Mark Haver March 5‚ 2012 Period 3 MW AP English Argument Essay Adversity has a way of bringing up challenges unexpectedly‚ most people shrink away from it and get consumed‚ but when they push through it people come out stronger than they were before. Throughout history there has always been adversity‚ even today there are people who struggle to cope with it in their everyday lives‚ but some are able to overcome it as individuals and move on. But sometimes there
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Even though The Odyssey is 1000 of years old‚ the use of human flaws serves the same purpose of defending readers against lousy feelings. Homer in the text‚ The Odyssey‚ talks about how disloyal people are paid back with enormous harm. Odysseus‚ a great epic hero‚ was disloyal himself as he had cheated on Penelope because he sleeps with Circe. This scene is clearly presented by the quote‚ which says‚“ Straightaway she began to swear the oath that I required -never‚...‚at last‚ I mounted Circe’s
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In The Odyssey‚ Homer uses figurative language the best to build characterization while using epic similes and metaphors to go into more detail about traits and evets. One of the main uses of figurative language homer uses to build characteristics is an epic smile This is proven when homer writes "The attackers struck like eagles…swooping down from a mountain ridge to harry smaller birds that skim across the flatland cringing under the clouds but the eagles plunge in fury‚ rip their lives out…never
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Bravery‚ Loyalty‚ Perseverance and Cleverness. This are the qualities of the main character Odysseus‚ which make the movie more interesting and fun to watch. It is not all about the heroism of the main character but it is also all about to the love and willingness to wait at the right time. Odysseus’ adventure for me is just “AMAZING”. It indeed a supernaturally wonderful. Imagine he was imprisoned for about 16 years in order to be home. His son has grown enough to be a fine man. His wife Penelope
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theme "overcoming adversity" due to the spider overcoming all the animals using trickery and deceit. The first example of this is the bees. The bees symbolize the adversity that Anaanu was able to overcome by trapping the bees in a calabash. The second example of this theme is the snake‚ which again is the adversity. Anaanu overcomes the snake by tricking it to wrap around a pole and tying it to the pole. The final example is that of the leopard. The leopard does symbolize adversity and he overcame
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is no matter how the suitors courted her and wanted to marry her she never went with a suiter. Another reason is that she never completely gave up hope that her husband was alive. The final reason is that she defended Odysseus’s memory. In The Odyssey‚ Penelope showed her loyalty to her husband multiple times throughout the epic poem. No matter what the suitors did to win her over
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he is daring‚ and cares about the safety of his community. Of course‚ Odysseus isn’t your friendly neighborhood spider man. Odysseus is prideful‚ and yet he cares about his home that he rules‚ he is a king. He is wise in battle but cocky too. For example‚ when he fought the cyclops he knew exactly what to do to survive. But when he was leaving‚ he rubbed in the fact that the great Odysseus
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uses imagery to set the mood of settings‚ action scenes‚ and to set the mood of death. Homer uses imagery to give the feel of the setting. He may not even describe the setting and the reader can feel the mood of the setting through imagery. An example of this is: "Odysseus in one motion strung the bow./ Then slid his right hand down the cord and plucked it/ so the taut gut vibrating hummed and sang/ a swallow’s note" (1376-1379). The reader can feel the silence in the room as the string is plucked
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Iliad and Odyssey HIS 1113 25 September 2012 The Iliad and the Odyssey The Iliad and the Odyssey are two of Homer’s surviving works. These two epics poems are great works of literature that help us understand life in ancient Greece. The Iliad is compared to a tragedy while the Odyssey is compared to a comedy. The Greeks used both the Iliad and the Odyssey as a Bible and even as a history book. The two epics taught the ancient Greeks virtues and values. The Iliad is known as the greatest
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have adversity? The world is suppose to be a happy‚ peaceful place. Life is a precious thing‚ and why must there be difficulties to ruin that? “Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one’s journey is easy. It’s how they handle it that makes people unique.” The quote just stated came from Kevin Conroy. These words are very truthful and real. This point is proven in both the novels Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom and Night by Elie Wiesel. These books each have their own themes of adversity‚ they
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