The Judgment Of Paris

In the Odyssey, Homer uses juxtaposition to characterize Telemachus as a Greek ideal, imagery to connect to the cultural themes of disguise and hospitality, and repetition to enforce the idea that gods were a powerful force in everyday lives. When Athena first comes down to the mortal world and goes to Telemachus’ house, “first by far to see her was Prince Telemachus/sitting among the suitors, heart obsessed with grief.” This image contrasts the boisterous, rowdy crowd of suitors against the quiet, pensive and attentive host Telemachus. As the suitors take advantage of Telemachus’ hospitality and good grace, Telemachus continues to be a gracious host by noticing the stranger at the door and inviting her in, unaware that she was a god in disguise.

“You have two choices; which one will you try? To have me old and ugly till I die, But still a loyal, true, and humble wife. That never will displease you all her life, Or would you rather I were young and pretty (...) Which would you have? The choice is all your own. (...) At last he said, with all the care in life, ‘My lady and my love, my dearest wife, I leave the matter to your wise decision.”(309)

Athena resolves the conflicts of the Oresteia with an ambiguous judgment that seems to satisfy all parties involved. However, in any conflict, at least one party must make sacrifices to work toward a resolution. Athena achieves her paradoxical result by misleading Apollo to think that he has received total victory in judgment and by offering compensatory powers to the Erinyes, thus creating an illusion of satisfaction for all amidst a reality of compromise.

We recently watched the film Paris is Burning, a documentary about black drag queens in Harlem and their culture surrounding balls. Directly related we also read two feminist critiques, Gender is Burning: Questions of Appropriation and Subversion by Judith Butler and Is Paris Burning by bell hooks. Two areas of critique I focus on and question are the critiques regarding the filmmaker, audience and drag queens and how they participate to reinforce a heterosexual racist patriarchy. Furthermore I ask if this line of investigation is the most beneficial way to view and understand the film and its various participants.

Paris 1919 the six months that changed the world, is a novel written by Margaret McMillan that gives the reader an insight into the post war peace conferences that took place in Paris, France. The book is written so that McMillian is giving the reader the details and the reader must follow along with her. McMillan makes it a habit to often pull from sources and provide direct quotes that were spoken during the conference. The book’s main subject is of the peace conferences but it also tells of events that occurred before and after the war. Mcmillan is not stranger to writing as she has written many other historical novels and is highly decorated with awards presented to her for her writings. She serves as a historian as well a professor at

During the nineteenth century, Paris further developed into the entertainment capital of the world. Alistair Horne, the author of the Seven Ages of Paris, vividly illustrates several historical moments that occurred in Paris. Through the horrors and triumphs, Paris was able to endure through it all for ages and still emerge greater than before. In comparison, Vanessa R. Schwartz, the author of Spectacular Realities: Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-siècle, demonstrates how the explosive popularity of the boulevard, the newspapers, wax museums, panoramas, and early cinema led to the creation of a new culture in Paris. Driven by consumerism, a cultural revolution was happening, who’s new culture transcended gender and class divisions. Both authors

In fact, she also offers him to be the lord of her household, ageless, and immortality portraying the desperation type love she feels for him. Odysseus rejects the weak love and stronger love, both the beautiful goddesses Circe and Kalypso give to him. Odysseus wants to be with Penelope in Ithaka who has shown him the strongest love of the three

A critical analysis of “Merciles Beautee” as compared with “To Rosemounde, Hale sterne superne, hale in eterne and Of my lady wel me rejoise I may.”

Athena eventually goes to Ithaca to talk to Telemakhos and tell him that Odysseus is still breathing and will soon return home unto them. At first, she wonders why there is a celebration going on and why everyone is feasting in his home for no knowingly reason. She said, “But tell me now and make this clear to me: / what gathering, what feast is this? Why here? / A wedding?

The environment in which people live in demonstrates the societal norms and values of said culture. In Émile Zola’s The Belly of Paris, Florent, a political outcast, returns to Paris only to find that the regime has drastically changed. Napoleon III, a self-elected emperor, has torn down many of the streets of Old Paris to make room for the angular and orderly streets of New Paris as well as the new markets of Les Halles. Throughout the novel, the character’s lives revolve around the various markets in Les Halles and the streets of Paris. Zola uses descriptions of architecture and city planning as well as how people use space within Paris to demonstrate the city’s corruption, signifying that the architecture of a city is a reflection of

Apollo sends Orestes to visit the goddess Athena for judgment in the case of him murdering his mother because the furies continue to

While this circumstance may be easy enough to understand, such setting or background in the plot actually entails more history: Even before Paris was born, a prophecy was carried out that the handsome prince would cause the destruction of Troy; thus, King Priam and his queen banished the baby to be raised in the wilderness. Later on, as a shepherd, he encountered the three goddesses, Hera, Pallas Athene, and Aphrodite, and set the motion of what would be the war that extinguished the Trojan line—Paris was to decide who is the most beautiful of the goddesses. Each goddess tried to bribe him with promises of power, riches, fame, and glory, but it was Aphrodite who succeeded in the end as she promised Paris that he can have the most beautiful mortal, Helen. This simple arrangement would then serve as the catalyst of a war that would kill thousands of Trojans and Greeks as soon it is revealed that Paris has stolen Helen and the gods and goddesses of Olympus have each taken sides on the war which would further complicate the lives of the people of Troy and Greece. (Buck Jr. , 11-12)

As you all know, it started at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, when Eris, outraged that she had not been invited to the feast, tossed the golden apple to us. For the fairest it said. Even though it is obvious that I was and still am the fairest, Hera and Athena both thought the apple was for them. Since both of them were too conceited to admit I was the fairest, we agreed to ask someone fair and unbiased.

There are many events in the myth, The Golden Apple of Discord. One is when Paris gave Ares the crown for winning a bull fight proving he was true to his word. The second event was when Eris threw the apple of discord among the Olympians and see who was the fairest of them all. The third important event was when Paris gave the apple to Aphrodite thinking her bribe was the best out of Athena’s, and Hera’s. The last important event is when Paris received Aphrodite's gift of Helen loving Paris. To achieve this Paris stole Helen from the king of Menelaus.

The gods called upon Paris to award the prize of beauty. Hera promised him power and riches if he decided in her favor. Athena offered him wisdom and glory in war. Then Aphrodite said she would give him the love of the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris gave Aphrodite the apple, and Hera and Athena became bitter enemies of the Trojans.