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    The Odyssey Summary

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    The Odyssey Summaries Book 1 In the book‚ "A Goddess Intervenes" it involves Muse and talks about Odysseus’ life with the Nymph‚ Calypso. He says how for years he was held captive on and island with Calypso. After‚ finally getting away he was able to start his journey home. Muse‚ daughter of Zues‚ tells the story through a song. Talking about Athena wanting to help Odysseus to find his way home. Book 5 This book‚ "Calypso‚ The Sweet Nymph" was about Odysseus trying to get back home and on the

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    An Important idea in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is the idea of friendship and loyalty. This idea is shown through the members of the gang The Greasers. They teach us the value of real friendship. We see friendship and loyalty is important because it gives people love‚ security and the opportunity to be themselves and not be judged for it. We see the how friendship and loyalty can make someone feel loved and wanted in the chapter when friends are special and having one is good. In this chapter

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    Exile in the Odyssey

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    Writing In antiquity‚ the civilized world was settled around the Mediterranean Basin – the foundations of Western society can be traced to Hellenic Greece‚ which bordered the Aegean Sea. For the Greeks‚ the sea was the realm of the gods. In The Odyssey by Homer‚ Odysseus and he crew face many trials and tribulations that isolate and ameliorate them to teach the reader that the consequences of temptation must be conquered with absolute perseverance. When Odysseus and his crew arrive on the island

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    Odyssey Essay Jared Page A heroic person is who does courageous acts for the sake of his family and peers. In the epic poem‚ The Odyssey by Homer‚ the protagonist‚ Odysseus‚ has not been a heroic person throughout the poem. Odysseus‚ Son of Laertes‚ has journeyed off with his crew in search of returning home but has not met the requirements of being a hero. Instead he shows insensitivity toward others‚ disloyalty and untrustworthiness. One characteristic trait that Odysseus presents is

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    Suffering In The Odyssey

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    main character’s growth to a significant figure or a hero; the sufferings can be divided into two‚ physical suffering and psychological suffering. The main characters of the Odyssey by Gareth Hinds‚ Speak by Laury Halse Anderson and Born a Crime by Trevor Noah all commonly overcome each of their suffering and grow up. In the Odyssey‚ the main character Odysseus experiences physical and psychological suffering throughout his journey. His journey starts as he leaves his family to join the Trojan War. After

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    conflicting ideas about loyalty is brought up. Between Creon and Antigone‚ who is more loyal and what is their outlook of loyalty? To me Antigone is more loyal than Creon‚ Antigone is a stubborn child of Oedipus. Antigone doesn’t believe that Creon in as strong enough to stand in her way. She believes that both of her brothers deserved a soldier’s funeral. Antigone’s loyalty did preserved her life like we all hoped‚ it ended her life at a young age. The concept of loyalty is the recognition that

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    Odyssey Comparison

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    There are many situations that occur in "The Odyssey‚" written by Homer‚ which can be compared and contrasted to real life situations. Penelope’s love and strong devotion to her husband for the twenty years he was gone‚ and thought to be dead‚ is one of those situations. There are many real life situations that can be compared and contrasted to this situation‚ one situation could be when a soldier in the armed services takes off to war and does not return for several months to years‚ or in some cases

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    feud that’s going on with their families. Until they both died‚ because of the feud and the hate they had towards each other. Therefore with the death of the couple made the family come in peace. Shakespeare suggests that the idea of loyalty is powerful‚ since loyalty can grow and become strong‚ although we should be cautious on who we choose Romeo and Juliet decided to be loyal to one another although they could die and the Nurse decided to be loyal to Juliet even though it could cost her‚ her job

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    Theme of perseverance and determination Since it takes determination in order to persevere‚ I have chosen to put both characteristics into one theme that I believe was evident throughout the epic. Had Odysseus not personified both of these traits at all times‚ there would have been no epic because the hero would never had been able to survive away from home for 20 years before returning. It is only through Odysseus’s sheer determination that the story was able to reach its climatic conclusion

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    Two Brothers Odyssey

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    Brothers demonstrated the ideas of what goes around comes around‚ and revenge is bittersweet. In an epic named The Odyssey by Homer‚ Odysseus is returning home from the Trojan War‚ yet his journey is prolonged as he faces numerous obstacles from the gods and struggles with his desire to pillage every town he encounters. The cultural values from A Tale of Two Brothers and The Odyssey are similar in how their lessons consist of anti-women and the importance of the relationship with the gods. However

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