Cirque drawn to life reviews license#
Be warned, though, some license was taken, and other sources inspired the work as well. But Miller tries to stick fairly close to the Homeric version. Circe’s story has seen its share of re-imaginings as well. Given how many times this and its companion volume, The Iliad, have been reworked through the ages, it is no surprise that there have been many variations on the stories they told. Put that down, there will be no throwing of things in this review!) was that wondrous classic of Western literature, The Odyssey. But for how it might be pronounced in Greek, you know, the proper way, you might check out this link. Our primary introduction to Circe (which we pronounce as Sir-Sea, and even Miller goes along with this, so people don’t throw things at her. And many a sailing crew might have had unkind things to say about her. Circe is indeed the first witch in western literature.
But in this case, I suppose both might apply. “"I can't say it, but it rhymes with 'rich,'" she said, later insisting that the word in question did not begin with a “b,” but a “w.” Sure, whatever. When I was born, the name for what I was did not exist.It was a word that Barbara Bush might have had in mind when she described Geraldine Ferraro, her husband’s opponent for the Vice Presidency, in 1984.
So, now that I have gotten it out of my system, (it is out, right?) we can proceed. You had to know this would be part of the deal for this review. Whaddya call the large sty Circe filled with erstwhile men? A good start. And I am sure that there are many who had started the transformation long before landing on her island. ( The strength of those flowers lay in their sap, which could transform any creature to its truest self.) Clearly her sty residents had an oinky predisposition. What do you mean turn them into swine? From her earliest application of her new found transformative skills it is suggested that what Circe turns her unfortunate guests into has more to do with their innermost nature than Circe’s selection of a target form. Men, can’t live with ‘em, can’t turn ‘em all into swine. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from or with the mortals she has come to love. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.īut there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power: the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. But Circe is a strange child-neither powerful like her father nor viciously alluring like her mother. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born.
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