Machines have grown more complex, more powerful, and most of all, more useful. Although all machines look and perform their duties differently, all possess a single common factor: they are all robots. In Claudia Springer's book, Electronic Eros, the author explores the definite interdependent relationship between machines and humans through examples from Robocop and Eve of Destruction, and how the connections have constantly propelled mankind to a newer, more advanced era.
When the public speaks of male robots or cyborgs, Robocop and the Terminator are often the first to be talked about. Their images have given a concrete figure to the idea of human fusion with technology. Robocop is created by the Security Concepts team by fusing mechanical and electronical components with some remains of murdered police officer Alex J. Murphy. As Springer puts it, both cyborgs are aggressively violent and "embody a fantasy of destructive force combined with invincibility."(95) Male cyborgs are usually given physical characteristics as aggressive with bulging bodies, almost identical to Robocop. Fusion with technology in Robocop gives the cyborg a suit of armor. The cyborgs are represented as invincible humans whose impregnable bodies protect them from assault that would destroy an ordinary human. The features of Robocop include: sturdy head, massive chests, and muscular arms and legs, as if portraying real flesh. The cyborg's physical "prowess is heightened, not abandoned, and its strength is physical, not cerebral." (96).
Robocop is an ideal example of a true male cyborg. Throughout the movie, Robocop strides fearlessly into blazing gunfire and withstands multiple attacks. When he is disabled, and even destroyed, he knows that he can be reassembled. Robocop gives the audience a clear definition that he is powerful and nearly indestructible. This is what Springer calls "rock solid masculinities."(109) Despite the concealed and advanced complexity of computers, cyborg imagery in Robocop relies on an external rather than an internal concept of mechanization.
Eros was the Greek god of love. ... In recent mythology, Eros is shown as the son of Aphrodite and Ares, and is one of the younger Gods. ... It was Eros who shot an arrow of love into the heart of the most beautiful mortal woman Helen, making her instantly fall in love with the Trojan prince Paris. ...
I chose to compare the statue of Eros Sleeping and the statue of the Old Market Woman, because of the similarities they hold due to the age they were both created in. Eros Sleeping is a Greek sculpture made some time between third and second century B.C.E. ... Eros, in fact is a god, but in this portrayal he is nothing but a defeated little child. ... Due to the fact that Eros Sleeping is made of bronze, I can imagine it was sturdy enough to survive and remain in such good shape. ... The Old Market Woman statue like the Statue of Eros Sleeping, is an accurate characterization of age and beauty...
That's why even the name Eros has been associated with "love at first sight." ... Psyche too fell madly in love with Eros even though she could not see him. ... Psyche was amazed to see that her husband was actually Eros, son of Aphrodite. Psyche started to cry with relief and awoke Eros with her tears." ... Eros is what we know today as the Roman god, Cupid. ...
When I was assigned this topic to write about, I immediately thought of Eros. ... Philos and Agape are really more spiritual in nature, but Eros, now that's a physical love. I envision Eros as the sweaty fumbling in the back of old Chevrolets, and the firelit evenings where everything seems to go just right and the sex is perfect, And even in the dark, rent by the hour hotel rooms where men and women with no names briefly join and then quickly part, never knowing the other persons name. All of these things are Eros to me. ... The fact is that romance, or Eros, is different things to diffe...
The words that translate into love are Eros, Agape, and Philia. Eros is the sexual aspect of love and having to so with lovemaking and intercourse. ... This Poem is taking the sexual and lust part of love in which the Greeks defined as Eros. ... The narrator's desire is a key element in this poem and that is also true for Eros style love. ... In conclusion the Greeks three words or different aspects of love Eros, meaning the sexual aspect of love. ...
There it pooled slowly and richly, sliding together like mercury slowly drawn by Eros into eternity. Fully knowing what lie ahead, I continued to follow the footsteps of Eros until I lost my trail. ... The warm, thick liquid of Eros reached into her abdominal crevices for the first time. ... Eros lowered me further down with the liquid of vitality. ... I licked clear the remaining chocolate and ate the final strawberry as I prepared to join Eros in the crescent of the underworld. ...
These philosophers talk about Eros (Love) and match their wits to see who can give a greater eulogy of Eros. Through these speeches, we hear different opinions as to where Eros is from, who his parents are, adjectives that describe his qualities, myths on why Eros exists, questions to why Eros exists and more symbolic stories. ... In his speech, Agathon states that Eros has many virtues, one being wisdom. Through his speech Agathon tries to tell the audience that Eros is wise and whomever Eros is bestowed upon should in turn possess this wisdom. ... On that account, Agathon's main poi...
Agape or Caritas or Care, Sex or lust or libido, Eros and Death, and last is Philia. ... "In May's terms, Sex has been separated from Eros" (Monte, 1999, P.594.) Eros is the Greek god of love (a progenitor, a creator, and the source of life). ... In May's four forms of love one is sex, but sex is also mentioned in another one of the three remaining Eros and Death. In Eros and Death one of the three forms of the relationship between death and love is a defensively disguised connection between the two. ...
Electronic voting would make voting much easier. ... Electronic voting would take away the possibility of human error. ... There would be no interpretation with electronic voting. ... Electronic voting could even go on-line. ... To me electronic voting seems to be much easier, more reliable, and faster. ...
