From the time of Darius the Great, who ruled from 522-486 BCE, until its fall in 330 BCE, Persepolis was the capital of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. It is located on the high Iranian plateau in Marv Dasht plain, with the large “Mountain of Mercy” protecting it from the north wind on its back. The broad Persian Empire reaches from India and Central Asia to Libya and the Black Sea. The Achaemenid capital, Persepolis, is a reminder of the rich cultural legacy and architectural ability of ancient Persia. During the height of the empire, Persepolis, which is located in modern-day Iran, served many functions and purposes. To shed light on Persepolis’ significance as a political, religious, and cultural center of its era, this essay examines the …show more content…
Built by Darius the Great in the late the sixth century BCE and expanded upon by Xerxes I and Artaxerxes I, Persepolis served as a symbol of centralised authority and imperial power. The Persian kings, according to (Foundation, n.d.), created a form of government that enabled them to get information, as well as manage a large territory. The empire was divided into 23 provinces, each controlled by a satrap, or high official; this was known as the satrapy system. A military general who answered directly to the king advised and supplemented the satrap, who served as the political governor of each satrapy. The two most influential leaders in each satrapy could monitor one another in this way. The idea behind dividing military and political power was to prevent local leaders from becoming overly powerful. Since Darius personally appointed these satraps, they were more devoted to him than to Cyrus's local government structure. The architectural layout of …show more content…
The site was a melting pot of diverse ethnicities, languages, and traditions, reflecting the empire's vast territorial expanse and multicultural fabric. Placed in the Museum Archives of the Oriental Institute is a selection of photographs featuring special carvings and artworks from Persepolis. The pictures of the Empire capture the quintessential elements of Achaemenid Persian architectural style, such as the forests of columns, monumental audience halls, elaborate staircases, and stone relief carvings of people from all corners of the empire. This style of architecture shares cultural significance with other surrounding cultures. It was also found that the reliefs and inscriptions discovered at Persepolis represent scenes featuring different peoples and their cultures from across the empire, as well as from surrounding areas, demonstrating the cultural diversity of Achaemenid rule. This exchange of cultures and ideas helped in the unity of various traditions, promoting a sense of unity and identity among the empire's citizens. The reliefs and inscriptions found at Persepolis depict scenes of tribute-bearing peoples from regions as far-flung as Egypt, Greece, and India, highlighting the interconnectedness of ancient civilizations through trade, diplomacy, and conquest. Moreover, the architectural marvels of Persepolis, characterized by its monumental
Persepolis is a coming of age story written by Marjane Satrapi in 20001. Depicting a young girl growing up during the religious revolts in Iran. Throughout the story the main character loses her innocence. The author uses the appeals of genre, ethos, pathos, and logos, historical context, and illustration to depict the loss of innocence in the main character.
When writing any sort of narrative, be it novel or poem, fiction or non-fiction, scholarly or frivolous, an author must take into account the most effective manner in which to effectively convey the message to their audience. Choosing the wrong form, or method of speaking to the reader, could lead to a drastic misunderstanding of the meaning within an author’s content, or what precisely the author wants to say (Baldick 69). Even though there are quite a bit fewer words in a graphic novel than in the average novel, an author can convey just as much content and meaning through their images as they could through 60,000 words. In order to do that though, their usage of form must be thoughtfully considered and controlled. Marjane Satrapi, author of the graphic memoir The Complete Persepolis, took great pains in the creation of her panels in order to reinforce and emphasize her narrative, much like a novelist utilizes punctuation and paragraph breaks. Through her portrayal of darkness and lightness, Satrapi demonstrates that literary content influences, and is primary to, the form.
Persepolis 2: The Story of Return is anchored around how Marji is affected by the social injustice that occurred during the Islamic Revolution. Growing up as “a westerner in Iran and an Iranian in the West,” (Satrapi 274) changes and molds her into the young woman she is at the end of her journey. In this second chapter of Satrapis life she moves away from the comfort of Iran and finds a life in Vienna. Marji desires to find her purpose and identity during her brief time here and faces many battles with language barriers, people and herself. Marjis past from Iran haunts her and instills the idea that she needs to make something of herself while in Austria. Finding that Austria took her down a darker path where the light was scarcer and the
Persepolis is an autobiographical graphic narrative of the author, Marjane Satrapi’s childhood story during and after the Islamic revolution. Satrapi’s goal in writing Persepolis is she wants to let everyone knows especially the West that the “entire nation [Iranian] should not be judged by the wrongdoings of a few extremists” that is related to “fundamentalism, fanaticism and terrorism” in the history (Satrapi 2). It has been ages that the West has negative perception towards the East especially on the issue where Iranian women being oppressed by Islamic regime. While reading Persepolis, I find that Satrapi is not only writing Persepolis as a medium to counter all the negative conception of the Western readers about Iranian but rather as a history story book and it contains messages that need to be conveyed to Iranian. Other than that, Satrapi has inserted Western culture in the characters and they use the cultures as one of the ways for Iranian to survive in the oppression by Islamic regime. My goal in this paper is to discuss on the portrayal of Western cultures as a way to encounter the oppression and Satrapi’s work does not act as a medium to change the perception of the West towards Iranian but as a story book that tells history of Iran for the readers all over the world and also contains messages that need to be conveyed to the Iranian.
Echoes of Change "Persepolis," Marjane Satrapi's compelling graphic novel, unfolds against the tumultuous backdrop of the Iranian Revolution and the devastating Iran-Iraq War, providing a vivid exploration of the impact of these monumental events on the fabric of Iranian society and, more intimately, on the lives of its women. Through Satrapi's personal narrative, readers are offered a unique glimpse into the complexities of growing up in a country marred by political upheaval and conflict, where the quest for identity and freedom becomes entangled with the broader struggles of a nation seeking its path amidst revolution and war. This masterpiece not only chronicles the historical and socio-political changes that have shaped modern Iran, but
In Persepolis, the author thinks that times of tragedy can inspire hope for change by pushing people to take action. This is shown throughout Marjane’s childhood when she experiences traumatic events, where she is forced to learn about death at a young age when her Uncle Anoosh is executed. After her uncle’s death, she had to cope with his loss, which wasn’t easy due to her young age. This event changed her perspective on death and religion. On page 70, when God enters her room, she angrily yells at him, “Shut up you!
...ti-colored and multi-raced people, which was something that almost none of the other ancient empires had. It was a peaceful empire and was admired by many people. It had amazing acheivements in goverment, military and communication. It was the largest empire in the Ancient World and was an amazing empire, for the 250 years it lasted. The Persian Empire will be remembered as the largest empire in the ancient world and the most tolerant.
When analyzing Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel, Persepolis, under a Marxist Literary Lense, one can see an apparent irony in the protagonist’s support of revolution and left-wing ideologies like communism. Marji’s family is a fairly affluent family, seeing that they live lives of relative comfort and luxury. Seeing that the family is a part of the class of Iranian society that has money, it is strange that the family calls for a destruction of the current society that they live in. It seems that the family does this for ideological reasons, as they disapprove of the Shah’s autocratic regime, although their way of life seems unaffected directly. After the revolution of 1979 concludes, an Islamic Theocracy takes control of the country, greatly hindering the family’s rather secular and affluent lifestyle.
When they hear the words Iran or Islam most Americans probably think of terrorism or 9/11. They associate Iran with what they have seen in the news lately, as it pertains to violence in the Middle East. In best-selling graphic novel Persepolis, author Marjane Satrapi attempts to show us that not all Iranians are extremists and that they don't all want to hurt other cultures. Her goal is to show that they rather, simply want to live their lives and enjoy time spent with family and friends. Having this as a goal however, does not mean that in writing her book Satrapi changed everyone's mind.
In the Ruins The complete Persepolis is a glamourized depiction of the atrocities occurring during the Iranian Revolution. Most people are never formally educated in modern Middle Eastern history, and they do not know any better than to take this story as the truth, the end all be all, but Marjane Satrapi’s account of the revolution is only one story of many and its not the worst of it.
Clearly the rich cultural and historical content of the work Persepolis that his excellent plot has led available as not only comic, but has also been made into a film. Both contextualize narrating the events in Tehran (Iran) and the many cultural aspects that were developed there. The author, Marjane Sartrapi, manages to reflect on how her life story from childhood unfolds. Looking at the book from the context of the narrator at the time of writing, you can see the narrow gap between what was her life and "Persepolis.” She and her family, with pain, live the restrictions of individual liberties, repression, imposition of veiling of women and the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war, the new regime used to consolidate.
Introduction My main focus was to find an essay that was filled with errors and grammatical mistakes because they would tend to lack the qualities of a proper technical document. I decided to use an essay I had written in 2011, my sophomore year of high school. I knew that my high school writing abilities were incoherent and had numerous grammar mistakes. For the assignment that I am writing the memo on, I was assigned to read the graphic novel, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, then write an evaluative essay on what external forces affected the main character’s life.
Graphic Novel Considerations “A picture is worth a thousand words” is an idiom most of us have heard in our lifetimes. But, what if those thousand words could create a more meaningful image in someone’s mind through their imagination, that in turn fosters a personal connection with the text. Marjane Satrapi chooses the graphic novel format for her personal memoir, Persepolis, which enables her to add emotion, relay meaning, and visually imply unsaid information into her story. However, this may not be as easily achieved by all authors and in every context.
Importance of place and setting: Time and place, also known as setting is very significant in a work of literature. It’s is the foundation of the story because the culture during that time period in that place is incorporated in the narrative to help it progress or create conflict. In Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, Iran is a perfect setting during this time because there were many political changes in the country. There were many people who are also part of this change as well, including Satrapi herself. There are a lot of conflict such as the man vs. man conflict where many innocent people die because of the war between Iraq and Iran or people move away to find a more peaceful living.
A considerable amount of misleading information or stereotype are common when it came to countries of the Middle East. One stereotype is that Persians are similar to Arabs. The truth is that there was a Persian empire and an Arab empire. Persepolis is the Greek name of the city of Parsa, which means “the city of Persians” (Mark 2009). It was constructed under the ruling of king Darius the great in 518 BCE, who made it the new capital of the Persian Empire (Mark 2009).