patriarchal world through eyes of women. The timeless story of Odysseus‚ overflowing with phallocentric ideals and the traditional patriarchal discourse‚ is undercut to give voice to Odysseus’ wife Penelope and her twelve maids - characters who rarely receive mention in Ancient Greek literature. With Penelope and her maids now playing the protagonists‚ Homer’s story has been revised to declare those who have been overlooked by history. The Penelopiad has successfully empowered those who were once marginalized
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with a stranger (Odysseus in disguise). Eumaeus recounts Odysseus’s story and suggests that the stranger stay with Telemachus at the palace. But Telemachus is afraid of what the suitors might do to them. Eumaeus thus goes to the palace alone to tell Penelope that her son has returned. When father and son are alone in the hut‚ Athena appears to Odysseus and calls him outside. When Odysseus reenters the hut‚ his old-man disguise is gone‚ and he stands in the pristine glory of his heroic person. At first
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this story we reflected a lot of things. What if just like Penelope in the story‚ people will stab you in the back‚ people will spread misleading and untrue rumors about you‚ what if you would know everything? Are you ready to be slapped by the truth? Are you ready to see yourself from their perspective? In this literary story “A Low Art” by Margaret Atwood‚ is about retelling Homer’s novel – The Odyssey but from Penelope’s perspective. Penelope is the faithful‚ patient‚ considerate‚ devoted and loving
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been stuck on the island for about seven years. While in Ithica‚ also known as Odysseus’s home‚ his family is worried and wonders if Odysseus is still alive. Suitors rush Penelope‚ Odysseus’s wife‚ to remarry to one of the suitors. Penelope promised she would after she finishes weaving a shroud for Laertes‚ but every night‚ Penelope would unravel the shroud. Telemachus was going on a trip to Pylos and Sparta to help him mature and find out about his father‚ Odysseus‚ with the help of Athena who is disguised
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talking to other characters” (Abrams 233). The limited nature of the first person means that the entire story cannot be told from just one perspective. It is ironic that Penelope chooses to berate her husband for being a liar and questioning the legitimacy of her story when her own narrative is just as dubious. Odysseus and Penelope are what Abrams would call a “fallible or unreliable narrator” (Abrams‚ 235). These types of narrators are ones whose “perception‚ interpretation‚ and evaluation of the
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The epic of The Odyssey by Homer is the second oldest surviving Greek text. The story contains many conflicts such as man v god‚ man v himself‚ and man v society. This paper will explore some of the important conflicts in this classic tale. Man v god is the most important conflict in the story. Towards the beginning of the story Odysseus goes to war against the Trojans and wins. What he doesn’t know is that the great God Poseidon favored Odysseus and his army and helped them win the Trojan
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How Films Communicate Parts II & III Dorothy Straughter-Parker HUM/150 May 25‚ 2015 Dyrk Ashton University of Phoenix Material How Films Communicate – Parts II & III Instructions Part II: The Technical Language of Film Use the same film you used for Part I‚ and make sure you have viewed it before completing Parts II & III. Complete the following entries in the space provided by answering each question as it pertains to the movie you selected from the University of Phoenix Material:
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Where is the line that separates imagination and reality? Can imagination heal a wounded heart? In the poem‚ The World as Meditation by Wallace Stevens‚ Penelope‚ seeking to allay her irresistible longing for her husband‚ immerses in a metaphysical state of thought about Odysseus and their love. Her daily engagement in such form of imagination illuminates her unbending loyalty‚ growing yearning‚ and unconditional love towards her husband. Through various literary devices‚ Stevens shows the power
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Odysseus’s relationships were what eventually led him home. The love from his wife and son were important attributes to leading him home. They gave him motivation to reaching Ithaca. They were just about to start a family when Odysseus left for war‚ but that had to be held off. Penelope adored Odysseus‚ and same in return. Even though he and his son never actually met‚ they had a special type of bond that cannot be broken. Along the way‚ goddesses assisted Odysseus in his obstacles‚ Athena and Circes particularly. Athena was a sort of
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A Plotting Princess: Female Roles in The Odyssey and Antigonê Karen Rustad The fairy tale Snow White is a story about two women. One‚ the evil stepmother‚ schemes against her stepdaughter in order to assuage her envy and increase her power. She‚ of course‚ is thwarted by the end of the story. The other‚ Snow White‚ is a pure‚ innocent damsel entirely devoid of will. Nevertheless‚ by the end her prince saves her and she lives happily ever after. While Snow White is a European fairy tale‚ its
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