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    Anyone can be great. Life offers many different paths in which people can take on the road to achieving greatness. Greatness gives people the power to have a large impact on certain situations. In the stories the Odyssey‚ Beowulf‚ and Unbroken‚ the authors illustrate the character’s greatness and how they influenced the people around them for the greater good. The characters all posses different traits that made them great. Most of these traits shined the brightest when they were put through some

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    Period 3 -053012 Odyssey Essay Odysseus‚ from the epic poem The Odyssey written by Homer‚ is a classic epic hero. Although he has admirable qualities‚ he also has faults like any other human being. His cleverness and leadership make him a hero. Not all heroes being perfect‚ he has a very overactive curiosity. First of all‚ Odysseus’ cleverness is truly a valuable trait to have‚ as this hero finds himself in many difficult situations. During the Trojan War‚ Odysseus uses

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    Throughout the Odyssey there is an ongoing theme of hospitality or xenia that shows cultural values. The ancient cultural value of Xenia is a religious and social accept that has to do with the relationship between guest and hosts. Both the guess and the host have specific roles. The role of the host was to take in the stranger‚ provide him with shelter‚ food‚ drink and aiding them on their journey with whatever means they have to spear. This is seen in book one when Telemachus unknowingly takes

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    Adventures of the Odyssey The Odyssey‚ written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald‚ shows the true bravery of Odysseus and his men throughout the whole book. Filled with many adventures‚ some that are more know were Odysseus’ interactions with the Lotus Eaters‚ Kyklops‚ and Seirenes . Through these adventures‚ he shows a positive and negative trait. When Odysseus and his men met the Lotus Eaters‚ they were all hungry for their mid-day meal. He sent two men and a runner to learn who was

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    Kuralt.)" The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Odyssey tell the stories of two men recognizing what means the most to them in life. They journey through their quests transforming into different people from whence they first began. In the end‚ they realize they just want to be loved and be with the ones who understand them most. When comparing the epics‚ it becomes apparent that Homer had to have been influenced by The Epic of Gilgamesh before creating The Odyssey because of similarities with the heroes

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    Odysseus is an enigma. His disguises hide him in the battlefield and his lies mask him everywhere else. Such deceits are so frequently seen in Homer`s Odyssey that it is difficult to even know where the truths end and the lies begin‚ or even if there is an implied truth in a whole conversation. Furthermore‚ the conversations themselves seem to easily embrace the alluring veils and it is hard to find a single conversation that does not withhold the truth‚ or is not lies or is not heavily reliant of

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    The Odyssey is an epic poem written by Homer based around ancient greek values. While “Odysseus to Telemachus” is a poem written by Joseph Brodsky based around a father son relationship. In comparing the two works‚ there are many distant similarities and differences. The similarities throughout both depictions are that they show a warrior with post-war trauma‚ a great distance from home‚ and is mentally loyal to his family. In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus is portrayed as someone mentally distant from his

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    character. In Book XI‚ Homer reinforces major themes that repeat through the rest of the story that show Odysseus he can get home using the ideas seen throughout the text. Hospitality is a theme in Book XI that occurs in many of the other books of The Odyssey. The soldiers give hospitality toward Hades and Persephone though their sacrifices so that Odysseus can visit the Underworld. This is an example of irony in the book because the reason that Odysseus and his men are in this situation is because they

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    Seth Wein 11/17/12 English- Mrs. Katz The Odyssey Book 14 The Odyssey Book 14‚ by Homer‚ is an excellent book because it shows readers what Odysseus meant to the people of Ithaca and how influential he was as a person. We have learned a lot about Odysseus from previous books and we know all about his many different characteristics such as his ability to lead and his warrior-like mentality. The author’s goal for this book was to show readers what impact Odysseus made on society at that time

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    Hero’s Journey A centralized idea in Ancient Greek society was the value of Xenia. Xenia was the Greek word for what we know as hospitality. Hospitality played a vital role in the way a person went about life and lived. In Homer’s epic poem the Odyssey‚ both Odysseus and his son Telemachus’ journey’s include frequent encounters of hospitality. Hospitality signifies the host and guest relationship. Honoring a guest was important to a host because it meant pleasing the Gods and Goddesses‚ establishing

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