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    Although “The Odyssey” by the Greek poet Homer is very much an epic tale of a man’s heroic quest‚ women play an incredibly large role. Homer’s epic tale‚ “The Odyssey” revolves around Ulysses’ quest to return back to his wife‚ Penelope‚ so that he may be reunited with her and assume control over his palace‚ which has been overrun by suitors. Ulysses’ son‚ Telemachus attempts to regain authority in the presence of the many suitors but finds this difficult and embarks upon his own journey under the

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    Bundy). The dictionary defines hubris as overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance. In The Odyssey‚ Homer embodies hubris into the characters Odysseus‚ the Suitors‚ and the Cyclopes. Odysseus shows hubris when he is battling the Cyclopes‚ the Cyclopes show hubris when dealing with Odysseus‚ and the Suitors show it when Odysseus confronts them at his home. <br> <br>To start‚ within the course of The Odyssey‚ Odysseus displays hubris through many of his actions. The most prominent instance in which

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    Great Greek Minds Quiz on Homer’s Odyssey and Greece (45 pts)   1.     (10 pts) What would our lives be like if no one had the ability to read or write? Without the ability to read and write‚ our lives would be very boring. By having a written language‚ we are able to understand things better and communicate more effectively. We wouldn’t be able to send letters or write books. We would use mostly oral tradition for our history and entertainment. Oral tradition is important but it is only

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    The Odyssey ~ Background Information * The novel covers a 10 year period. * The novel was written approximately in 720 B.C. * The novel takes place in 1230 B.C. ~ during the Bronze age. * The Iliad (written first) and The Odyssey are based on historical events that took place about 1230 B.C. * Both novels are considered epic poems * The Odyssey is defined as a journey. This is the story of Odysseus’ journey back home after the Trojan War. From The Odyssey‚ Homer chose the

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    Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere assess the contribution of feminist sociologists to an understanding of family roles and relationships. In this essay I will be assessing the contribution of feminist sociologists to an understanding of family roles and relationships. There are different roles in families such as: Conjugal; where both the partners share task such as housework and childcare‚ the opposite of this would be segregated roles; where the couples have separate roles‚ the male

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    Odysseus’s 20-year long Journey When you set out for Ithaca‚ pray that your road’s a long one‚ full of adventure‚ full of discovery. In Homer’s epic poem‚ “The Odyssey”‚ ten years have passed since the fall of Troy‚ and the Greek hero Odysseus still has not returned to his kingdom in Ithaca‚ many believe he is dead. It takes Odysseus 20 years to return home after he left Ithaca for the war. It takes Odysseus 10 years to return home after the 10 year long Trojan war. During these 10 years‚ Odysseus

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    The Odyssey: Father-Son Relationships The Odyssey introduces the theme of father-son relationships to exemplify how influential fathers were at the time. Fathers act as role models to their sons and can determine their actions‚ even while being absent from home for long periods of time. Nestor’s son‚ Pisistratus‚ is a respectful and courteous man. His manners could be attributed to King Nestor’s piety. King Nestor offers sacrifices to the gods‚ as seen at the beginning of book IIV‚ when his people

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    Throughout the first eighteen books of The Odyssey‚ one of the central themes in the epic is the double standard of fidelity in Odysseus’ time. Women who werent faithful were shunned in the society‚ but when Men were unfaithful‚ not much was made of it. The relationship of Penelope and Odysseus gives us a prime example of this as Penelope wards of the suitors‚ refusing to move on from Odysseus where as Odysseus was intimate with other women on numerous occasions on his journey back to his homeland

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    94-95). Good morning teachers and HSC students. King Lear‚ a timeless story of family relationships‚ human nature and its failings. But what makes this play “timeless”? The fact that it contains universal themes of love‚ jealousy and family relationships makes it applicable to modern times even though it was written for a 16thcentury audience. Two critics that have commented on the thematic concerns of family relationships and human nature are Maggie Tomlinson in “A violent world” and Jim Young in

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    understandings through travel‚ the meeting of various societies and people groups and gains from misery and mistakes. Odysseus’ strength is continually tested by the lure of ladies. In the Odyssey‚ batch cases of such attraction mirror the significance of sexual orientation and the part of ladies. The Odyssey is their roles as femme’s fatales. At the point when Odysseus’ team styles base on Circe’s island‚ they are pulled in to Circe’s home on account of the persuasive voice of the excellent goddess

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