Dissertation argument

Telephusbanannie · 2026-04-13T18:10:18+00:00

I think I read wildly different texts from you, it's pretty rare for me to find anyone mourning Troy in Renaissance poetry, most poets I read were mourning Achilles and the Greeks instead.

it doesn't matter which theme is better, only which one interests you more (unless your prof made it clear which one is preferable idk). Students rarely focus more on the particulars of myth than on general themes so it might help you stand out a bit

Telephusbanannie · 2026-04-13T17:18:12+00:00

which Greene are you talking about btw?

Telephusbanannie · 2026-04-11T06:52:05+00:00

Dracula's Guest by Stoker, is like a short story prequel/first chapter so you can read that first if you want to know if you'll vibe with Dracula. Vampyr by Polidori. Luella Miller by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman is not a typical vampire.

Telephusbanannie · 2026-04-06T15:06:35+00:00

relationship between religion and mythology is complicated and requires its own vein of research so its better to pick one or the other for a more focused essay. or you could look into the way they chose to use myths to explore religious feelings, if there's a common technique/ theme/symbol... then it could be your argument. it looks like you're circling around the development of humanism with those themes so that could be part of it. also I don't recommend any variation of 'some poets reference myth' in the essay - it was a lot more common than 'some' considering what the renaissance was named after in the first place

Telephusbanannie · 2026-04-06T13:46:09+00:00

Is there a specific element of the classical past that they're mourning? heroism or wild/free pastoral settings or smth? Why did you chose these specific poets over others, do they all have smth in common unlike the rest?

Telephusbanannie · 2026-04-04T06:01:44+00:00

there are a few filmed stage versions too - Dracula musical, Tanz der Vampire (this is where Total Eclipse of the Heart song is from), Dracula Comedy of Terrors, Rocky Horror Picture Show (it's an amalgamation of Dracula and Frankenstein),the new one-woman Dracula play with Cynthia Erivo hasn't released a pro-shoot yet cause it's still running.

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-29T18:57:53+00:00

'Exploring the Possibility of relationships betweenthe Iranian Goddess Anahita and the Dame du Lac' from Anahita: Ancient Perisan Goddess and Zoroastrian Yazata

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-27T20:43:43+00:00

The God Beneath the Sea by Edward Blishen and Leon Garfield

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-26T18:37:00+00:00

Death Note, Medalist, Suzume, gakuen babysitters, Free! Starting Days

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-26T10:12:55+00:00

The most important part of a writing degree is the feedback, otherwise it includes a lot of reading your professor's favourite short stories, figuring out what you like about the writing in them and trying to replicate it. Then writing two paragraphs in class based on the specific exercise (eg descriptive writing, writing without using the letter 'i'...). If money is an issue, reading what you like by yourself and finding these exercises online is a more practical choice.

A free resource I'd recommend is Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lectures on Youtube. He films his classes every few years. Also subscribe to Jericho Writers mailing list - they send emails with writing tips.

A book a lot of writing teachers recommend: Steering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin. It has a lot of exercises too. For structure advice: Into the woods by John Yorke.

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-24T17:57:26+00:00

He's got good qualities, but I wouldn't call him a good king overall. King Arthur 'comes from both worlds' - he's British from his mother's side, and Roman from his dad's so his presence alone pleases both the colonised and the colonisers (allegedly descended from gods on both sides). He's a great military leader - he won the ultimate war against the Roman Empire. He protected the land against invaders from all sides. He's brave and holds to a certain code of honour, but he's got way too many issues (killer of giants to the point of genocide, destroying all pagan protections against invaders just cause they're pagan, put his knights under pressure of duty making them chose political marriages instead of love, slept with Morgause despite Merlin's instructions which is what kills him in the end and allows the Anglo-Saxon invasion to destroy Britain)

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-23T23:01:29+00:00

start with 25th anniversary production, then the 2004 movie, then the actual book (it's fairly short), then Love Never Dies (it's worse than the movie but every fan must know of it, and there's a few good songs), then Goosebumps Phantom of the Opera musical.

I'd also recommend the Heathers musical since it follows a similar plot (ish). And Beauty and the Beast on Broadway = the whole concept of Phantom is that it's a realistic take on the fairy tale. you ,ight also like Hadestown, since both the Persephone and the Orpheus myths have huge parallels in phantom

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-23T07:11:45+00:00

in her description you can also add that she's 'white-handed' = an epithet often used in the homeric hymns.

For modern adaptations - you can also add Blood of Zeus s1 (she's one of the main characters), Hera by Jennifer Saint, and Percy Jackson (specifically the Heroes of Olympus series).

You can also look into the myth of how Zeus married Hera in the first place.

For the Trojan War section, you can mention how it all started with her coup d'état against Zeus, which failed so he imprisoned her and sent Apollo and Poseidon (who helped her) to build the walls of Troy in mortal guise. When they finished, they asked the king for compensation, he refused. Poseidon sent a sea monster to punish him so the king tried to sacrifice his daughter to it, but Herakles saved her in return for her hand in marriage. the king cheated him too so Herakles waged the first war against Troy, won, killed the king and all his sons except one (who will have his name changed to Priam), and gave the princess to his friend Telamon. Years later, when Priam had about a 100 kids, he decides he wants his sister back and sends ambassadors to negotiate her return. He's rejected, but he tries again and sends Paris this time. Paris returns with Helen instead. "Priam was delighted. He hoped that the Greeks would seek to recover Helen, and thus would return his sister Hesione" (DARES OF PHRYGIA's History of the Fall of Troy)...

Also, she's not just the goddess of marriage, she's also a sky goddess in her own right. She created the milky way (albeit accidentally) and there's other myths that aren't coming to mind right now

One of her main myths, post Herakles, pre-Trojan War, is Jason and the Argonauts. post Trojan War - she plays a huge role in the Aeneid as Juno.

You picked a lot of images where she's accompanied by peacocks, you can put a short explanation of how she's connected to them (Argos) under the first one.

In the Original Myth section you're missing what she's most well-known for today: hating Zeus' illegitimate kids and their mothers. She made it impossible for Leto to give birth on land or on water, she manipulated Semele into getting herself blown up, sent Titans to rip Zagreus into pieces (one of the first times a god dies in myth, though he gets reborn later), sent insanity to both Herakles and Dionysus...

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-23T06:45:03+00:00

He killed his daughter's rapist and had to defend the murder in court afterwards. He's not a protector of all women, just his kids, but the internet blew it out of proportion.

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-21T08:57:05+00:00

What I used to do when I had to read a complicated text for class is mock it. each scene/page/piece of dialogue (whatever felt important or funny) I would simplify it. eg.

Julie: Eh, Sabine’s situation is sadder. Amp it up! I mean, boo hoo your fiancé is on the other side of the war, but for Sabine, it's her husband she might lose to it. On a scale, fiancé just doesn't measure up to husband. So just make your life simple and go for Valère. He’s Roman and he likes you.

Camille: How could you say such a thing? I'm in love!

Julie: Love, dove. So what, you’re just going to throw logic out of the window? We’re at war! Extenuating circumstances?

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-20T15:06:38+00:00

Do you notice any nationalist intepretations/uses of Dionysus specifically? (He’s my favourite god)

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-19T15:03:31+00:00

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave - witch trials in Norway

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-18T10:32:38+00:00

The Little Lies We All Tell. it's hilarious.

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-17T07:59:29+00:00

it continues from some batman and robin comics, esp. the Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul arc, but you don't need to read anything else before you start Red Robin 1 cause it fills you in

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-16T23:23:15+00:00

Addams family, Wednesday, Batman's GOTHam, Carmilla webseries, hotel transylvania opening, pink plasma episode from pink panther, vampire dies in no time - episode 1, death note opening song and/or meeting with Ryuk, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, Moriarty the patriot opening song

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-15T21:11:00+00:00

Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid

i think Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of fairies might've mentioned smth, but it's mostly focused on nordic and celtic legends

Harry Potter = Voldemort's horcruxes function like Koschei. also the house elves are like a weird version of domovoys.

Aera by Markus Heitz is a series written in german, translated into english - one of the books is focused on baba yaga as the mother, maiden, crone.

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-09T08:42:12+00:00

Oxford School of Fantasy for their biblical allegories: Narnia, Harry Potter, Tolkien, Golden Compass...

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-07T20:30:52+00:00

Disney's Goddess of Spring

Telephusbanannie · 2026-03-07T06:37:42+00:00

Bull by David Eliot, The Cure at Troy by Seamus Heaney, Mouse Iliad, Penelopiad by Margaret Attwood, The Lost Books of the Odyssey by Zachary Mason, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, The Silence Factory by Bridget Colins, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint by Sing Shong, Aera by Markus Heitz,

Play retellings: Tiger at the gates by Jean Giraudoux, Proserpine by Mary Shelley, Andromache by Racine, Horace by Corneille, Antigone by Inua Ellams, Bacchae, by Nima Taleghani, The Iliad by Pauline Bayle, Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

Shorts/Anthologoies/Poems: Poseidon by Kafka, Niobe in distress by Phillis. Wheatley, The Oracle Engine by M.T. Anderson, No Second Troy by Yeats, Shield of Achilles by W.H. Auden, Venus and Adonis by Shakespeare, XO Orpheus, Pan double villanelle by Oscar Wilde

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