all-powerful gods and deadly monsters. In Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey‚ the king of Ithica‚ Odysseus‚ is trying to get home to his family after a ten year war conquering the city of Troy. Odysseus encounters numerous perils during his journey home. Some of his impediments included Calypso‚ a god‚ Polyphemus‚ a giant Cyclopes‚ and the suitors. Calypso trapped Odysseus on her island for seven years because she loved him. The Cyclopes only saw Odysseus and his crew as food. Then‚ when he finally gets
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“Odysseus is too thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful to be a real hero.” How far do you agree with this view? Yes‚ I do agree that Odysseus was thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful but these qualities were necessary for him to complete his journey and be seen as a hero on his return to Ithaca. Greek heroes like Odysseus were greater than the average man and achieved much notoriety and fame by being thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful. Inevitability Odysseus‚ curiosity led him to make bad decisions after
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Have you ever felt that people mistreated you so badly‚ just because you looked and acted differently? The story written from by Santha Rama Rau “by any other name” Focuses on two indian sisters named Permila and Santha who are at a new Anglo-indian school who faces the exact same thing. They’re enrolled in this british school because of their mother getting ill. Also the two sisters tried to adjust to their new school‚ but because they were indian they faced so much conflicts. One of them being
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Rama’s Play in Rama’ Town The Dusshera festival that falls on the 10th day of the waxing moon during the Hindu month of Ashvin (around September or October) celebrates the victory of Rama over Ravana and Ramlila; a dramatic folk play is enacted during this festival. During the Dusshera festival there are many thousands of these Ramlila productions being staged all over India. It is widely enacted throughout northern India. The most popular Ramlilas are those of Ramnagar‚ Varanasi
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Odysseus In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus breaks Homers’ rule of characters not changing by going from a glory-seeking leader with a big mouth‚ to being a home-seeking leader that is patient. Odysseus has all the Homeric characteristics that define a leader. He has nobility‚ strength‚ courage‚ and a sharp intellect. Odysseus‚ along with every other hero‚ also has a few bad traits. He likes to linger around in one place for too long‚ his pride and ego are too big‚ and he wants glory so much he loses sight
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The Kebra Nagagt and the Epic of Sundiata are powerful and capable of generating pride because both pieces teach a lesson and have strong nationalism for each of their individual development of culture within their own countries. The Epic of Sundiata follows the character of Sundianta. He was crippled and looked down upon by others. After being exiled from Mali‚ he worked hard to become capable of walking which followed with learning to fight. His recovery from someone who was said to be incapable
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fictional and nonfictional nature. These stories speak of morals and themes that cross through many cultures. They tell tales of great battles and of natural disasters of epic proportion. One of the most commonly mentioned natural disasters in these stories tells of a great flood. Although the flood story in the Bible and the flood in the Epic of Gilgamesh are two different stories‚ they are telling the same historical event. For instance‚ in the Bible‚ there is a singular God who watches the corruption
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between Noah and the Epic of Gilgamesh The story of the flood in the Epic of Gilgamesh is a well-known parallel to the story of Noah’s ark in the Hebrew Scriptures of Genesis. The flood in both stories destroys mankind by the power of a deity. These floods drowned men‚ women‚ children‚ and some babies and infants‚ as well as eliminating all of the land animals and birds. The floods represent a new beginning for mankind as well as the gods’ or God’s anger against the humans. In the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the
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“By the waters of Babylon” Vs Epic of Gilgamesh. A lot of stories concerning religions and cultures have lot of similarities and differences‚ despite the fact that they are not from the same era of time. Humans used these stories and writings to express their culture and religious views. “By the Waters of Babylon” is very similar to the writings of the Mesopotamian writings in The Epic of Gilgamesh more specificlay “The story of the flood” and “The Return”. These similarities include many
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Changes in the Concept of Hero and Saint The symbolic ideas of ’the Hero ’ and ’the Saint ’ are at the very root of the human experience‚ and they have been represented -- in different manners from different perspectives -- throughout our history in art‚ religion‚ literature‚ and philosophy. These representations have varied widely depending on the changes in thought that have inevitably taken place throughout the five-thousand years of human history in large part because of cultural shifts
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