Most Roman and Greek gods held mankind in great disdain. They considered humans nothing more than playthings with which to play, torture, and eventually discard. According to mythology, the gods often raped mortal women for their own sexual gratification. However, they didn’t consider their actions a crime, but merely their divine right. One god, however, […]
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In Ayn Rand’s novelette, Anthem, the backward citizens of a future totalitarian state are tormented from the beginning to the end of their fugitive lives according to rules and indoctrination that diminish their freedom, aspirations and analytical abilities. Every facet of his life is brimming with collectivist dogma, yet one of them manages to force […]
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Greek mythology gives us numerous stories, which many would call the story of Prometheus. Johann Wolfgang Goethe, who considered himself a pagan but believed in divinity, takes this titanic story and offers his audience another approach to the creation of man. Of course, if Prometheus knew the story, he would have been quicker to associate […]
Walking out of the press screening for “Prometheus ” I couldn’t help thinking to myself, “This is what I’ve been waiting almost four years for?” I filled out my questionnaire, gave it to the Fox representative, and walked away telling my fellow movie reviewers goodbye. I stated that I hoped I could have a better […]
The story of Pandora is an ancient Greek definition of how women came to be and the roles they play among men. There are those who think that Hesiod’s interpretation and explanation through the stories of all the evils that are in the world; others, as they think, the lesson of life which the story […]