...In The Odyssey and The Siren Song, both Homer and Margaret Atwood depict women as beautiful yet manipulative creatures. The Sirens are mythical beings that are half human half bird whom are defined as dangerous yet beautiful creatures that no man could resist, except for Odysseus. Odysseus and his men approach the island of the Sirens, and Odysseus, as instructed by Circe, plugs his men's ears with beeswax and has them bind him to the mast of the ship. Although Homer’s The Odyssey connotes the Sirens as vicious and eerie, Margaret Atwood’s Siren Song depicts the creatures as mysterious yet beautiful creatures, which is conveyed through each author’s use of figurative language and diction. In The Odyssey, the Sirens are characterized as irresistible yet evil creatures. No man can resist them, except for Odysseus. He was able to resist the temptation by tying himself down and putting beeswax in his shipmates’ ears, so that they can avoid the women as well. Homer proves how inevitable the Sirens voices are by...
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...Without will power, temptation and curiosity can cause many to stray from the goal of their journey. In “The Odyssey” by Homer and “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood, the poets characterize the Sirens as manipulative and powerful through the SIrens flattering diction and captivating voices. The sirens use their alluring words to captivate the sailors into their trap with tempting offers. These creatures are manipulative and do everything in their power to lure these men to their doom. They trick and sing their song to the point where the men are unwillingly pulled to the island by the irresistible song. “The song is a cry for help: Help me!”(21-22) In the poem the sirens know that no man can resist a damsel in distress, a situation like...
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...The portaryal of the Sirens and their luring but destructive song is compared in both Homer's Odyessey and Margaret Atwood's poem Siren Song as being inevitable and trecharous to the Odysseus sailors. The leader of the Odysseus recounts about thier encounter with the Sirens and with an ominous tone addreses his crew to heed of the cataclysmic dangers the Sirens are forcasted to perform. The Siren in the poem narrarates her tragedy of causing such pernicious accidents and through her point of view manipulates the reader to belive Sirens have no desire to hurt those who cross their path. In the Odyssey, the leader of the Odysseus applies his point of view on the Sirens by expressing how the song causes his,"...heart inside..." to throb...
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...Sirens and their luring songs appear in both Homer's Odyssey and Margaret Atwood's "Siren Song." Nonetheless, the reader's experience greatly differs from reading about sirens in one poem to reading about them in the other. This is greatly due to the difference n point of view in each poem and to the similar tone each author creates. When comparing the portrayal of sirens in each poem, it is evident that each has its own point of view. In the Odyssey, the sirens are described from the viewpoint of Odysseus and the other sailors. Odysseus explains that when the sirens noticed their ship, they approached the vessel and "burst into their high, thrilling song..." Since the sirens are being described by sailors, the sirens' victims, the sirens...
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...Imagine a world where you are not able to do anything except sing. You are stuck on an island with two other people but can only sing. This is reality for the Sirens in the epic the Odyssey by Homer and the poem Siren's Song by Margaret Atwood. The Sirens are characters that have enchanting voices and makes anyone who hears them never want to go home, even the strongest people. However, these two writings are very different. The poet’s interpretation of the Sirens give us sympathy for the Homer's Sirens. This is because the two works describe two drastically different characteristics, such as how they feel. Homer describes the Odyssey Sirens as being scary and even enticing. Homer uses capturing language to tell of Odysseus’s voyage through...
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...Sirens are said to be these mythical creatures in Greek mythology whom torment men at sea. Both Margaret Atwood's poem and in Homer's Odyssey, Sirens are portrayed in ways that differentiate the thoughts of them in the past and in the present. Although they do differentiate in various ways, their meaning and image stand the same. In both Homer's Odyssey and Atwood's poem "Sirens Song", Sirens are said to be malicious and bad creatures. They are said to lurk in the ocean tormenting sailors who roam the seas, but despite the harm they can cause, it seems that their deadly melody is a yelp for help. in Homer's Odyssey their song is described as an urgent call, and in the "Sirens Song" it is described as a cry for help. Despite the similarities,...
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...The decieving Sirens with their chanting but deadly songs have lived many sailors to their death. In Homer's epic poetry, "Odyssey" the portrayals of the Sirens differ than Margaret Atwood's "Sirens Song." Atwood utilizes first person point of view while Homer incorporates Odyssey's point of view. Thus, this results affecting their diction and mood in which they demonstrate different behaviors from the Sirens. Homer introduces a solution to avoid the calls from the Sirens. He explains the situation his characters will have to endure. Thus, the Sirens would have to take a different approach to lure in the sailors. Homer's application of first person point of view only exhibits the affect it has toward one person. Sirens only approach is to...
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...Homer's epic The Odyssey and Margaret Atwood's poem "Siren Song" underscore the enchanting but deadly temptations of the alluring mythical sirens. While both poems incorporate first-person points of view, their perspectives, as well as their tones, differ drastically. The former, making use of aggressive diction and the latter, making use of persuasive diction, show difference of objectified and humanized women. While both demonstrate similarities, they also have radical differences. "Siren Song" and The Odyssey both are told from a first-person point of view but their perspectives of male and female is just one of the many differences between the two works.In the former, Margaret writes, "This is the one song that everyone would like...
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...In this particular painting, John William Waterhouse illustrates the moment when Odysseus and his men pass through the land of the Sirens. After examining the painting closely, I noticed a number of things that were significantly different than the original description of the Sirens in the book. I also took time to look at other paintings while comparing and contrasting, which helped me understand this piece a lot better. According to the book, The Odyssey, while passing through the Sirens, Odysseus was instructed by Circe to plug his men’s ears with wax and have his men bind him to the mast of the ship so that they could pass through the Sirens’ land and survive. The painting by Waterhouse, displayed a very similar scenario, but drifted away a little bit from the physical description in the book. While looking at the painting, we can see that the scene, in general, is the same, with Odysseus bound to the mast and his men’s ears covered in wax, but a few things stood out to me as I further examined it. Homer didn’t give Waterhouse much to work with as far as physical description of the Sirens, but I think...
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...In the “Speech to the Virginia Convention”(1775), Patrick Henry convinced colonist to start a war against Britain by using rhetorical devices. Henry used imagery to help him persuade and show the colonist that they were shutting their eyes to what the British were doing. He used allusion to emphasize that the colonist were being blinded by comparing them to other people in a famous story they knew. Henry used parallelism to emphasize his point by repeating what he said. He also used rhetorical questions so that he could give the colonist a question they would know the answer to and also so they could think about it. Henry used many rhetorical devices and in the end they helped him convince the colonist to go to war against Britain. Patrick...
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...In the late 1700´s Patrick Henry delivered a speech called ¨Give Liberty Or Give Death¨ in Virginia in which he asked to fight back against Britain that had been defecting on promises of helping their citizens with all their needs for a long time. Henry was able to persuade the men around him to believe that the United States’ liberty was a cause worth fighting for. Throughout his speech, he appealed to the emotions of his audience giving it some diction and allusions. Henry used a lot of emotional appeals through diction during his speech in order to persuade more and more his audience. At the beginning of his speech, he captured the attention of the people in the convention by saying “Should I keep back my opinions at such a time through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country’’ (line 15). This authorative tone made the audience fearful and anxious about what he was going to say. The emotional appeals in this speech are also formed with the use of figurative language which made his diction different from the usual. The audience can see this when he said, “We must fight! I repeat it sir, we must fight!”. His use of repetition and hyperbole emphasized that no matter what they will fight and they should be prepared. Also Henry took advantage of the feelings of his audience by using rhetorical questions, for example, in line 23 he asked that if the citizens should act like those who have eyes and don’t see, have ears and...
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...the acts of Great Britain which claimed that they were done for endearment. In Patrick Henry’s speech, “Give me Liberty” he emphasizes that the solution was to uphold a strong, alert, active and bold fight with God on their side. Although Henry states he is patriotic to Britain, he has a different view on how to handle this situation. Henry begins building his credibility with allusion of hope, citing convincing evidence, and successfully employing emotional appeals. In his speech, Henry begins his speech by discussing hope in allusions by making a point that man-hopes for freedom without fighting, but refute this idea, proving that it cannot be a reality. For example, “listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts” (Henry) This alludes to the Odyssey metaphorically comparing how the British are giving the colonies false hope to how Circe lures men to her island, giving them false hope and then transforms them into pigs. This false hope the British give...
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...This book has been optimized for viewing at a monitor setting of 1024 x 768 pixels. MADE TO STICK random house a new york MADE TO STICK Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die • • • C H I P H E AT H & D A N H E AT H Copyright © 2007 by Chip Heath and Dan Heath All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Random House and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Heath, Chip. Made to stick : why some ideas survive and others die / Chip Heath & Dan Heath p. cm. Includes index. eISBN: 978-1-58836-596-5 1. Social psychology. 2. Contagion (Social psychology). 3. Context effects (Psychology). I. Heath, Dan. II. Title. HM1033.H43 2007 302'.13—dc22 2006046467 www.atrandom.com Designed by Stephanie Huntwork v1.0 To Dad, for driving an old tan Chevette while putting us through college. To Mom, for making us breakfast every day for eighteen years. Each. C O N T E N T S INTRODUCTION WHAT STICKS? 3 Kidney heist. Movie popcorn. Sticky = understandable, memorable, and effective in changing thought or behavior. Halloween candy. Six principles: SUCCESs. The villain: Curse of Knowledge. It’s hard to be a tapper. Creativity starts with templates. CHAPTER 1 SIMPLE 25 Commander’s Intent. THE low-fare airline. Burying the lead and the inverted pyramid. It’s the...
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...RICHARD DAWKINS-The Selfish Gene. Ebook v1.0. 'Who should read this book? Everyone interested in the universe and their place in it.' Jeffrey R. Baylis, Animal Behaviour Our genes made us. We animals exist for their preservation and are nothing more than their throwaway survival machines. The world of the selfish gene is one of savage competition, ruthless exploitation, and deceit. But what of the acts of apparent altruism found in nature-the bees who commit suicide when they sting to protect the hive, or the birds who risk their lives to warn the flock of an approaching hawk? Do they contravene the fundamental law of gene selfishness? By no means: Dawkins shows that the selfish gene is also the subtle gene. And he holds out the hope that our species-alone on earth-has the power to rebel against the designs of the selfish gene. This book is a call to arms. It is both manual and manifesto, and it grips like a thriller. The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins's brilliant first book and still his most famous, is an international bestseller in thirteen languages. For this new edition there are two major new chapters. 'learned, witty, and very well written...exhilaratingly good.' Sir Peter Medawar, Spectator Richard Dawkins is a Lecturer in Zoology at Oxford University and a Fellow of Mew College, and the author of The Blind Watchmaker. Preface to 1976 edition This book should be read almost as though it were science fiction. It is designed to appeal to the imagination. But it is not science...
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...Barron GRE word list - A abase abash abate abbreviate abdicate aberrant aberration abet abeyance abhor abide abject abjure ablution abnegation abode abolish abominable abominate aboriginal abortive abrasive abridge abrogate abscission abscond absolute absolve abstain lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect embarrass subside or moderate shorten renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility) abnormal or deviant deviation from the normal; mental disorder assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage suspended action detest; hate Dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate; Ex. abide by the rules; Ex. I can't abide rude people. (of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-respect; Ex. abject apology renounce upon oath washing renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation dwelling place; home cancel; put an end to detestable; extremely unpleasant loathe; hate being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigine unsuccessful; fruitless rubbing away; tending to grind down condense or shorten abolish cutting off; separation depart secretly and hide complete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not relative; Ex. absolute honesty/ruler; CF. absolutism pardon (an offense) refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote; abstemious abstinence abstract abstruse abusive abut abysmal abyss academic accede accelerate...
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