Helen Essays

In her poem “Helen” Helen Doolittle alludes to Helen of Troy as she describes the feud between her and the Greeks. Her use of vivid, visual imagery and selective rhyme to connect two contrasting, and yet similar, concepts: love and hate. Through this she touches on the concept of forgiveness and how it is not always deserved and is not always earned. The images presented in the poem are particularly evocative and revolve around a singular concept, “All Greece hates/the still eyes in

Compare/Contrast To Helen vs Helen We are all passionate about something in life, whether it be our values, politics, or circumstances. Something these poets are passionate about is Helen and what her beauty symbolizes to them. In the poems “To Helen” by Edgar Allen Poe and “Helen” by Hilda Doolittle, the authors have views of Helen that differ, while Poe sees Helen’s beauty as light, strength, and patriotism, Doolittle sees her beauty as war and hate. The speaker’s attitude, tone, and themes portray

Although she was not related to Hektor, Helen’s mourning speech served as a way of retelling her history, celebrating his life, and painting the final image of his legacy. Helen was the “third and last” (Iliad 24.761) to lament Hektor’s death. Andromache was the first, and she focused on how he deserted his family in his quest for bloody glory. Hekabe spoke second and remarked that Hektor, her favorite son, was now dead. Helen’s song of sorrow acted as a bridge between those two laments; she called

it reads, “....whom men called Helen of the Fair Cheeks, the most beautiful of all mortal women. Her beauty was famous throughout the kingdoms of Greece, and many kings and princes had wished to marry her…” Instead of having a superpower or a special skill, her special attribute was her beauty. She used her beauty on her quest, even though Aphrodite may have played a small part in making sure that she was going to go with Paris so that he would be happy too. Helen was on a quest to find true love

because of Helen, who was the wife of King Menelaus of the Spartans. In a quick turn of events, Helen had fallen in love with Paris, and the lovers fled to Troy. After the 10 year war, Troy had been burned to its knees and all of the residents with it, and Helen was stuck with only two options. The first was to stay with the Greeks, who she had betrayed and caused the 10-year war with, or to stay with the Trojans, who were killed by the Greeks when Troy was burned, and few remained.

Task 1 The story of the abduction of Helen initiated with Eris the goddess of discord. The marriage of the King Peleus with the sea Nymph Thetis was held on the mountain of the Pelion in Thessaly, in Central Greece. Eris was not invited. She was outraged and disturbed the wedding feast and threw a golden apple onto the table, which apple belonged to, Eris said, whomever was the fairest. Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite each reached for the apple. Zeus declared that Paris, prince of Troy who thought to

Homer’s Odyssey: Helen on the Wall & Hector and Andromache Greek mythology is still a widely studied and important subject in today’s society. For many years, Greek myths were passed down orally from generation to generation. These myths are stories with a purpose and reason that serve as an explanation for why certain things occur throughout history. For our presentation, we explored the topic of Homer’s Odyssey. The Odyssey deals with a very important time in Greek history, the time of the Trojan

Helen or Helen of Troy was the daughter of Zeus and Leda in Greek mythology, although her putative father was Tyndareus. A twin sister of Clytemnestra, she also had the twin brothers Castor and Pollux, also known as the Dioscuri. She was considered to be the most beautiful woman in the known world. Initially she was abducted by the hero Theseus, who left her in the protection of his mother Aethra while he was away adventuring. During that time, Athens was invaded by the Spartan army led by Castor

Helen of Troy Helen is the most beautiful woman in Greece and married to King Menelaus of Sparta. People consider her as the daughter of the most puissant god, Zeus. However, her captivating beauty causes prince Paris to elope her. The poem, To Helen, by Edgar Allan Poe, reveals his love and affection for Helen’s beauty. Whereas the second poem, Helen, by H.D. Greeks revile the beauty and attractiveness that Helen possessed. These two poems referring to Helen of Troy reveals the two speakers’ attitude

“To Helen” from Edgar Allan Poe and “Helen” by H.D. are two poems with drastically juxtaposing views of Grecian legend Helen of Troy. Helen was despised for being the cause of the Trojan War, but her beauty stole the hearts of numerous men of the time and those of many men today. These two poets express their views through the use of literary elements such as speaker, imagery, and form. Two different speakers offer two very different opinions of Helen of Troy. Poe’s speaker in “To Helen” has a very

angered her husband at the time Agamemnon, thus began the gruesome war. In the painting Helen of Troy, Evelyn de Morgan uses the immaculate beauty of Helen to show that people can easily be distracted by beauty. While in the poem the “Description of Helen.” Christopher Marlowe uses the same scene to show that people should not dwell or worship others only because of their beauty. In the poem “The Description of Helen” Christopher Marlowe uses vivid imagery

case; she was known as “the most beautiful women in the world”. Her name was Helen, for her love and beauty sparked a war that went on for ten years. This is the war we know today as “The Trojan War”. It all started when the goddess of love, Aphrodite promised Paris, Prince of Troy, the most beautiful mortal of all. Helen at this time was Queen of Sparta, she was married to Menelous who reigned with her. Unfortunately, Helens reign came to an end when she fell in love with Paris, together they ran back

revealed and the people she loves are woven into danger’s deadly threads. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Helen, the most beautiful mortal woman, is entrapped by Aphrodite, who offers her to Paris in exchange for a golden apple. Paris accepts and steals Helen away, beginning the Trojan war. Helen and Bella have many similarities and differences. They are both admired and isolated figures. Bella is the new girl and Helen is the Queen of Sparta, the person who many people had died for. What sets them apart is the

The Essential Homer translated and edited by Stanley Lombardo, depicts the story of the famous Trojan war. Helen even though not being a central character in the story her role throughout the epic is important. She is created as a suffering figure who is constantly striving for independence and a sense of belongingness among the many different restraints that she faces. Even with the limited amounts of appearances in the epic each encounter with her character the reader is able to learn more about

Why was the Trojan War fought? Who is to blame for the war in Homers eyes? This wasr was fought over Helen. Men left their families, to go to Troy to get her back to Menelaus where they believe she belonged. They waited for years to fight, and many died just for this cause. Was it really worth it? In most eyes no it was not. Some blame Paris for not giving her up after he lost the battle, but she could found a way back to prevent the war if she really wanted to. She makes many statements throughout

person who took Helen lives. In the film, Agamemnon, Helen, Paris, all exist, and the background of Paris stealing Helen away is incorporated in the film. However, it is incorporated differently, as no Gods are in the film, and the Golden Apple isn’t even mentioned. Instead, Paris and Hector negotiate a peace treaty with Menelaus, but end up breaking that treaty about 5 seconds after they made it, because Paris smuggles Helen on board their ship, which doesn’t sit well with

Helen of Troy was treated differently and similarly in two different sources. Helen was a beautiful woman known as the daughter of zeus. Zeus was the greek god of the sky that was also the king of the other greek gods. Helen had beauty that was too beautiful she had everyone either hate her or love her. People say they would even smell her beauty from distances. One source talks about Helen’s beauty and another talks about how she is too beautiful that they don’t like her. Source one and two

mythology Helen, “one” of the most beautiful women in the world. Was married to the king of sparta. Sparta and troy were making peace. Prince paris was promised Helen by aphrodite. Both poems will be talking about the beautiful Helen on troy, AKA “the face of a thousand ships”. In poe’s “ To Helen” it will be more about love. In Doolittle”s “Helen” it’s more about hate. In this paper I will be comparing and contrasting two poems focusing specifically on poe’s “ To helen”, Doolittle’s “Helen”, and similarities

One reporter once wrote about Helen Keller acknowledging the fact, “Of all the blind and deaf-mute children, Keller of Tuscumbia, Alabama, is undoubtedly the most remarkable. It is no hyperbole to say that she is a phenomenon. History presents no case like hers” (Lash 80). Keller’s childhood sickness caused her to become blind, deaf and mute. Yet, she bravely disregarded all expectations by learning how to read braille, write and talk. She became an activist for the disabled. Keller’s story can inspire

The Black-Figure Neck-Amphora with (A) Recovery of Helen by Menelaos and (B) Battle Scene is a Greek pottery artifact dating back to the 6th century BCE. The amphora depicts two scenes in black figures against a red background, known simply as a black-figure ceramic. Scene A shows Menelaos, recovering his wife Helen from Paris, while Scene B shows a battle scene between two groups of warriors. The depiction of this story on the amphora served to reinforce the heroic ideals of the Greek society of