fact or a natural explanation. Xena – The Warrior Princess was televisions show spin off of the Hercules, which was based off of a myth of a Greek God, came out in1995. The series was based on the infamous warrior and her quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent by using her formidable fighting skills to now help those who are unable to defend themselves. With the show being set in ancient Greece and being a spin off of a mythical Greek God, Xena liberally take the liberty of
of mind (ToM). Specifically, this paper will compare a study that investigated how visual cues affect the development of ToM to a similarly themed episode from the popular television show Xena: Warrior Princess. On the surface these two groups may appear to be an odd comparison, for children with CPVI and Xena seem like they have nothing in common. However, there is one episode in particular entitled “Blind Faith,” in which these two worlds collide in a unique and surprising way proving and interesting
television series Xena: Warrior Princess with my grandfather. While I’m sure my childish crush on a young Lucy Lawless may have had something to do with it, I was also enamored with world the show presented; an ancient world of gods, warlords, and kings, and the story of a princess forged in battle who changed that world. Now I’m sure my paraphrase of cheesy 90s narration is not quite accurate, after all Xena first aired in 1995, and that seems like a lifetime ago now. Either way, Xena was a show with
Xena vs. The Odyssey In this episode of "Xena: The Warrior princess," the story of Odysseus return to Ithaca after the Trojan War is told. The episode starts when Xena and Gabriel are walking down a beach and they see a man fighting alone against a small army, so they decide to help him out. After the battle was over, they found out that the man fighting was Odysseus. He told Xena his story and how he had been traveling for ten years to get home because Poseidon was angry with him. Xena and Gabriel
Religions of Peace The Peaceful Religions Shelece R. Sellers World Religion The Peaceful Religions The two religions I chose to write about are Buddhism, which some consider a religion and some consider a philosophy, and Sikhism. These religions both focus on peace. I will be discussing its principles, beliefs, compare and contrast the two religions, and lastly what perspective it has with today’s society. Buddhism is a way of finding serenity within oneself. Buddhist thrive for inner
traced back in time as early as mythology has been present. People of that era felt a need to worship super-beings who could solve their problems. Current examples reflecting that age are evident on television today. Both "Hercules" and "Xena: The Warrior Princess" are ever present to save the peasants from the evil and cunning warlords. Mythological heroes had their deeds exaggerated as the stories were passed by word of mouth from person to person. Storytellers have always felt a need to liven
they could have existed but the people we kno... ... middle of paper ... ... of a monster called the Cracken and he is to destroy another city, but Persieus kills the monster and he marries the princess. They have TV shows on the WB called Hercules the Legendary Journeys and Xena Warrior Princess. They even made a cartoon called Hercules and it shows how all of the gods loved people and it also shows that Hercules is a god but he does not know it. The Greek gods are probably just myths, but
slideshare.net/sgummer/women-in-action-films# Mlawski S. (2008). Why strong female characters are bad for woman. Retrieved from: http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/08/18/why-strong-female-characters-are-bad-for-women/ Morreale, J. (1998). Xena: Warrior princess as feminist camp. Journal of Popular Culture, 32(2), page 79. Retrieved from: http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=6&sid=64cd7df8-8ea3-4d9a-ad60-1deef7e616e6%40sessionmgr114&hid=103&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=aph&AN=1585569
a female superhero. By February 1941, Marston handed in his first script for ‘Suprema: The Wonder Woman.’ (We owe a debt of thanks to whoever dropped the Suprema.) Marston created a unique heroine, based loosely on Greek Mythology. Diana was the Princess of Paradise Island, a mystical place inhabited by Amazons. Her mother, Hippolyte (sometimes referred to as Hippolyta), Queen of the Amazons, wanted a child and petitioned the Goddesses of Olympus to give her one. She was instructed to sculpt a child
Throughout this paper the word 'queer ' will be used as an umbrella catch all term for any individual who is not heterosexual or cisgender, and anyone in the LGBTQ spectrum. Queer will also be used as part of the methodology, it will represent "a moment of fissure when that which is normal is thrown into question...[and] set out the notion of queer as a way of denormalizing gendered heterosexuality." ( Li-Vollmer and LaPointe 92) Using queer examination of film, this paper will discuss and explore