Monday, September 20, 2010

Leda and the swan

one of my favorite poems of yeats is Leda becuase of the true expression of the myth itself. according to greek mythology, zeus disquised as a swan seduced and raped leda, in a lot of painting it's somwwhat potrayed as if it was mutual. but as we know that is not a nature of rape. rapes are usually violent and gruesome which is what yeats describes in the poem.in greek mythology mentions helen as a daughter born of the union or rape..which ultimatly becomes troys dimise as it mentions " the broken wall, the burning roof and tower and Agamemnon dead"

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