The Swerve Vs. World Civilizations And Ideas - 1566 Words

Sessy Hernandez HIST 1113 Gomez April 25, 2016 The Swerve vs. World Civilizations and ideas Stephen Greenblatt introduces several different themes through out his writing in The Swerve. Making it helpful in understanding the ancient worlds civilizations. While Greenblatt narrates the events of Poggio Bracciolini the themes of social hierarchies, nature/culture, and gender are brought up to various times through out the story. These themes reveal parallels and similarities with the ancient world. This essay argues the similarities and differences in which the swerve and ancient civilizations might have with one another. Author Stephan Greenblatt tells a story about a book hunter named Poggio Bracciolini. In this story Poggio saves the last copy of the works of a very famous poet named Lucretius on the nature of things. Lucretius ideas helped explain renaissance. People no longer chose to believe in super natural explanations, but instead chose to believe in atoms and how the world consists of matter. Through out the book Greenblatt introduces important new ideas to the table and how those ideas influenced modern age. The ideas are brought up and compare to themes in great ways. Greenblatt included many themes that could be analyzed and compared with the ancient world civilizations and their traditions along with their way of life. The theme of social hierarchy in the swerve was present, putting Poggio at the point of curiosity when he was left without a master, bringingShow MoreRelatedEssay on Like water for chocolate6961 Words   |  28 Pagesmodern world with authentic descriptions of humans and society. According to Angel Flores, magical realism involves the fusion of the real and the fantastic, or as he claims, â€Å"an amalgamation of realism and fantasy.† The presence of the supernatural in magical realism is often connected to the primeval or â€Å"magicali Indian mentality†, which exists in conjunction with European rationality. According to Ray Verzasconi, as well as other critics, magical realism is â€Å"an expression of the New World realityRead MoreLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 Pages.............................................................................. 299 CHAPTER 10 Deductive Reasoning .......................................................................................... 312 x Implying with Certainty vs. with Probability ................................................................................ 312 Distinguishing Deduction from Induction ..................................................................................... 319 Review of Major