Daphne

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

In “Daphne and Apollo”, a section of The Metamorphoses (Book I: 438-472 — Book I: 553-567), a young nymph named Daphne is put in quite the situation when one of Cupid’s arrows strikes Apollo, making him fall in love with her; and another arrow pierces her heart, resulting in her wanting nothing to do with love or affection. Apollo is unaware of the fact that Daphne is unable to feel love because of the piercing, so he continues to fall in love with her, trying to convince her to marry him. She convinces

Daphne was a Naiad-Nymph of the river Peneus in Thessalia and the daughter of the river god Peneus. Nymphs were female spirits of the natural world and crafters of nature’s beauty, from the growing of the trees and flowers to the formation of wetlands, brooks, grottos, and springs. (Atsma) Her father, the river god Peneus, was tried several times because Daphne would not accept any of the handsome, eligible young men who wanted her. Her father would scold her by saying, “Am I never going to have

Write a Critical Appreciation of the passage (Rebecca (1936), by Daphne du Maurier), relating your discussion to your reading of the gothic The gothic extract, Rebecca (1936), by Daphne du Maurier is an excellent and insightful passage because of how it uses the key gothic concepts like fear, foreboding and dark setting, but also exhibits a romanticism in such darkness. This first person narrative, recalling the events of a dream, describes the protagonists visit to the seemingly gloomy and unpleasant

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier is a masterful mystery romance novel originally published in 1938. The story centers around the marriage of a young woman to Maxim de Winter, a brooding widower caught in the shadow of his deceased wife, Rebecca. Throughout the novel, we embark on a journey of self-discovery from the vantage point of the new Mrs. de Winter. Upon arrival at the expansive estate of her new husband, Manderley, Mrs. de Winter finds the idealistic life she’d hoped to live far from the stark

The novel “Rebecca” by Daphne Du Maurier is a gothic romance novel to say the least. It is a classic tale of mystery, romance and, suspense. Du Maurier tells the story of a nameless woman who becomes the second wife of Mr. Maxim De Winter. They live at Manderley along with the servants of the estate. The main character is faced with the fact the Maxim’s first wife Rebecca, is idolized into something of the perfect wife from the very beginning. However, as the reader soon finds out, Rebecca was anything

Daphne du Maurier is one of the most interesting female authors of Gothic literature in the twentieth century because of her unique style of writing and her background. She is famous for many literary successes during her lifetime. Her literature is unique because she was capable of adding a romantic twist to her gothic style of writing. She borrowed ideas from many other gothic authors and mixed them together so that the finished product was her very own (Buzwell). Some of her fans also believe

CHAPTER FOUR Daphne du Maurier’s Gothic Diction Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind – Daphne du Maurier . 1 4.1 Du Maurier’s Literary Career Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning was born on May 13, 1907 in London . She grew up in a literary and artistic domestic atmosphere. Her family and homeland helped to establish her literary career. She was the granddaughter of the famous artist and author George du Maurier, the daughter of Gerald

Nat Hocken, it isn’t poverty that made it difficult for him to survive; it is birds. Birds are known to have a predominantly positive connotation such as innocence, beauty, gentleness, nobility, and good omen. In the story “The Birds,” the author Daphne Du Maurier creates birds that are evil, violent, ferocious, and savage creatures that are apparently hungry for humans. Nat, living on a small farm, being physically disabled has to survive on his

Jealousy is a phase that is constantly lurking around society, creating chaos, but revealing different discoveries and insights about who people really are. Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier, is a classic novel that illustrates from a psychoanalytic perspective how an absent character’s presence can alter the thoughts and actions of other characters prominent throughout the story. Many significant psychological and mental events are revealed through the character, Rebecca, in the novel, ultimately leading