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    Was "Troy" the Movie Accurate According to Homer? Did the movie Troy‚ released in 2004‚ accurately depict the story of Homer’s epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey‚ and was it a good movie from a critical point of view? I think it was a good movie from an entertainment standpoint‚ but it fell short in it’s comparison to Homer’s epics. As a fan of "epic" movies‚ I have watched the movie Troy a couple of times. In comparing the movie to the epic‚ there are various discrepancies between

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    to shoot an arrow at Menelaus‚ but she‚ "…deflected it down the belt / where the gold buckles clasp and breastplate overlap" (IV. ll. 152-153). She only did this to get the fighting started again. She is finally able to trick Hector into fighting Achilles and brings about his death. Hector finally realizes‚ "…the gods have called me down to death. / I thought he was at my side‚ the hero Deiphobus- / he’s safe inside the walls‚ Athena’s tricked me blind" (XXII. ll. 351-353). He knows he has been tricked

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    Mythology Notes 8/21/2014 Myth- Story Legend- Heroic tales of humans‚ more recent past Fairy Tales- Outside of human capabilities‚ improbable for adults‚ entertainment value‚ non human characters‚ magical‚ simple plot structures‚ outside time and place Folklore- Cultural stories‚ tales specific to a culture‚ explanatory of things of importance‚ elements of fear‚ contain regular/common people‚ not focused on Gods or heroes Fable- lessons‚ contain animals‚ clearly fiction Urban Legend-In the

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    and Virgil now go into the Second Circle of Hell‚ where people are punished for lust. The punished are stuck in a continuous windy storm in which they can never land. In this circle‚ Dante and Virgil encounter many people such as Dido‚ Cleopatra‚ Achilles‚ Paris‚ and many more. Most importantly‚ Paolo and Francesca‚ a couple that is swept through the storm together‚ talk to Dante and share the tragic story of their love and how it led them to this circle of Hell. So overcome with emotions‚ Dante once

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    went to where they were tortured for the rest of their immortal lives. This is shown in both epics‚ The Odyssey by Homer and The Aeneid by Virgil. In the Odyssey Odysseus into the underworld and you get his count on the awfulness of Hades‚ and too Aeneas goes to the underworld and you see the different parts and find out the meaning of each section. Both texts have similarities and differences on the interpretations of the after lives of greeks. Throughout time Greeks have changed their understandings

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    “Compare and contrast the mythological aspects of the Aeneid with those found in the Greek Iliad and Odyssey. Do you think Aeneas is more of a hero than either Achilles or Odysseus? Explain your answer.” In order to properly compare and contrast the mythological aspects of Aeneid with Iliad and Odyssey‚ the authors must first be examined as their writing style and personal history influences their stories. Homer‚ the author of Iliad and Odyssey‚ was both a poet and an entertainer‚ and

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    I. Setting . I.A. Time of Action: About 3‚200 years ago in recorded history’s infancy‚ when humankind’s imagination peopled the known world with great heroes and villains and nature reflected the mood of the gods and goddesses. I.B. Place of Action: Troy (Asia Minor)‚ also Ilium (ancient Ilion)‚ famous city of Greek legend‚ on the northwestern corner of Asia Minor‚ in present-day Turkey. Anatolia is west of Greece (across the Aegean Sea) and north of Egypt (across the Mediterranean Sea). II

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    Gender Roles in Shakespeare It is a peculiar feature of Shakespeare’s plays that they both participate in and reflect the ideas of gender roles in Western society. To the extent that they reflect existing notions about the ’proper’ roles of men and women‚ they can be said to be a product of their society. However‚ since they have been studied‚ performed‚ and taught for five hundred years‚ they may be seen as formative of contemporary notions about the relationships between males

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    Troy: Iliad and King Priam

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    BACKGROUND OF DIRECTOR Name: Wolfgang Petersen Nickname: Wolfie Age:72 Date of Birth: 14 March 1941 Birthplace: Emden‚ Lower Saxony‚ Germany Nationality: Germany Spouse: Maria-Antoinette Borgel (1978 present) Ursula Seig: (?-1978 Divorced) 1 Child TRIVIA Petersen Fluent in English and German. Received “Bayerischer Verdienstorden” (Bavaria’s highest decoration) on 17 July 2003 Broke into the entertainment industry in 1960 with the hamburg Emest Deutsch Theater as an assistant director

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    MASENO UNIVERSITY FACULTY: ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPT: LINGUISTICS LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE COURSE CODE: ALI 819 TASK: Trace the historical development of the Epic to date indicating the major turning points in its evolution.

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