Nikos Kazantzakis Essays

  • Food in Like Water For Chocolate And Zorba The Greek

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    Chocolate And Zorba The Greek. Texts: Zorba The Greek, Nikos Kazantzakis Like Water For Chocolate, Laura Esquivel "Tell me what you do with what you eat and I will tell you who you are" - the use of food to enhance characterisation and relationships, in Like Water For Chocolate and Zorba The Greek. Food is intricately linked to our lives, as we consume food and it becomes part of us. Hence, it is unsurprising that Nikos Kazantzakis and Laura Esquivel use their characters’ approach to food

  • Balancing Apollonian and Dionysian Lifestyles: A Study of Zorba the Greek

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    The importance of maintaining a balanced lifestyle will allow one to achieve the most worthwhile existence. Nikos Kazantzakis’ Zorba the Greek dramatizes the significance of balance between the Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy, through the characterization of the contrasting protagonists, Boss and Zorba. Kazantzakis typifies the differences amid the philosophical ideologies through the comparison of Boss and Zorba’s beliefs. Moreover, he represents Boss by his willingness to try to improve oneself

  • Persuasive Essay About The American Dream

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    “The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there…It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination” (Rancic). Bill Rancic, an entrepreneur hired by Donald Trump, gave this quote about The American Dream to motivate others to reach the dream. The American Dream is the picture people envision when they move, to or live in, the United States. Whether or not it is reachable, people come from all around attempt to live out this dream. The American Dream is defined

  • Crete: The Importance Of Tourism In Greece

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    Nikos Kazantzakis and The Daskalogiannis are the main invitees for the international guests. Heraklion and Chania both currently provide an excellent arrival point for visitors and tourists, as well as for business professionals. On regular basis, bus rides between

  • The Last Temptation of Christ

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    words, the movie is remotely derived from the Gospel of John, Luke, Mark, and Mathew. The movie starts with the renunciation that it is not based on the above gospels. Instead the movie is derived from the book, The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis. The book focuses on the dual nature of Christ or his humanity (Greydanus). It is not a must that the dramatic representation of the humanity of Christ to be compatible with the different articles about Christ (Greydanus). But, it could be

  • How Does Achilles Change Throughout The Iliad

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    If we can not change the world then let us change the eyes which see the world. (Nikos Kazantzakis) In the Iliad by Homer change is visible in a lot of the characters from the beginning to the end. Throughout the Iliad many of the characters change but the one I am writing about is Achilles.Achilles changes dramatically throughout the story going from a great but sad warrior to an aggressive and triumphant warrior. There are many characters in the Iliad but the one I chose is Achilles. Achilles

  • A Brief Analysis of El Greco

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    El Greco Although El Greco is best known for his paintings, El Greco changed the world with his unique religious works, mythological works and sculptures. El Greco is the greatest Renaissance artist because of his thinking-out-of-the-box style of art and different view on art than other artists. El Greco was born in an unknown city of Crete in the year of 1541. El Greco's real and full birth name is Doménikos Theotokópoulos. His nickname, El Greco, comes from where he was born, Crete. He signed

  • People Can Change

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    Nikos Kazantzakis once said that "In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can." In 2010, I was convicted of a crime, which resulted in a felony charge on my record. It became evident to me that in order for me to have any chance at still accomplishing my goals in life, I must first believe in myself. In order to do this, I had to do something people didn't think was possible. I had to do the one thing that I believed in, and that was change. In today's society, those with felonies

  • Reality In George Orwell's Reality Is Optional?

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    Reality Is Optional When does consciousness begin? Is mind or matter more real? Does observation alter an event? All these queries have one thing in common in that they all call into question the idea of reality. The most common definition of reality is founded in the idea that the world or the state of being is rooted in actuality. In George Orwell’s 1984, he plays around with the idea that reality or what is perceived as natural can be altered by a mere human being. In fact, the story itself is

  • Sodom and Gomorrah: Pick and Choose

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    Sodom and Gomorrah are only one example, throughout time that has been associated with one word or sentence taken out of context to equal the meaning. "Sodom and Gomorrah have become symbols of human wickedness especially associated with Homosexuality and Sodomy".(Green) Even though Sodom and Gomorrah were in fact destroyed by God for “all of their wickedness”(Walvoord and Zuck 60) and "not even ten righteous people could be found" ”(Walvoord and Zuck 60) in those cities. Sodom and Gomorrah were

  • The Last Temptation: Martin Scorsese

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    discuss how certain artists and their works influenced scenes and casting in Last Temptation. Scorsese’s religious background gave him the inspiration and desire that he poured into making The Last Temptation of Christ, based on the book by Nikos Kazantzakis. Scorsese discusses how he was inspired from a very young age by the church. In an interview with Jim Leach, of The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Scorsese says, “I guess the first art that I was exposed to was religious