Book nineteen of the Odyssey tells how Penelope‚ Odysseus’ wife‚ questions her curious visitor whom claims to have met her husband. He describes Odysseus in such perfect detail that Penelope begins to cry. Penelope offers Odysseus‚ who is still disguised as a beggar‚ a place to stay and a bed to sleep in. He turns down the bed and sleeps on the floor like he is used to. Eurycleia‚ a servant of Penelope‚ washes Odysseus’ feet where she discovers a scar on his one foot. She recognizes the scar and
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have followed ever since? Our society has followed behind Greek influences since the beginning‚ probably because Greece is one of the oldest known civilizations to humans. Literature as well‚ has been followed up to today. Homers’ epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ presents us with a story following what we would call a typical hero‚ Odysseus‚ who is on the journey home to Ithaca from the Trojan War. Although it would seem easy and rapid for him to reach Ithaca where his beloved wife and son are waiting for
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The Odyssey Moral Values The Odyssey by Homer uses Odysseus’ 10-year journey home from the Trojan War to illustrate some of the most important moral values of book. The moral values in the story include loyalty‚ compassion‚ self-control and perseverance. Each one has a tale or two associated with it. Loyalty is an important moral value in The Odyssey because Odysseus is devoted to his family. He is determined to return home to his wife despite all of the obstacles in his way. Odysseus stayed
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Themes shared between Ceremony and The Odyssey In both The Odyssey and Ceremony the authors use a theme of mental strength as a way to show their power to overcome the antagonist. This is demonstrated in book 9 of The Odyssey when Odysseus tricked the Cyclops (Polyphemus) into believing his name was “Nobody” after overcoming the urge to tell him his real name. After Polyphemus ate two of Odysseus’s men and was planning to eat him last‚ Odysseus planned to kill him first. Odysseus intoxicated Polyphemus
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The Odyssey was one of the most action filled books i think i have ever read. now i don’t like reading very much‚ in fact i hardly ever read and i couldn’t wait to get back to class to read more of The Odyssey. The Odyssey is a story of a guy who has about a 20 year struggle to return home to is wife and son after fighting in the trojan war. Odysseus faces many obstacles on his journey home such as the Cyclops island‚ The sirens island and Calypso’s island. The first obstacle that Odysseus faces
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In the epic The Odyssey‚ the epic hero Odysseus exhibits man heroic traits‚ the most important of which is intellect. In The Odyssey‚ the hero Odysseus first shows intellect in the island of the Lotus Eaters. He chooses to go onto the island and grab his men that got addicted to the lotus. They have lost all hope in returning home. Odysseus doesn’t want them to lose loyalty to their families. This is the first episode that he shows the heroic trait of intellect. The second adventure that Odysseus
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The Odyssey In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ our main character‚ Odysseus‚ battles a feat of obstacles on the path back to his family and home. Throughout every disaster experienced in Book Two‚ Odysseus remains a true leader and strives to bring his people and himself home after many years. Odysseus has been known by many to be an epic hero‚ defined as someone who is higher than a normal human being but lower than a super human or a God. By using qualities such as curiosity‚ bravery‚ cleverness and
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The ancient Greek code of hospitality xenia influenced the epic in various ways. The Phaeacians welcome Odysseus under this code. “’In accordance with our [Phaeacian] custom‚ let us make the immediate arrangements to escort him [Odysseus]’” (95). They followed with their custom and later saw him back to Ithaca. This influences the end of the epic greatly without the Phaeacians generous interpretation of xenia Odysseus would never have reached home and taken revenge on the suitors. Xenia was shown
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Throughout the Odyssey‚ written by Homer‚ women are portrayed much differently than they are in the present. Women today are independent and believe that they ar ebale to care and prortect themselves withput a man‚ and life can be fullfilled with no protection from a male. But‚ during the Greek times‚ women felt that they were required to have a man to provide them the necessary care and protection of a man. In the Odyssey‚ women are portrayed as desparate‚ weak‚ and less inteligent than men. Women
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Harriet Jacobs overcoming adversity Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is Harriet Jacobs’ story of everything she faced as a woman born into slavery. Using the alias Linda Brent she wrote of the situations she had to overcome. Jacobs not only had to handle being a female slave but she was subjected to sexual harassment by an owner‚ physiological abuse‚ having to be confined in her grandmother’s attic causing physical problems‚ and continuously trying to run to avoid slavery. Harriet was a woman
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