Literature offers the authors a chance to compose a unique rendering. On certain occasions, the rendering allows the opportunity for comparison. They are often compared to similar pieces. However, there a rare phenomenon may occur that allows the work to be compared to the work of a different genre. The poem, Leda and the Swan, may be compared to the picture Rape of Europa to provide an exemplification of two different forms of art being similar while simultaneously different.
The works are similar in 3 respects. The Leda and the Swan talks of a powerful goddess, who has seduced and raped Leda, the Queen of Sparta. Europa, on the other hand, has been invaded by powerful bull that overcomes her. No doubt the authors in the two pick the message of rape to represent powerful forces overcoming their powerless victims who can do nothing about it. The use of the words "helpless", "caught", "terrified" and "big blow" (Yeats, 3, 4, 5) in the Leda and the Swan indicates a powerless Swan, same as the use of words such as "rape of Europa" and images that show a big bull overcoming Europa indicate a powerless/helpless Europa. The second similarity is that both the Leda and the Swan and Rape of Europa are born with a political theme in them: the original theme in the poem is the oppression of Ireland by England. In both cases, the politics in the European region are represented. The political theme in the picture is that Europa has been invaded by extreme forces of "nationalism, violence and oppression" in Nazism (Tiphane, 1).
[...] The critical theme of unity provides another difference. The symbiotic relationship displayed in the image provides the final difference. Works Cited Guy Tiphane. Yeats' Leda and the Swan: Politics and Passion Web Sept Jean Cousin the Elder. Rape of Europa”. Web Sept William Butler Yeats. Leda and the 1924. [...]
[...] Contrasts and Similarities in the Leda and the Swan and Rape of Europafina Literature offers the authors a chance to compose a unique rendering. On certain occasions, the rendering allows the opportunity for comparison. They are often compared to similar pieces. However, there a rare phenomenon may occur that allows the work to be compared to the work of a different genre. The poem, Leda and the Swan, may be compared to the picture Rape of Europa to provide an exemplification of two different forms of art being similar while simultaneously different. [...]
[...] The second similarity is that both the Leda and the Swan and Rape of Europa are born with a political theme in them: the original theme in the poem is the oppression of Ireland by England. In both cases, the politics in the European region are represented. The political theme in the picture is that Europa has been invaded by extreme forces of “nationalism, violence and oppression” in Nazism (Tiphane, 1). The original poem Leda and the Swan relates to the creation of Greece and then the other version of the poem relate to formation of Ireland. [...]
[...] In conclusion, the works Leda and the Swan, may be compared to the picture Rape of Europa in three ways and contrasted in three ways. The authors in each work choose the message of rape to present their message. Each author displays underlying political themes in their work as well. The final similarity is presented through sexual orientation and aspects of relationship between man and woman presented in each work. They differ in the outcome. One character is presented as a victim that is overpowered, while the other reveals a victim that shows enough strength to overpower the oppressor. [...]
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