Essays Tagged: "Ganymede"

Aquarius. Viewing and history

ound. Aquarius portrays a man or boy spilling water from an urn. Aquarius is identified with Ganymede, a beautiful young shepherd who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Mount Olympus to be the c ...

(2 pages) 66 0 4.9 Feb/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

What challenges does As You Like It present to out conceptions of gender identity?

st the men.One needs to look at the relationship of Rosalind and Orlando and Rosalind's disguise as Ganymede. To do this one needs to discover the meaning behind the name Ganymede.The name Ganymede ha ... e Ganymede.The name Ganymede has social and literary connotations and suggests male to male desire. Ganymede was a young boy from mythology that Jove fell in love with. The boy replaced Jove's wife as ...

(5 pages) 117 0 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"The World of Ganymede" a world I made up.

Ganymede is made up of a series of continental islands. It is set in the medievil era while there ar ... al creatures like the Baba Yaga, Chupcabras, and Fuzzbutts.Nydia is the largest continent in all of Ganymede. The land is covered in grassy hills and cliffs. Nydia was "born with a brick in the stomac ... ral peace. They grow tomatoes, potatoes, tobac, and sisal.Hythloth is on the northeastern region of Ganymede. It's full of cold, jagged mountains; it's quite sinister, gives you the heeby jeebies. The ...

(6 pages) 33 0 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Jupiter and the Galilean Satellites

etor impacts on the four inner moons.The Galilean SatellitesThe Galilean satellites are Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto which where all discovered by Galileo in the year 1610. Jupiter is slowing do ... are changing the orbits of the moons, very slowly forcing them farther from Jupiter. Io, Europa and Ganymede are locked together in a 1:2:4 orbital resonance, which means that Io goes around once Euro ...

(3 pages) 37 0 3.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 5 Scene 2,

here Rosalind and her father are reunited, Orlando and Rosalind are brought together and Aliena and Ganymede are revealed as Celia and Rosalind. If you don't understand what this is all about, you wil ... so does Orlando. Since it is not safe for two ladies to travel alone, Rosalind dresses up as a boy (Ganymede) and Celia as a poor girl (Aliena). Orlando escapes from his brother - Oliver and his plans ...

(4 pages) 37 0 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Planet Mercury

has less than half of that size, about 3,000 miles in diameter. Mercury, a planet, is smaller than Ganymede, a satellite revolving around Jupiter.One of the features of Mercury distinguishing it from ...

(2 pages) 74 0 2.7 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

Jupitor and waht it look like

pe reveals that these spots are actually a rare alignment of three of Jupiter's largest moons - Io, Ganymede, and Callisto - across the planet's face. In this image, the telltale signatures of this al ... e three black circles] cast by the moons. Io's shadow is located just above center and to the left; Ganymede's on the planet's left edge; and Callisto's near the right edge. Only two of the moons, how ...

(1 pages) 27 1 1.5 Jan/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy

Shakespeare's use of metaphors in the play "As You Like It" with citations.

speare uses a lot of metaphors. In, "As You Like It," he has Rosalind who is disguised as boy named Ganymede use an interesting metaphor that explores the relationship between the consumption of time ... en in love with and knows that he loves her, that she is wise when it comes to love and that she as Ganymede could cure his love by giving him love lessons. The metaphor proves to be effective because ...

(3 pages) 24 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

How effectivly Does H.G Wells Create suspense in "The Red Room"

ute perhaps. Then, with my hand in the pocket that held my revolver, I advanced, only to discover a Ganymede and Eagle glistening in the moonlight."This use of anti-climaxes helps to up the tempo and ...

(2 pages) 16 0 5.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

As You Like It

in the real world. Shakespeare mocks the foolishness of idealistic love through Phoebe's letter to Ganymede. Shakespeare similarly uses Ganymede to amend the idealistic views of love of Orlando.Shake ... nd the idealistic views of love of Orlando.Shakespeare ridicules the idealistic love Phoebe has for Ganymede by regarding it as idiotic. Phoebe's initial attraction to Ganymede is when Phoebe sees tha ...

(3 pages) 2 0 0.0 Feb/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Journeys in Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'

express their opinions and views freely. In Shakespeare's 'As You Like It', Rosalind's disguise as Ganymede allows her to challenge assumptions that women are passive, silent and helpless. Although s ...

(3 pages) 1 0 0.0 Aug/2014

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare