The Reflection Of The Myth Of Echo And Narcissus

Greek myths are fascinating stories, they are stories of powerful men and women with powers. They teach us life lessons and how to get through problems in life. A good example is, odysseus and penelope, in the painting penelope and odysseus, heinrich uses penelope to reunite with odysseus to show that a secretive situation it causes distrust between 2 people, and causes them to separate, while in her poem “you are odysseus”, linda pastan uses the same scene to show that in order to have a healthy relationship, people must be there for each other. In “you are odysseus”, linda pastan uses imagery, to that people need communication to have a healthy relationship. Pastan states that penelope says “hide my songs under my tongue.”

He maintains his focus on Greek myths not only because of the sheer number of myths around the world, making it impossible to interpret and clarify them all, but also because European men, who would have been familiar with the myths from Greece, write most of the classics we analyze. He explains that these myths are not only a part of them but also “so much a part of the fabric of our consciousness, of our unconscious really, that we scarcely notice” (Foster, 51). Which suggests that, we can recognize Greek myths even if we do not realize it. With this simple fact presented to us, we no longer wonder why allusions to Greek myths have been used since they emerged and are still employed today. Myths are often exercised as “overt subject matter for poems and paintings and operas and novels” but more often “writers have…borrowed from and emulated” these myths (Foster, 52, 53). Instead of explaining every detail about every character, place or moment authors rely on other stories, such as myths, to expand and develop their tale. The writer will subtly hint at myths and hope you recognize their allusions to these old legends. Since we established that, we know these myths, whether consciously or not, we can take these allusions and decipher any hidden meanings the author has for us, giving each story a new level.

Throughout this course, I have learned about what a myth is and all of the themes that fit into myths. The most common themes seen throughout the myths we have studied during this course are fate, pride and hubris, heroism, justice and vengeance, and beauty. I have thoroughly enjoyed learning about mythology throughout this course and I have always felt that the controlling question driving this course is, why is mythology so important to us, even today? It is important to know the answer to this question and to know about the different themes seen throughout the myths studied in this course.

One of the things that is so fascinating about poetry is that it allows readers to discover and sometimes challenge and channel their emotions as well as their understanding. A poem’s words as well as its structure can reveal many things to its intended audience. In “Myth” by Natasha Trethewey, the poems form is just as important as the words she writes, becoming a map for the journey Trethewey takes, using transitions to take us from one place to another. The nature of the poem therefor becomes multifaceted, as it encourages the reader to think about the speaker’s words and use of form and structure she uses to craft this epic story. Using form as a tool, Trethewey is able to use structure as a way to guide us as readers and the speaker across the conscious and unconscious thoughts and dreams the speaker faces in this story.

Sirens are often viewed as birds with heads of women who have dashing voices. In both poems and separate perspectives the reader gets a closer view of what a Siren actually is and how the authors want them to be seen. In the Odyssey and the “Siren Song”, point of view, tone and imagery define how the Sirens’ portrayal. Some differences and similarities help the reader view them.

Mythos and Logos are the two paths to discovering “truths” about existence and the nature of being. People search for truth and explanations about reality, knowledge and human life. Many people question how the universe works as well as the origin and means of human existence. Mythos and logos both help in the search for truths. Mythos and logos both examine conscientiousness.

It is hypothesized that the two excerpts convey messages about the representation of goodness and evil attributes. An expository approach is essential to the study of this key idea, for the reason that no single punitive perspective can sufficiently address this issue. The research will be used to convey and interpret ideas from both passages. I will research the stories portrayal of wicked factors, while clarifying and expressing the importance within both accounts. By means of thorough investigation, the reader will apprehend the significance of why the authors included these themes within their stories.

When developing the different points to analyze I found that the way I was setting this paper up was truly showcasing my abilities to analyze a passage from a well know author. While going through the text, I found a vast amount of imagery,” When considering the imagery in the folktale one of the first

In chapter two, it discusses the Bible and myth and Oswalt begins discussing the numerous competing definitions and understandings of “myth” that have been offered in recent years. The basic problem of myth is the problem of definition. However, Oswalt specifically addresses whether the Bible should be viewed as myth. Oswalt then offers his own definition. As with Oswalt’s definition of myth, he emphasizes that "Myth can be considered as a form of expression whereby the continuities among various realms, such as the human, the natural, and the divine, are expressed and actualized." (Oswalt, 2009). In this chapter, Oswalt also does a good job of telling us the many approaches to describing what a myth is and he presents two approaches of the

This book is based on Christianity and how the religion was viewed through images. The text has an ere of concepts that ties in the concepts of Christians to the beginning of the start of Christianity. The purpose of this book is to show the readers the difference between how Christian art was represented and how other art was portrayed. I will be giving an overview of what Christianity represents and the art work that it includes.

Throughout history people can see many of the developments and differences among cultures, through the artworks that were produced. This essay will carefully analyze, evaluate, and compare four distinct works, from different time periods and cultures. The works to be compared are: The Woman from Willendorf, The Bust of Nefertiti, Figure of A Woman, and Young Flavian Woman. Throughout this paper the style and function of each individual work will be explored, along with the cultural ideas presented in each piece.

The sculpture Apollo and Daphne, created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, is based off a story from Book 1 of Ovid's Metamorphoses. It is a portrayal of when Daphne is turned into a tree when trying to escape Apollo after they were both shot with an arrow by Eros. The sculpture is a powerful visual of Daphne and Apollo’s emotions as Daphne was captured by him. To evaluate the photo further I will discuss the feeling of empathy the sculpture made me feel and two connections the sculpture has to Ovid’s story.

A display of shimmering balls in water or field of grass does not seem to echo the Narcissus myth, and yet Kusama’s work is paratextual and hypertextual. Paratextuality is a term used by French literary theorist Gerard Genette and is defined in Graham Allen’s Intertextuality as “all the elements which stand on the threshold of a text” (Allen 223). Kusama uses peritexts such as titles and labels to draw the attention to Narcissus (Allen 100). When Kusama displayed her art, she placed two labels next to it: “Narcissus Garden” and “Your Narcissism for Sale”. Her installation is also hypertextual in that it involves the connection between the “hypertext”, a later text, with a “hypotext” or earlier text (Allen 104)

The construct of narcissism finds its origins in ancient Greece and Ovid’s Metamorphoses, with the proud and vain figure of Narcissus, cursed by the goddess, Nemesis, to fall in love with his own reflection. However, conceptualizations of pathological narcissism did not became a part of psychological theory until the late nineteenth century with Freud’s eminent essay: On Narcissism (Ronningstam, 2005). As Freud theorized on narcissism and, ironically, experimented with cocaine, the formal diagnosis of addiction was precipitously incorporated into the medical literature in response to increasing uncontrolled narcotic use and growing public health concern (Markel, 2012). Perhaps predictably, theorizing on the possible association between narcissism and addiction, particularly in the psychoanalytic tradition, has been addressed by theorists since. The term narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) was first introduced by Heinz Kohut in 1968, and saw inclusion in formal diagnostic literature in 1980 as a part of the significant revisions to personality disorders in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; American Psychiatric Association, 1980).

Myths differ from other kinds of signifiers. For one thing, they are never arbitrary. They always contain some kind of analogy, which motivates them. Motivation is necessary to the very duplicity of myth: myth plays on the analogy between meaning and form. There is no myth without motivated form. In contrast to ideas of false consciousness, Myth doesn’t hide things, it distorts them. It alienates the history of the