Was Odysseus faithful to his wife Penelope? Yes Odysseus was faithful to his beloved wife Penelope. Odysseus had to go to war with Troy and Poseidon set traps and made him trapped at Circe’s island. Circe has the ability to manipulate time in any way she wants to; 5 days can be 5 years. Whenever Poseidon set several traps and Odysseus lands on Circe’s island‚ he stays for what he thought was 5 days. But in total it was actually 5 years. And in that time‚ he had slept with her. But really wanted to
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It is commonly asserted that cencorship is necessary for some reasons such as protection of children or govermental secrets‚ it is definitely against the human rights and freedom of press. Newspapers and news are the only way which let people know the situation in the country or even outside of the country. Ann Cooper who is the Executive Director of CPJ claimed that in the countries which practise censorship‚ people are separated from other people and everthing because of the dictatorial behaviors
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Viewers love action packed movies which are full of suspense. In 2005‚ the best television series drama was Prison Break by Paul Scheuring‚ and another action packed movie in 2013 is Escape Plan by Mikael Hafstrom. These two have similar plots‚ and the genres are action and drama. The main character of Prison Break is Michael Scofield who is a structural engineer‚ and Ray Breslin‚ the main character of Escape Plan‚ is also a structural engineer. They are both leaders of break outs‚ which they planned
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The most effective way for institutions to respond to dissent and difference of opinions is to let the students know these differences openly and to raise them in accordance with the good religious values. The first thing that each institution must do is introducing the students to those differences no matter how many are they or how significant they can be. By doing this the students will widen their knowledge of the world knowing the various types of people‚ languages and areas which will be their
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Odysseus portrays himself as a leader who is courageous‚ confident‚ good hearted and uses his intellect to get himself out of tough situations. Through his various adventures he demonstrated these qualities‚ like the time the white goddess seen Odysseus in trouble and said to him “take off your clothes and abandon your raft” (345). He did not listen because in the past the gods have schemed against him before and the outcome did not turn out well. Therefore he used what he knew about their ways and
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Truthful‚ loyal‚ born leaders‚ and honesty. These are all the characteristics of a real life hero. Odysseus has features almost similar to real life heroes. Real life heroes save lives and help people which is exactly what Odysseus did. Odysseus represents a strong hero because he was a great leader‚ he had a smart mind‚ and he was very brave. A sign of Odysseus’s leadership is when he was facing the heard ships from the Cattle of the Sun God. He knew that they had eaten the cattle so he said "I
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the world a better place from the past to the future. Odysseus was a Greek hero from Homer’s Iliad‚ The Odyssey. In one hand‚ Odysseus can be a hero. For example‚ he tricked the Cyclops Polyphemus by telling him his name was "nobody" and disguising his men as sheep‚ so that Polyphemus would accidentally let them out of his cave. However‚ in the other hand‚ Odysseus can’t be a hero. For example‚ because of his curiosity taking over him‚ Odysseus investigated the cave of the Cyclops. The results were
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix F Paragraphs and Topic Sentences Part I: Review the four paragraphs below. There is one paragraph matching each of the following types: summary‚ analysis‚ synthesis‚ and evaluation. Once you have read each paragraph‚ complete the following chart to identify the paragraph types. Underline the topic sentence in each paragraph. Paragraph Type of Paragraph 1 ANALYZING 2 SUMMARIZING 3 EVALUATING 4 SYNTHESIZING 1. Alice Doe’s article discussed overlooked
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Odysseus is not a hero because he hasn’t done good things to make him deserve to be called a hero. Yes‚ he has done good things but then he has done some awful things to. Like steal things from people‚ kill in cold blood‚ be disloyal to his wife and cheat‚ and only think of himself and not others. So the main reason Odysseus is not a hero is that when athena told him that there are suitors in his house eating all his food and livestock he just decided to kill every single one of them so did his
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Odyssey which is the story of Odysseus. Odysseus a Greek Hero who fought in the Trojan War for ten years and was gone from home for another ten years. One place Odysseus traveled to was Cyclops island where Odysseus met Polyphemus. Polyphemus was a cyclops that shows how Odysseus’ life changed and how Odysseus is a hero with a lesson to learn. Odysseus made some clever choices with Polyphemus but other choices lead to nothing but destruction and pain. Throughout Odysseus’ journey he is reminded of the
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