1. Motivation is something that inspires you to do your best or full potential. It amplifies your drive to do something‚ different people have different motivations like family‚ love one‚ children‚ or an artist‚ a goal you wanted badly to reach/ 2. Need for affiliation – love‚ family‚ friends‚ shelter‚ food‚ and clothing. Need for power – aggressiveness‚ and manipulating situations. Need of achievement 3. The Three elements of emotions are The Subjective Experience‚ The Physiological Response
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say No; no boy could speak so well (3.132).’” In addition to all this‚ Telemakhos accomplishes the tasks Athena laid before him at the beginning of the book perfectly and without delay. Because of all these things‚ Telemakhos appears to possess more arête than Odysseus. All in all‚ Telemakhos is the only character in The Odyssey who consistently lives by the ancient Greek values. Though he is often overlooked in favor of his father‚ he is The Odyssey’s best depiction of the nine values. In short‚ Telemakhos
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Throughout Homer’s The Odyssey‚ the characters often use the ancient Greek ideal of xenia for their own benefit. This exemplar of hospitality is a cornerstone of ancient Greek religion and culture. The rites of suppliants are even protected by their most powerful god‚ Zeus. However‚ people would often try to leverage their host with this social obligation. Even Odysseus is guilty of this underhanded tactic. For example‚ he unsuccessfully tries to convince Polyphemus to leave him and his crew alone
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Emily Killed Homer Why Emily Grierson did kill Homer Barron? In a William Faulkner short story titled “A Rose for Emily” the main character Emily Grierson poisoned her male companion Homer‚ with a powerful poison called arsenic; which is venom for rats. A motive is not directly stated by the narrator‚ but as we read the story critically‚ some reasons can be found‚ for example: first‚ Homer was going to deceive Emily‚ although he was not the marrying type man. Second‚ her father’s interference‚ and
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The Odyssey by Homer encompasses a rather modern idea of women and their role for its time. Homer portrays women as creatures who are strong but are ultimately defeated. It is true that in most stories they are portrayed as being weaker‚ but the women in this poem are oddly strong or have a very strong presence. The three main examples are Calypso‚ Athena‚ and the Lotus Flower. Each of these examples has a predominant presence in The Odyssey making them sturdy objects. At first the goddess Calypso
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Faulkner ’s Gay Homer‚ Once More Faulkner’s Gay Homer‚ Once More‚ written by Judith Caesar discusses the questionable sexuality of Homer Barron in the story “A Rose for Emily”. Judith’s stance on the topic is that Homer is not a homosexual man‚ but is a heterosexual man. She discusses how the times changing affect the meaning of the words “gay” within the text and how it causes the confusion for the reader. At the end of the article‚ she backs her thesis up with strong facts. Judith explains
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Role and Effect of Hospitality in The Odyssey The Odyssey‚ by the Greek author Homer‚ is an epic about Lord Odysseus and his quest to return home. The story takes place in and around Ancient Greece. Odysseus‚ along with his son Telemachus‚ must expel the suitors from his household after being lost at sea for 20 years. Throughout the epic‚ one of the underlying themes that Homer shows is the importance of hospitality through elaborate stories emphasizing respect‚ royalty and catalogs
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People‚ and whether or not Homer wrote from experience‚ personal knowledge‚ or whether he wrote these splendid works based on loosely constructed cultural myths about the events. Clearly there must be an element of truth in some of what Homer wrote. At the same time it must be acknowledged that much of the story that comes to us in the Iliad is largely fictionalized. How can it not be? Homer was not present at the Trojan War. Instead‚ as it was suggested by Herodotus‚ Homer lived four hundred years
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battle of Troy‚ yet we do not truly get to the hero in action until after we are drawn through the story of his son life in the absence of his father in Ithaka. In the first four books‚ we see how Telemachos‚ Odysseus’ son‚ matures and through his eyes Homer shows us the unrest and troubles of Ithaka without Odysseus’ presence. The Telemachy proves its importance to Odyssey showing the audience the characters and setting the scene for the Odysseus’ tale whilst foreshadowing the events in order to heighten
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each made up of dactyls. Dactylic Hexameter is a very important meter in Greek and Latin poetry. It is especially associated with epic poetry‚ and so is referred to as "heroic". The very words "dactylic hexameter" often stand for epic poetry.(From Homer‚ Odyssey background) 3. (5 pts) What is the difference between Ancient Greek meter and English meter? Unlike stress-based English meter‚ Latin and Greek meter depends on the length of the vowels in the syllables. A long vowel (_) is twice
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