Adam Smith: we are motivated by self interest, and through the invisible hand comes free market competition. This naturally to social utility. / Butcher-brewer-baker quote demonstrates that the exchange of goods if for the benefit of both parties, without no ethics involved in the exchange. / Though competition, comes social harmony and utility. The market is a self correcting mechanism because it forces us to be truthful and honest, we should not scam people because this is not beneficial to us in the future.…
To conclude a meteor would be a meteor, but a person dead is another thing. A fourteen year aged boy tells the people it’s aliens, but the people are the monsters. A car turns on by itself it’s really the aliens seeing what the people would do about it. The power turns off just so the people would work together. To turn out they didn’t work together, and something happened. The aliens just wanted to give them a message about working together and thinking as one. They only hurt themselves, and people around them. Well I think this is the lapse of the…
The Odyssey and O Brother, Where Art Thou are similar movies in various ways. Although they are made five years apart they share similar acts, characters and scenes. First off, The Sirens (washing women) that seduce the three main characters in O Brother, Where are Thou are the Sirens that attempt to seduce Odysseus and his crew while they are headed home. Also, the sheriff is similar to the god Poseidon, who torments Odysseus and prolongs his journey home. While in The Odyssey, Odysseus and his men blind the Cyclops with a spear in his one eye, “Big Dan” shares almost the same experience with Polyphemus and similar traits.…
In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, The hero Odysseus displays many heroic traits that make him an epic hero. The Odyssey is about Odysseus journey home after the Trojan War. On his way back home, he harms a Cyclops’s eye, so Poseidon becomes very angry and make Odysseus’s trip extremely difficult. Odysseus encounters many monsters and his entire crew perishes. When he finally returns home after 20 years, Athena helps him reunite with his son and kill all on the suitors that have made themselves at home in his house with his wife. Some of the many characteristics that Odysseus shows throughout his journey may include courage, leadership and curiosity.…
The film is largely silent, with periodic groupings of dialogue throughout. The dialogue is therefore inherently more noteworthy. Classical music fills some of the empty background, yet the bulk of the film is taken in through the eyes. The scenery and backdrops are incredibly grandiose, highlighting man’s small place in the universe. The overall theme of the movie appears to be man’s exploration and ascent to something higher. The early hominids in Part 1 are greeted with a triumphant chorus upon discovering and utilizing tools to enhance their survival. Part 2 of the film showcases the comfort of space travel – comfortable space planes, space stations, and moon bases. Only the monoliths appear out of place and are always welcomed with dramatic turns of music. Part 3 continues to highlight the importance of technology and the comfort it brings. Discovery One is a practical, yet spacious ship that offers everything Dave and Frank might need. HAL is an impressive on-board computer that can run all of the ship’s systems and communicate problems with the crew. Part 4 and Dave’s transportation through the tunnel of colors and light leaves the viewer utterly lost. Much like Dave, the movie watcher is being taken into the unknown. As Dave experience a rebirth, the viewer does as…
The world changes every day. The governments, technology, medicine, the internet, etc. Why is that? It’s all because of people. The choices are all made by humans whether for better or worse, will predict the rest of the future. There are people that have a bigger influence, a greater power to make these choices like governments, unions, presidents, dictators, queens, and kings. In the epic poem “The Odyssey” a long lost King, Odysseus, has been changing these choices to regain power after his long treacherous voyage home from war.…
Telemachus, son of Odysseus is a main character in the book the Odyssey. Throughout books 1-4 Telemachus begins to discover who he is. Not having a father as a child severely affects Telemachus. He becomes a timid, shy boy who is pampered by his mother. Although Telemachus is the son of a world-famous father, it does not help him in anyway. In the beginning, when the suitors are eating away Telemachus' fortune, all he does is whine. It is not until Telemachus receives divine attention that he matures the least bit and decides he must take stand. Athena comes to Ithaca to encourage and advise Telemachus on what to do. Athena tells Telemachus he must get rid of the suitors in his house, get on a ship to find his father, and that it is time for him to act like a man. With Athena's help, Telemachus slowly begins to mature. For example, after talking with Athena, Telemachus decides to go on a journey to find his father. Furthermore, throughout his journey, Telemachus sees new sights and encounters new situations. When Telemachus sees Menelaus' house and his beautiful wife, he is humbled. Throughout his travel, Telemachus becomes a young man who discovers his identity. Athena disguises as mentor and guides Telemachus through his journey to find his lost father. In addition, Telemachus learns how to behave in front of Greek leaders. By the end of book four Telemachus learns he is the son of Odysseus and he begins to act like a matured man with the help of the divine goddess Athena. The majority of the epic follows Odysseus, of course, but the final few books call for his Telemachus' reappearance. He does stand up to the suitors and he does help his father regain control of the palace from the suitors. He changes from a little boy into a man, in the beginning he had just been born, and in the end, he was helping his dad Odysseus fight off the suitors. By the end of this epic, a once shy, timid, incompetent boy has matured into a thoughtful and brave man that lives up to…
A characteristics of an epic hero demonstrated in Homer epic poems was the interference of supernatural beings either as allies or enemies. Ancient Greeks society believed in gods and goddesses who live above Mount Olympus and watch over mortals below. The Greeks believed that these gods and goddesses interfered with life below Olympus. This is seen in both Homers poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, where the gods interfered throughout the stories. In the Iliad, the gods interfered in both side of the war, by favoring who they were going to help. When Agamemnon did not return Chryseis, her father a Trojan high priest turned to Apollo for help. In turn, Apollo sent a plague throughout the Greek army. When Hector took Achilles armor from Patroclus,…
- I thought there was good character development, and overall good characters. Very believable and each had a unique personality.…
Soldiers. Police men. Fire Fighters. When most people think of courage they picture a superhero, or a war veteran. The type of person or superhuman who goes to the extreme to fight for what they believe is right. But courage can be brought down to a much simpler level than that. It’s not that those who fight for their country, or catch criminals aren’t heroes, they are. But so is someone who runs for mayor because they have a brilliant idea to solve poverty in the community. But the thought of public speaking petrifies them. Or maybe it’s someone who decides to go into construction on tall buildings because they know how to use technology to buffer the effects that earthquakes have on large structures. But heights make them squirm. Just…
Even a hero has character flaws that make him more human than hero because of their good traits being weighed down by their bad traits. That is what keeps Odysseus in The Odyssey from standing out as the hero he was. The Odyssey was written by Homer and it is an epic poem. The Odyssey is about a young war hero, Odysseus, who has to make a journey home after the ten year Trojan War. He needs to arrive home before his son grows up because that is when his wife will move on to another man that will inherit his kingdom. Odysseus, the protagonist can be indirectly characterized both positively and negatively because he is both smart and arrogant.…
The following quote “Why do we fall? So we can pick ourselves back up,” means everyone makes mistakes, but these mistakes help one grow and learn. At any point in time, everyone faces a problem or tragedy, because that’s just life. Those are the moments in life you learn a lot from, and grow as a person.…
During Odysseus’ journey in ‘The Odyssey’, Odysseus runs into a couple problems. He leaves home ready to fight in the Trojan War. Although he had plans on coming home, he never made it home. His wife Penelope and his son Telemachus assumed that Odysseus was dead. It was not until Athena came to Telemachus and gave him everything he needed to make it to his dad. What Telemachus did not know was that Odysseus wanted to come home, but he could not because he was being held prisoner on an island named Ogygia. Odysseus wants nothing more to return home and see his lovely wife Penelope.…
The Odyssey, one of the most well known epic stories Introduces Odysseus, the King of Ithaca. This story demonstrates Odysseus’s physical and intellectual strength. Striving to return home after 20 years of his treacherous journey, he uses strength, skill, and superior ability to overcome his troubles. Although he faced numerous obstacles and fought many battles, he made it appoint to get home to his kingdom through his physical ability, intellectual insight, and overcoming his epic flaw.…
Although Odysseus was portrayed as a hero citizen in Homer’s epic The Odyssey, his fatal flaw, hubris, restricts him from being a good choice for the Greeks to use as a model citizen or hero. After Odysseus escaped the Cyclops lair, he taunted the Cyclops saying, “If I could take your life I would and take your time away, and hurl you down to hell! The god of earthquake could not heal you there.” Angered by Odysseus’ words, the Cyclops prayed to his father Poseidon, which was not good for Odysseus and his men. This shows that after Odysseus escaped from the Cyclops, his ego got the best of him and he couldn’t help, but taunt the Cyclops. It is clear that Odysseus is unable to control his ego, putting him and his crew in danger, which is not a good trait of a leader. Later on, Odysseus receives advice from Circe. After leaving Circe, Odysseus tells his crew, “ Sierenes weaving a haunting song over the sea we are to shun she said, and their green shore all sweet with clover; yet she urged that I alone should listen to their song.” Despite Circe’s warning about the Sirens, Odysseus feels that he is strong enough to endure the Siren’s song and lied to his crew about it. This shows that Odysseus has a huge ego because he feels he doesn’t need to listen to Circe’s warning. Odysseus’ fatal flaw, hubris, hindered his ability to be a good hero…