The Odyssey Compare/Contrast Essay YATES 2011 Adapted from http://home.illicom.net/~sdunlavey/Odyssey%20compare_contrast%20essay.html As the final assignment in our unit on The Odyssey‚ I would like you to write a compare/contrast essay analyzing the similarities and differences between Homer’s epic and the movie adaptation. Please focus your analysis on how the filmmakers adapted their work from Homer’s. You need to list both similarities and differences‚ but really try to get down to the
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uneasy journey involving self-realization and selfishness. Cormier is able to portray this in two of his short stories‚ “President Cleveland Where are You” and “Mine on Thursdays”. In “Mine on Thursdays”‚ the main character Howie has a strained relationship with his daughter Holly due to his absense of being a fatherly figure when she was growing up. He realizes that he is playing merely a “Santa Claus ” figure in his Holly’s life rather than a legitimate father(44). Once he comes to terms with this
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The Duality of Odysseus: an Odyssey of the Mind As William Makepeace Thackeray once said‚ "bravery never goes out of fashion." This theme is evident both in modern day life and ancient literature. As America found out this past August‚ men will go to all ends to prove their masculinity. William Lawson‚ of Louisiana‚ is among the more recent examples of this. Years after leaving the Marine Corps as a grunt‚ without fighting experience‚ he masqueraded as a Marine Corps General. His deception
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The cultural impacts of tourism on the host communities The impact that tourism has on the cultural lives of communities is one of the most important issues debated by tourism researchers and academics today. There is an increasingly growing concern that tourism development is leading to destinations losing their cultural identity by catering for the perceived needs of tourists. Although they take longer to appear‚ the cultural consequences of tourist activity have the potential to be much
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In the epic The Odyssey by Homer‚ the hero Odysseus progressively matures throughout his journey as he engages in guest-host relationships with Cyclops Polyphemus‚ the sorceress Circe‚ and Alcinous‚ King of Phaecia. Initially‚ Odysseus shows immaturity as he encounters Polyphemus as a guest on his island. After Odysseus and his crew defeat Polyphemus and escape from his cave‚ they rush onto their ship‚ ready to set sail. However‚ Odysseus “call[s] back to the Cyclops‚ stinging taunts” (IX‚ 530) and
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Mehdi Tazi : 260471916 Section 5 Guest speaker: Caroline Dagenais Caroline Dagenais was invited as a guest speaker‚ on November 8th in order to discuss the importance of Information Technology in her field. She went through different subjects from how technology enabled the hospital to operate like a business company to her own career stream. What I found particularly interesting and surprising is the way she was hired to be manager of a department she didn’t know anything about‚ and
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In The Odyssey by Homer‚ hospitality is honored by many‚ such as Nestor and Penelope‚ however‚ there are still some people and creatures who do not show hospitality‚ like Polyphemus. Hospitality is the act of honoring a stranger‚ rather it’s a wealthy traveler or a poor person‚ by comforting and aiding him or her. Usually‚ you are required to bring the person into your house and give him something to eat and a place to rest. Showing honor to your guest is an act of loyalty to Zeus‚ however‚ the traveler
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Endurance is often shown in physical ability and strength‚ but Odysseus proves endurance can be emotional as well. In the Odyssey‚ Homer often states‚ “Odysseus‚ always thinking…” meaning Odysseus always sees the possible outcomes in every situation. For instance‚ while was on the Island of the Cyclops‚ he was forced to watch his men die‚ two at a time. As a greek‚ he was going against his morals by avenging his men by killing the cyclops‚ but instead seeing that if he did‚ he would be trapped. He
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The Odyssey of Homer is filled with various adventures‚ sought-after revenge‚ and harmful temptations. The war hero‚ Odysseus‚ traveled for three years‚ always trying to achieve his homecoming. In Odysseus’ fourth year‚ Zeus destroyed his ship‚ as well as his companions‚ while they were out at sea. After these losses‚ Odysseus alone was washed up onto the island of a nymph‚ Kalypso. She took him into her palace and came to love him. After time‚ she desired to make Odysseus her husband‚ offering
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2. Dual-Homed Host Architecture: As reflected by the name a dual homed host architecture is a computer having two network connections separately for two network interfaces. Such host work as router among two networks however when dual homed hosts architectures are implemented in firewall this routing function is disabled. As routing function is disabled and IP packet is also blocked completely thus the host isolates two network completely from each other thus directly routing between the networks
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