The bar chart illustrates the proportion of car trips by demand and gender of drivers in 2005 Generally speaking‚ although the percentage of trips by car varied according to purpose and gender‚ men and women used car mostly for work. To specify‚ 40% of women travelled by car for sake of work‚ followed by two other purposes including shopping and courses with less than 17% in each. Meanwhile‚ no more than 10% of them drove their cars to run errands‚ visit friends‚ bank‚ town and do other activities
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inflicted upon your eye this shameful blinding‚ tell him that you were blinded by Odysseus‚ sacker of cities. Laertes is his father‚ and he makes his home on Ithaca” (Homer 500-505). Homer’s work of historical fiction‚ The Odyssey‚ is the sequel to his earlier story The Iliad. The Odyssey follows Odysseus after the events of the 10 year Trojan war and his long journey home. He clashes with many monsters and it always seems that his pride gets the better of him. The quote above is Odysseus bragging to Polyphemus
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An Enduring Tale Thousands of years after it was written‚ people continue to read The Odyssey not only for its thrilling adventure‚ but also for its invaluable dissection of inherent human qualities. In his epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ Homer addresses intrinsic characteristics of humans that man has continued to demonstrate throughout history. The Odyssey incorporates the timeless topics of cunning over strength‚ greed and folly‚ and loyalty‚ into Odysseus’ story while simultaneously offering insight
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Telemachus‚ son of Odysseus is a main character in the book the Odyssey. Throughout books 1-4 Telemachus begins to discover who he is. Not having a father as a child severely affects Telemachus. He becomes a timid‚ shy boy who is pampered by his mother. Although Telemachus is the son of a world-famous father‚ it does not help him in anyway. In the beginning‚ when the suitors are eating away Telemachus’ fortune‚ all he does is whine. It is not until Telemachus receives divine attention that he matures
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Figuratively speaking‚ the Odyssey is a story created and controlled by women‚ and consequently‚ the plot revolves around the actions of women. The women in the poem could be divided up into two major groups: the seductresses‚ such as Circe‚ the sirens‚ and Calypso‚ who attempt to hinder or stop Odysseus from reaching his home‚ and helpers‚ such as Nausicaa‚ Arete‚ and perhaps most importantly Athena‚ who all aid Odysseus in his homecoming. These two sides of “help” and “hinder” are clearly separated
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The purity of love appears as pure as the actors that are required to perform it. Donne borrows inspiration from the Homeric epic The Odyssey and patterns of Ovidian lyric to express both disappointment and frustration due to its impurity‚ stemming from the goal accomplished through bodily reality. While Donne is able to attain love through its consummation‚ he expresses conflict in attempting to avoid deviation from the pursuit of love caused by a woman’s features in Love’s Progress‚ which draw
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Imagine battling with a giant Cyclops‚ being attacked by a six headed monster or having to navigate around a whirlpool. All of this‚ and more‚ happened to Odysseus the famous hero of Homer’s classic work the Odyssey. His journey home from the Trojan War took twenty years and involved unbelievable hardships. “…Odysseus has had to put away childish things and lives in a world where you can freeze to death‚ as well as be devoured by one-eyed monsters” (Bloom 2). These ordeals might seem far removed
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Ethics Theories Chart 7/14/2010 Wanda Moore University of Phoenix Material Facilitator: Wanda Moore |Ethical Theory |Comparison of Ethical Theories | | | | | | | |Utilitarianism Ethics |Deontological Ethics
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The Odyssey is an epic poem about a hero named Odysseus. During his journey back home from the city of Troy‚ he faced various obstacles and challenges. Some of the challenges he went through was getting detained by Calypso‚ visiting the island of the Lotus Eaters‚ and facing the Cyclopes. Odysseus struggles to get through the challenges he faces.During my life‚ I might have future obstacles and monsters that might stand in my way and disable me from fulfilling my dream of studying medicine outside
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greatness and holy benediction computer science has with its divine intervention. This my friend is the reason why humanity survives‚ thrives‚ and dominates. With a lavish lucrative machine provided‚ the only downside is when they take over. 2001: Space Odyssey will forever be missed. I once saw a man. His name was Timothy James Vamanos. His name will always perpetually be with us till the end of space and time. Our class likes to adress to him as Don “Tim” Corleone Vamanos. So one morning Tim wakes on
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