In the editorial by Ron Judd titled “Why returning grizzlies to the North Cascades is the right thing to do” found on the Seattle Times’ website, Mr. Rudd states his case for the reintroduction of Grizzly bears into the North Cascade Mountains of Washington State. He makes the argument that fatal interactions between hikers and bears are not a valid argument against reintroduction because the rarity of these encounters and the rarity of aggressive bears. He also cites some of his personal experiences encountering these animals and both his own and their reaction. Mr. Rudd uses this information to paint a picture that the bears are not as dangerous as commonly believed, using as an example the presence of grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park which sees many more visitors than the North Cascades. Another point that Rudd discusses is his belief that bears are an important part of the wilderness experience, he shares his feelings after one of those encounters: “With senses heightened off the charts, it was as if I had stopped observing the natural world, and for the first time, stepped all the way into it.
It happened that Metis was going to have a child, and she was making armor and making a splendid robe for her child. For a while, Zeus suffered pounding headaches, and Hephaestus, being skilled at the tools, split open his father’s skull. Athena jumped out of Zeus’s head, thunder roared, and the gods stood in awe. There was this one time that made Athena very mad, when she turned one of the weavers Arachne, into a spider after the mortal girl insulted Athena and the Olympian gods. One of Athena’s pupils, Arachne, was
One of Artemis’ loyal followers was forced to go against this order when Zeus fell in love with her; however, the goddess placed the blame on her follower shooting her, not Zeus. Furthermore, this shows the goddess’ lack of sympathy and forgiveness to her followers' wrongdoings. B. Although not required, Artemis also preferred her
Athena assists Odysseus not simply for her enjoyment, but also to help the hero Odysseus destroy the villainous suitors, which completes fate. Since Athena is a goddess, who holds much power, the poem seems to validate her deception. The text suggests it is not uncommon for gods to disguise themselves while visiting the mortal world or assist humans in their own acts of deception, and therefore deception and trickery are not presented as erroneous in the
She may have been with Troy, and he may have been taking care of her, but definitely not in the way she was explaining it. The thought of his daughter and Troy being together made his stomach turn. Athena tried to reassure him that their daughter was still indeed a virgin. In her words, “A mother always knows.”
Doing that he will see who has remained loyal to him since he has been gone. Athena shows that she is caring for her friends. She has been Odysseus’s protector through the “Odyssey”. Athena is a loyal and has helped Odysseus in many battles by protecting him from arrows and many other things. Athena has shown that she is a caring character in the
/“Listen,” she cried, “I challenge Minerva /“To weave better than I weave, /And if she wins /Let her do whatever she wants with me, /I shan’t care.” (Arachne 26-34) Arachne is challenging the goddess of weaving just to see who is better and she puts everything at risk and anything she possesses. " Minerva tore from the loom /That gallery of divine indiscretions
A specific example of this is when she made the villagers forget about what Odysseus did to them. According to the text, “Lay down your arms now, / And go your ways with no more bloodshed. / Thus Athena, and they turned pale with fear. / The weapons dropped from their trembling hands /
Athena uses her powerful identity as a goddess to shape the mortal's decisions on fighting. The relatives of the suitors were off to fight against Odysseus and his men because Odysseus killed all the suitors. Athena heard this news and decided to try and help make the fight stop. “They would have killed them all, cut them off from home if Athena, daughter of storming
Excellence and virtue are pivotal concepts in Greek Culture. For example, the Athenian justice system uprooted the traditional “eye for an eye” form of justice that we see in the Oresteia. Indeed, the characters who exact this form of justice create intense anxiety in the audience, which Aeschylus remedies with Athena in the Eumenides. This idea is apparent from her placement within the trilogy, and the way she interacts with the Furies and Apollo. Because of her ability to relieve and reorder character emotion, Aeschylus uses Athena as a primary means to produce catharsis in the audience.
This is clearly evident that Athena was biased all along because the votes were equal but instead of calling another person to vote, she herself automatically announces that Orestes is not
When Athena, a goddess, realizes that her weaving competition with Arachne, a mortal, would end in a draw, the text states, “...she tore Arachne’s tapestry from top to bottom and began to beat the girl,” (85). Because Athena has supernatural powers, she should be viewed as a superior being. However, in this story, although Arachne is a mortal, she is able to weave at a comparable level of skill to Athena, a goddess. This causes Athena to feel envious of Arachne’s abilities, and in an effort to weaken Arachne, Athena destroys Arachne’s work and beats her. Athena’s behavior is similar to humans’ behavior when attempting to invalidate and undermine that people they are jealous and envious of.
Athena the goddess of wisdom exemplifies how gods intervene in mortals battles and change their actions. Achilles reminds Agamemnon that he has all the prizes of the battle up to the present. Soon Agamemnon agrees to give Chrysies back, but demands another woman as compensation and chooses the girl of Achilles, and takes Briseis. Then Achilles calls him shameless and greedy but Agamemnon responds saying he doesn't need Achilles. This announcement makes Achilles even angrier and he is on the point of drawing his sword to kill Agamemnon and telling Athena
She gained her wisdom from her mother Metis and intelligence from her father Zeus. According to myth, Zeus had a horrible headache, so he asked another god Prometheus to cut open his head. Once Zeus’s head was cut open, Athena came out fully formed as an adult. She is said to be the favorite daughter of Zeus; she won many wars and outsmarted enemies with her advice, intelligence, and wisdom. Her decisions were well considered, highly
How we came to be on earth has been one of the most debated topics of all. Many theories have been created to help show where we as humans have evolved from. Each of the theories that have been produced are very different and unique and explore a range of different aspects , that can suggest how we as humans came to be on this earth. Some theories are based on scientific discoveries whilst others are based on religious beliefs. Three of the most well known theories are: Darwinism, Lamarckism and Creationism.
