade lamp within thy hand!” He also uses the image of a statue, comparing her to a perfectly crafted work of art. “To M. L. S——” Is a poem Poe wrote to Marie Louise Shew. It is a poem to show his deep gratitude towards Marie, for caring for

George Gordon Byron was born on January 22, 1788, London, England died April 19, 1824, Missolonghi. He was British Romantic poet whose poetry and personality “captured the imagination of Europe” (britannica.com). Byron was known to have influencing the gothic period and many popular american authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde,and Mary Shelley.

Helen of Troy. “The face that launched a thousand ships”. She is known as an indescribable beauty, but two may never come to an agreement on the definition of her beauty. Many accuse her of being the cause the of the Trojan war, but some, like Edgar Allan Poe, can never accuse her of something so tragic and vast. Helen’s beauty and its representation of Greece life is variously portrayed in the poems “To Helen”, and “Helen”, by Edgar Allan Poe and Hilda Doolittle (H.D.).

“Helen”, a poem written by H.D, takes a different perspective on the Helen of Troy controversy. There are many stories and poems about Helen, but H.D. decided to use an approach that has not been used before. She portrays a hateful message in the first two stanzas depicting a ruthless disregard for what Helen actually had to go through. The author’s tone was quite acrimonious in the first stanza especially when she says, “All Greece hates /

Hilda Doolittle known as H.D., was one of the imagist poets of her time. Her imagist poetry is “impersonal,” it’s relationship to human emotion is often deeply set. She utilized imagery, musical rhythms, and symbolism to evoke the themes in her poetry. Her work recaps the main theme from the Victorian Era, which is based on gender roles and how behavior is acceptable in society. She was apprehensive with the matter of war and severity. Her work reconstitutes feminist, language, and myth (Doolittle 1816). She wanted her readers to understand how feminist plays apart in the psychological dimensions of myths.

In the 19th century, America was still a very young country; two prominent issues during this time period were women’s suffrage and slavery. The period from 1820 to 1865 was known as the American Renaissance due to the literary explosion that happened in the United States during this time. America was moving forward with creating their own literary landscape and forming a genre of literature set apart from their English counterparts. Both females as well as African Americans were part of the literary movement of this period. Literature provided an outlet for issues with abolition and women’s rights, although not as highly received due to the cultural issues of the period. Edgar Allan Poe was a detrimental part of this movement, and his stories raised important questions for the reader about cultural norms. Ligeia is one of his stories that invokes many questions about the meaning for the reader.

Unlike the many versions of Helen of Troy, in Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad, she paints the infamous woman as imperfect, as a siren, a goddess, a murderer. By making the reader see Helen through Penelope’s eyes, new layers are added to this character so often sought after. Helen and Penelope’s dynamic adds a layer to not only The Penelopiad, but also to the male-dominated Odyssey. These factors create a dynamic feminine force, and both women are in multiple ways a foil to one another.

In Greek history about Helen of Troy, known as Helen of Sparta was the most beautiful women in Sparta. Helen was married to Menelaus of Sparta even though she in with Paris. As she went to be with Paris