One goddess with whom almost everyone is familiar is Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, beauty, and sexual desire. But where Aphrodite came from remains a matter of great debate. Some believe that she was formed from seafoam, fully-grown, a nubile young beauty who simply bypassed childhood altogether. Others, however, say she was the daughter ...
William Shakespeares’s “Sonnets 53” has the narrator elevating his beloved to that of the ideal beauty; thus, all beauty is subsequently judged in comparison to him. This poem is perhaps the most Platonic of all of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Plato states that “a higher world of eternal, unchanging Ideas or Forms has always existed. These ideal ...
A lot of us enjoy flowers simply for their beauty. They offer us stunning colors and sweet smells. They mean romance, friendship, and so much more. But the appreciation of flowers is nothing new. It goes back almost as far as time itself. There are a lot of myths and legends about flowers. Sometimes the ...
You wouldn’t think so if you open the sports page on a daily basis. Seems as if the lead story at least once a week involves some star athlete either caught or revealing that he or she has used muscle enhancing steroids or other types of muscle building supplements. It can lead one to a ...
More than likely, you’ve been told by your critique partner or another writer, “Your writing would be much tighter if you didn’t use so many passive phrases.” How many times have you read over your manuscript after being told that and wondered what are they talking about? Well, wonder no more… Verb Tenses are often ...
I have been married for nigh on 21 years…to the same guy. We have four kids. Life is busy and hectic. We go to work and then we come home and work some more. The kids need shoes, visits to the doctor, clothes, etc. We go to a store almost everyday for some necessity. There ...
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