Tithonus

Jackson DeBord P.2 Artist Statements Eros: For Eros, the god of love, I chose to do his perspective on the myth of Apollo and Daphne. I made him resent Apollo for being a braggart, and had Eros sound like his pride was hurt by Apollo’s gloating. He was just retaliating for Apollo’s arrogance. For my picture of Eros I decided to make him look like a child. I also made him hold both a torch, which is mentioned in the original story and which I mentioned in my rendition, and a bow with a quiver of

The Greek myth of Tithonus captures this as the core principle of what it means to be human. In his story, he is granted immortality by the gods, however, he is not granted eternal youth, condemning him to endure a state of eternal decay with an imperishable mind remaining

to a group of young people, who she believes is making fun of her for wanting to praise her for her creativity. She asks them, “My skin with its aging, / My black hair gone white,” (line 107-108). Sappho realized that age cannot be escaped. Even Tithonus whom the gods granted eternal life cannot escape aging. His lover Eos, goddess of light, cannot reverse the effects of time. Knowing that not even a goddess cannot prevent age, Sappho accepts that she will lose her youth and beauty. That she will

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, is known for its wide variety of architectural artworks, and its collection of Asian art. It also has many works of Medieval and Ancient art, while also showing some present art pieces. My experience through the museum went very well. Throughout the whole museum, there wasn’t any place to look that was boring, or didn’t involve art, which was very cool. I liked how the pieces were labeled with a helpful description, and were categorized

it gives Tennyson motivation to write several poems relating his death, including Ulysses. “The loss of Hallam, recently engaged to marry Tennyson's sister Cecilia, dealt a serious blow to Tennyson. He soon drafted "Ulysses," "Morte d'Arthur" and "Tithonus"—three poems prompted by the death, but all with strong classical echoes that spoke to his expressly modern and personal sentiments”(Vella). Ulysses is a story about a famous hero named Ulysses but in this story of Tennyson’s, it's about the years

Question : What is a dramatic monologue? Which of the two, in your opinion, is the stronger dramatic monologue in Tennyson’s “Ulysses” or Browning's “My Last Duchess”? Answer : Traditionally dramatic monologue is a lyrical poem in the form of speech spoken by a single man. It is dramatic because it begins abruptly and in the development of its thought it takes several sudden turns which impart dramatic dimension to the poem. In a dramatic monologue the single speaker reveals his thoughts in the

a starved desire for handsome men. Eos had many affairs with many handsome men, human and god. It is only recorded that Eos had one affair with one god, Astraeus, the god of dusk, but she had many affairs with many human men. She had affairs with Tithonus, the prince of Troy, and Cleitus, an army leader. She also had affairs with hunter, Cephalus, one of the hunters, that eos fell in love with, and Orion, a hunter that was placed upon the stars by Zeus. With all these affairs, she made many other

What makes a poet great? What is it that makes their poetry weather the ravenous jaws of critics and stand the test of time? I ask myself this as I look at my own poetry, wondering if it too could withstand the harsh beatings many a poet’s work has been through. I wonder if I could measure up to one of the greats, which is why I have chosen to compare and contrast my works and style of poetry with that of the famous Alfred Lord Tennyson. I would like to show how our styles, themes, and poetic influences

It has long been debated whether the longer life span granted by the advanced technology and medic care system that came with the industry revolution is a triumph of humanity or instead, a tragedy. A number of people suggested that a longer life span has always been the wildest dream of mankind and now it’s being achieved to some extent by our advanced science and technology. Others argued that, an increasing amount of older population due to a longer life span proved to be a huge burden of the society

Alfred Tennyson got most of his ideas for poems from things in his life such as relationships and family trouble. “I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.” (Tennyson 1). Tennyson was regarded as “Chief Representative” of the Victorian age because of his influence through his works (Southam 1219). Lord Alfred Tennyson was born on August 6, 1809 as the fourth of twelve children. The first school Tennyson attended was Louth Grammar School at the age of six, with two of his brothers