Leda

Script: Leda She is the mother of famous twin star, Pollux and Castor. Also, she bore Helen, the most beautiful mortal on Earth causing the great Trojan War. Leda appeared in one of Zeus’s affair, which the story is named “Leda and the swan”. The swan In this story the swan was the disguise of Zeus who was obsessed by his own passionate love for Leda. The reason of transforming is possibly to hide himself from his jealousy wife, Hera who often obstructed his affairs. The story of Leda and the swan

in some of Yeats’ most famous works, such as ‘Sailing to Byzantium’, ‘Long-legged Fly’ and ‘Easter 1916’, to name just a few, it is an aspect of his poetry which is relevant to almost all of his writing. However, it is in Yeats’ apocalyptic poems, ‘Leda and the Swan’ and ‘The

I have chosen the constellation Cygnus. I chose this constellation because I really like swans and when it comes to seeing the image of the constellation I find it easier to see the swan in Cygnus than say the dolphin in Delphinus or the unicorn in Monoceros. Cygnus's brightest star is Deneb* which is the tail of the swan. We can see Deneb from earth despite the distance (1500 light years) because it is a white supergiant meaning it is larger and hotter than our sun. Between the two stars that

The literacy works “Leda and the Swan by William Butler Yeats is a sonnet that does not confirm to conventional poetry of its type. This sonnet is a historical retelling of the myth of Zeus transforming into a swan to rape Leda, and ultimately begin the downfall Troy (Yeats, 2016). This Poem challenges the concept of power, the idea of Zeus’s viscous act on a noble woman Leda for the sole purpose of winning a war supports this claim. Yeats use of juxtaposition and imagery have played a vital part

Yeats’ Leda and the Swan and Van Duyn's Leda        In Greek mythology, Leda, a Spartan queen, was so beautiful that Zeus, ruler of the gods, decided he must have her. Since immortals usually did not present themselves to humankind in their divine forms, Zeus changed himself into a great swan and in that shape ravished the helpless girl (Carey 58-59). Both William Butler Yeats and Mona Van Duyn base their poems "Leda and the Swan" and "Leda," respectively, on this story of a "mystic marriage

In the poem “Leda and the Swan” by William B. Yeats, many connections to historical events, mythology, and biblical themes are presented. A few such connections that are highly analyzed and debated by critics are the connections and allusions to Greek history and mythology that occur in the poem — including the nature of the sexual act committed — and parallels to Christianity, such as the Holy Spirit visiting Mary: the two subjects connected by Yeats’s own theories on history and the passage of

Castor and Pollux were twins born from a single egg, Castor was mortal while Pollux was immortal. The twins were always seen together, even at war. My sister and I are similar to Castor and Pollux because we spend any time that we get with each other. From anywhere in school to at home, we sit next to each other and we stay in our room together. I considered her to be both my best friend and sister. In one variation of the myth, the twin’s herd of cattle was taken by their cousins. Upon stealing

“Leda and the Swan” by William Butler Yeats was inspired by the story from Greek Mythology, in which the daughter of King Thestius, Leda, is raped by Zeus, Father of the Gods. Yeats mixes the epic tale with his original approach, thus aspiring to question mythology. Zeus, the most powerful Greek God, is attracted to mortal women. Therefore he transforms himself into a swan, so that the mortal Leda does not fear him and even more so, that she would be attracted to the stunning presence of the

William Butler Yeats’ poem “Leda and the Swan” is a dark tale originating from the Greek myth, in which Zeus takes the form of a swan to seduce the beautiful woman, Leda. Traditionally, the swan is a symbol of beauty and grace in Greek culture (“More Animal Symbolism”). Yeats uses the representation of a swan as an illusion to set the tone of the poem. Though the readers would expect the swan to be the protagonist, contrarily, the swan is revealed to be the antagonist in the poem. The speaker uses

birth to a daughter, Helen. Leda is ultimately liable for the undesirable acts of all mankind. Leda represents the death of an allegorical world and the start of modern history. Despite her being a victim of Zeus she is the one blamed, not her victor. Yeats’s view of Leda’s encounter with Zeus as the swan represents history’s typical gender bias with a patriarchal world that were the building blocks of our western civilization through imagery. Yeats depiction of Leda is unique in the sense that he