How would you describe King Pluto?
King Pluto is a wealthy man, who isn’t too happy because he is lonely in his palace and needs a woman’s presence.
How would you describe Proserpina?
Physical appearamce: Proserpina is young and innocnet looking. She has many freckles and dark hair. Feelings: She was feeling lost, both from home and from herself. She didn’t know whether she wanted to stay with the king or go back home since she wanted to call out for her mom but didn’t.
What does King Pluto look like in the pomegranate seeds?
I would described king Pluto was a tall white guy with black hair and wearing a greek mythology robe. Tone—What is the attitude of your story?
What is Proserpina physical appearance?
Proserpina’s Physical Appearance: young, brown flowy hair, beautiful. Rising Action: She wonders off in the forest, not thinking of trouble or danger. When Proserpina goes in the forest, she is captured and the pace is still a constant pace.
What is the tone of the pomegranate?
Within ‘The Pomegranate’ Boland uses the Greek myth of Persephone, Ceres, also known as Demeter, and Hades to speak on themes of youth, coming of age, and the passage of time. The mood is at times wistful, but more often than not it is serious and contemplative as the speaker analyzes her own life and her daughter’s.
Where Did Pluto take Proserpina?
the underworld
Riding a chariot pulled by four black horses, Pluto grabbed Proserpine and dragged her down into the underworld with him.
How many pomegranate seeds did Persephone eat?
seven pomegranate seeds
Persephone ingests seven pomegranate seeds, a departure from the single seed in the Homeric Hymn and the three seeds in Fasti (4.607–8), where, as Fantham observes (1998: 207), the number of seeds is equivalent to the months spent in Hades.
Who wrote the poem the pomegranate?
Eavan Boland
Eavan Boland was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1944. One of Ireland’s preeminent contemporary poets, she is the author of A Poet’s Dublin (Carcanet Press, 2014) and A Women Without a Country (W. W. Norton, 2014), among others.
What food does Persephone like?
Pomegranates. They are the food goddess of fruit. Persephone’s seeds of the underworld.