Introduction to Literature Period 3 18 April 2008 Odysseus: Hero or Villain? Heading home‚ to Ithaca‚ Odysseus is faced upon many obstacles that he and his men try to overcome‚ but in the end substantiate that Odysseus is a villain. “The old soldier in despair: He has spent ten years (seven of them as Calypso’s not entirely unwillingly captive) trying to get home” (652‚ summary). Evidence proves that Odysseus is a villain‚ because he tries to convince that he was kept unwillingly by Calypso.
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concept of the ‘ideal victim’. In considering this concept‚ I will discuss what is meant by an ‘ideal victim’ and will also be focusing on the high profile Australian criminal case of Anita Cobby in Blacktown on 2nd of February 1986. Anita Cobby was only 26 years old when she was abducted‚ brutally raped and murdered by four ‘ideal offenders’. This essay will also consider‚ the ways in which the media and criminal justice system have constructed Anita Cobby as an ‘ideal victim’. Nils Christie explains
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Curley’s Wife‚ throughout this essay I will be writing about him and his characteristics. Curley’s Wife is first presented to us through the dialogue of Candy when he describes her to George. She is perceived by Candy as a trouble maker‚ he says: ‘You got no call foolin’ aroun’ with other guys‚ causin’ trouble.’ He uses expressions such as ‘she got the eye’ and then describes her as looking at other men‚ before eventually calling her a ‘tart’. Through Candy‚ we get an idea of Curley’s Wife as flirtatious
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the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda‚ king and queen of Sparta; half-sister of Helen of Troy‚ and husband of Agamemnon‚ ruler of Mycenae. She is infamous for plotting to murder her husband and Cassandra with Aegisthus‚ enemy of Agamemnon. She is a villain for her murder of innocent Cassandra and of her committing adultery. Clytemnestra is a murderer‚ slaughtering Cassandra for no reason besides for her own pride. Cassandra was a slave brought back by Agamemnon as a prize from the Trojan War (Clarke)
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Men’‚ the characters of Slim and Curley are created to have a strong influence on the other workers’ lives. While both the characters make an impact with the way they are presented‚ Steinbeck portrays them both very differently. He does this by giving the reader different impressions when each of the characters are introduced‚ the idiosyncrasies the author has given them‚ the way they treat others‚ how the rest of the characters react to the characteristics of Curley and Slim and why they influence
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We agree that Shylock is more a villain than a victim. Shylock is a villain because he has evil intentions towards Antonio. In an aside‚ shylock displayed his hatred for Antonio when he said “If I catch him once upon the hip‚ I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.” This means that shylock’s hatred for Antonio has reached such a point that he desires to harm Antonio in some way. The phrase “feed fat” suggests that if he can find some way to get the upper hand of Antonio‚ He will use it to
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Rape Culture and Victim-Blaming According to the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime‚ victim blaming can be defined as “a devaluing act that occurs when the victim(s) of a crime or an accident is held responsible — in whole or in part — for the crimes that have been committed against them”. It can appear in forms of negative social response from authoritative organizations (lawyers‚ police‚ etc.) or from the victim’s social circle (friends‚ family‚ school‚ etc.) towards the crime that
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reality. In most of Shakespeare’s plays‚ there is a hero and with a hero‚ there is usually a villain. Some audience members generally have a tendency to speculate great analytical views about the heroes of the play while villains are ignored and perceived to be even more evil. This may be true‚ but the portrayal of villainous characters does not mean that they were forced to become evil. The query is how a villain becomes
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In the book Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe Okonkwo is depicted as a hero in many ways‚ however he can also be depicted as a villain. I believe that Okonkwo possesses characteristics of both a hero and a villain. In Things Fall Apart Okonkwo is described as a villain‚ a villian can be described as a cruelly malicious person. These qualities are seen through the qoute “His wives‚ especially the youngest‚ lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper”. This quote show that he beats
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unfortunate reality many college students face on college campuses‚ an environment that is supposedly a so-called safe place. The general public tends to play stalking off as not being that bad‚ and that the victim deep down really loves the attention their perpetrator shows them. But how do the victims of stalking feel about their experiences? Do they feel like they have been violated in some way? Research conducted by Dr. McNamara and Dr. Marsil indicate
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