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    Greek Epics

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    Greek Epics There are some challenges in each history period‚ and authors will create some heroes in their epics that reflect values of the culture at the time. By studying the hero’s actions and his motivations‚ it tells the society conditions and the civilization of that history period. Homer; the authors of The Iliad and The Odyssey; and Vergil; the authors of The Aeneid are two of the greatest writers in ancient western civilization. There are heroes in these three literatures to reflect

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    Success vs. Failure in Two Heroic Icons From generation to generation epic tales have been passed along in books and tales. Two tales that are completely different in plot and circumstance are similar in characteristics of the heroes in these epics. Similarly both characters change for the better throughout the plot line‚ and since the plot revolves around these characters they appear to be God like. They both have major obstacles in which they need to conquer but both exemplify some hubris which

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    Odysseus' Obstacles

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    Odysseus’s Obstacles Epic heroes must overcome obstacles in order to prove themselves true heroes. In The Odyssey by Homer many of the obstacles Odysseus encounters are female‚ monsters‚ and seducers. Odysseus overcomes many female obstacles such as Scylla‚ Circe‚ Sirens‚ and Calypso. Ancient Greeks felt women were dangerous. Things would be different if Odysseus encountered more male obstacles because he would have just fought them and won. Odysseus has many experiences with female

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    Depending on the time period in which the text is read‚ Theogony‚ could be considered as a religious text and an epic narrative. Around age of Homer‚ these texts were orally expressed and taken as religious truth. It was also known to be an epic but as time progressed‚ it was not accepted as religious truth. Around the time that texts were written‚ the accepted religious polytheism‚ the belief in many gods. In The Theogony‚ Hesiod explained the birth of the gods and the origins of man. Even though

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    Traits of Odysseus

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    In “The Odyssey”‚ Odysseus uses many traits on his twenty year journey back to Ithaca. Odysseus and his men fight the Cyclops‚ Sirens‚ and resist their temptation of the Lotus plants. In order to be a famous epic hero‚ like Odysseus‚ one needs to have numerous traits. Odysseus’s traits are strength‚ intelligence‚ and self confidence. These traits help define Odysseus as a hero and save his men from many close encounters with mythical beings. Odysseus shows his strength on their long voyage home

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    Epic

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    EPIC Organizational Behavior Drew Foster A. Initial Thinking About My Career 3 B. Self Knowledge and Awareness 4 EPIC 1: MBTI 4 EPIC 2: Career Leader Work Interest Scores 4 EPIC 3: Career Leader Work Profile 5 EPIC 4: Chosen Self-Assessment Results 5 C. Career Exploration and Plan 12 EPIC 5: Three Jobs That Interest Me 12 EPIC 6: Most Desired Job 14 EPIC 7: Two Potential Companies 15 EPIC 8: Summary of Interview 16 EPIC 9: Three-Year Plan 18 EPIC 10: Current Resume

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    Deepawali is a festival of lights. It comes in the month of Kartik (October/November) on Amavasya day. It is celebrated in the memory of the return of Rama to Ayodhya‚ after 14 years of exile. He got victory over Ravan‚ the king of Lanka. Hence‚ people of Ayodhya illuminated the city to welcome their victorious Rama and express their joy ever since Deepavali has been celebrated with great pomp and show every year throughout the country. Deepawali is also considered as the festival of cleanliness

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    Odysseus in Wonderland The story of Alice in Wonderland and the story of The Odyssey share similar characteristics. Most people would argue that the story of Odysseus trying to get home and the story of Alice fighting against a fearsome monster don’t share similar plots. However‚ Alice and Odysseus both fight against evil forces and the two protagonists parallel each other as well. When reading the epic poem and watching the movie‚ Homer and Tim Burton use similar characters and scenes. In Alice

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    The call in the epic hero cycle is when the hero is challenged to face the unknown. In the song “Through the Wire”‚ Kanye West is called into the epic hero cycle when he gets into a car crash. This can be seen in “Through the Wire” when West said‚ “There’s been an accident like GEICO” (45). He is called into the challenge of recovery. West enters this challenge unwillingly. The car crash he got in was near fatal‚ and everyone involved had serious injuries. This is ‘The Call’ for him‚ because these

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    some awesome heroic kings.The first of these hero-kings is Shield Sheafson‚ who is basically awesome because he could rampage and pillage with the best of them—both on the battlefield and in the mead hall‚ if you get our drift. He is an orphan‚ but he eventually becomes king and then subjugates other nearby

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