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devices and smartphones, especially news services. However not many know that such information can either be fabricated or manipulated in order to garner a certain response in order to suit the needs of the manipulator. Although superficially the Siren song by Margaret Atwood and The Fake news article of a Man whose mother had died due to

aspects of being conflicted. The men who encounter Sirens feel the temptations, are aware of the sirens danger, yet feel torn between two options of visiting the Sirens or holding back, causing them to breakdown. The narrator in the song “Carolina” describes how he is tempted to go back to his beloved home in the lyrics, “Like the sound of a siren song/ oh’, Carolina ya keep callin’ me home.” (Church) Eric Church is alluding towards the idea of how Sirens tempt sailors into jumping overboard and joining

In Homer’s The Odyssey, “The Sirens” episode is exemplary of Odysseus’ growth in his journey to become a classic Greek hero, evident in his ability to lead and work cohesively with his crew, and encapsulate Greek values in order to further the success of his mission. As Odysseus and his crew draw near the Sirens, Odysseus elaborates upon the predicament Circe forewarned them of, speaking to his men in a manner that is “sore at heart” (685). Odysseus’ gentle, yet serious tone conveys the gravity of

Atwood takes these Fairy tales and through the use of metafiction critiques these constructs. She writes the stories from the women’s point of view to allow for an expansion of a character that falls outside of the normal one-dimensional depictions. Siren Song, Happy Endings, Spelling and Lusus Naturae highlight the way in which a female personality is split in mythology to demonize women, whose personality traits are not congruent with societal norms. The dichotomy of good vs evil, that is prevalent

Greek Mythology can have several different interpretations. Among these characters are the dangerous, yet gorgeous Sirens, bird-women who sit on a cliff singing bewitching songs to captivate the minds of innocent travelers and bring them to their deaths. In Homer’s The Odyssey and Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song,” both poets give different portrayals of the Sirens. Homer believes the Sirens to be irresistible in order to establish men as heroes whereas Atwood depicts them as unsightly and pathetic so

In the beginning of Canto 19, the Pilgrim has a dream of a siren who quickly becomes the center of his attention. He describes the siren as a female who is stuttering, cross-eyed, has crooked on her feet and has stunted hands (p. 309, lines 7-9). This is a very strong image for the beginning of a Canto and it seems to state something about all the vices in general: vices cause a lack of effective speech, cannot see accurately, cannot move towards accurate goods and cannot perform good works. The

It 's the minute details that are vital: the small things are what make big things happen. There are certain flashbacks of one’s childhood that stay forever in one’s mind. There is one day in particular that is still fresh in my mind. It was the fall of third grade, and I forgot to pray Shacharit that morning. My evident passion for Tefillah began at a young age. As the realization dawned on me, tears were suddenly streaming down my face. This had never occurred to me before, and I felt nervous

The form of a poem tells a lot about its meaning. While analyzing the poem “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood, the structure helps the readers bring deeper meaning to the poem and be able to feel like they are living within the plot. The most important form of this poem is the enjambment. The enjambment helps the readers move at a faster pace and to get to the ending faster. Along with the enjambment, Atwood did not apply a meter or any rhyme scheme to this poem. Not having these two aspects in the

statue depicts an abstracted woman holding her child in her lap. The Mother and Child sculpture was made by the Bamana peoples in the 15th- early 20th century. The Mother and Child is a wooden statue from the Mali, Bougouni or Dioїla area. The Great Sirens is an oil painting on Masonite created by Paul Delvaux, a Belgian artist. The Great

crew sails past the Sirens. Why is it that he chooses to put himself at the mercy of the Sirens in order to gain the knowledge they supposedly grant, saved in the end only by his loyal men? It is important to examine the importance of wisdom and knowledge to the Greeks and why Odysseus was so eager to be the first man to live to tell the tale of the Sirens’ deathly song. Odysseus has all the facts; the “queenly goddess” Circe tells him exactly what to do to get past the Sirens, and provides him vivid