“Helpless”‚ “Devil”‚ “Guttering”‚ “Choking”‚ “Writhing”‚ “Gargling”‚ “Dreams”‚ “Pulse”‚ “Breathing”‚ “Laughter”‚ “Peace”‚ “Heaven”‚ “Gentleness” Description/Literary Techniques - “Bent double‚ like old beggars under sacks” (repeating of “B” sound and describing the soldiers as old beggars) - “Knock-kneed‚ coughing like hags” (repeating of “K” sound and describing the soldiers ill bodies” - “Many had lost their boots” (long “O” sound and gives readers an image of untidy soldiers‚ banishing
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intelligence made it possible for him to escape all the difficulties he was faced and returned home safely‚ and also contributed to his legacy. He is so smart that when he returns home‚ Odysseus is disguised as a beggar to figure out what has been going on in his home while was gone. “For a beggar like me‚ is better to beg for food in the town than out in the fields‚ and whoever wants to can give me something”. (p.526) It is just brilliant idea to see what the suitors have been doing in his home. Even
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life throughout The Odyssey. It was by this code of conduct that people were able to travel without the fear of being rejected and having nowhere to stay when they arrived at their destination or at a stage on their journey. A host never knew if the beggar on his/her doorstep was a god in disguise. Such paranoia and religious beliefs kept most of the characters in The Odyssey on their best behavior‚ but others had no manners to begin with. In Greek religion travelers were protected by the head god‚
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the reader and move them away from the popularly believed image of war being glorious. The poem Dulce Et Decorum Est has seven quatrains. In the first and second quatrain‚ Owen establishes the war-like atmosphere‚ giving phrases such as "like old beggars under sacks"‚ "men marched asleep"‚ and "drunk with fatigue"‚ which strongly provides the readers with vivid pictures of soldiers pushing forward in slow and controlled pace despite the extreme and harsh conditions they are confronted with. The third
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Book Review: The Odyssey by Homer Written by a blind man‚ Melesigenes better known as Homer‚ and translated by Alexander Pope‚ the Odyssey of Homer is a poem about the life of the king of Ithaca‚ Ulysses‚ who leaves to fight in the Trojan War‚ but he doesn’t return until 20 years. According to Professor P. Landow‚ Ulysses is a great athlete and great warrior‚ heroic‚ courageous‚ eloquent‚ and masterful‚ and at the same time‚ he I pious (Landow). In those twenty years trying to get back home‚ he
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order to insure the safety of their kingdom. Creon in the play of Antigone makes the choice to execute Antigone for going against the state in burying her brother Polynices. While in the story of the Odyssey king Odysseus hides in plain sight as a beggar in order to test the people of his kingdom’s loyalty. The play Antigone and the story of the Odyssey both illustrate dramatic irony within their works while reflecting cultural and literary values of the Greco-Roman world during the ancient time
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In ‘Dulce est Decorum’‚ Wilfred Owen mocks the presentation of war in the public’s eyes. He begins by using the title‚ which translates into an old Latin saying for ‘It is sweet and honourable to die for your country’. However‚ the use of this is very ironic as he proceeds to show how it’s the complete opposite of that. Owen mocks the idea of war that has been set out by authors like John McCrae‚ in the poem‚“Flanders fields”‚ which gives the public a deceptive justification of war. The pugnacious
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Books 1-4 Book I Summary: The narrator calls upon the Muse to help him tell the story of Odysseus. We pick up ten years after the fall of Troy in the Trojan War (the subject of The Iliad). In trying to return home‚ Odysseus and his shipmates had numerous adventures‚ but now Odysseus has been left alone on the island of Ogygia for the last eight years‚ captive of the beautiful goddess Kalypso. We are told that Poseidon‚ god of the sea‚ will make Odysseus’ journey home to Ithaka even more difficult
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the crew members to put wax in their ears ensured that Odysseus‚ alone‚ could listen to the Sirens’ song and not die. When Odysseus had to figure out how he could kill the Suitors who were staying in his house‚ he had Athena disguise him as an old beggar and then told Telemachus‚ his son‚ to hide all of the Suitors’ weapons and armor. If they asked Telemachus what he was doing‚ he was to tell them he was storing the weapons so that none of the suitors would kill each other if they got into a fight
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it is said to be - how the countries use their men. We see the truth uncovered through the eyes of a fellow soldier. In the very first line Owen uses a simile – “Bend double‚ like old beggars under sacks”. Every word of this quote defies what the encouraging posters say about war. The men are “like old beggars” as though they have lost everything‚ their home‚ their family‚ their patriotism. the fact that Owen calls these young strong men ‘old’ shows that the war is so hurting that the men are in
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