” The epic‚ Odyssey by Homer highlights the determination of a certain character to return to his homeland and family after many years at war. However‚ with determination comes important decisions to do what is right and what is best for all. In most cases‚ a hero must take some kind of guidance from his acquaintances. In addition‚ the extensive qualities of a hero can range from being loyal to others and putting their own life behind everyone else’s. By these standards‚ in the Odyssey‚ main character
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In Homer’s The Iliad‚ readers are subjected to an epic that includes gods and goddesses that are intertwined into human society. These supreme beings are at most times less likely to display divine emotional characteristics‚ and instead display an extremely humane range of emotion. This can be seen in many different ways throughout the epic through the many squabbles‚ and humane emotional reactions that pop up from time to time as the actions of the gods begin to mirror the actions of the mortals
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Essay for The Odyssey Final Project The three instances in which the Greek warrior culture’s emphasis on Kleos ( immoral frame attained through glory) creates conflict for Odysseus throughout his journey is that the desire for glory is a good thing for Odysseus and Kleos. Another thing is that is could not be good for Odysseus’s friends and family but for Kleos. Another thing is that if it was not a good thing for Odysseus and for Kleos then I don’t think that Odysseus or Kleos would get to where
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for the greater good. This was the greatest strength of Albus Dumbledore; he fooled everyone into believing he was heroic‚ until they examine his actions more closely. He displays seven of the villainous traits throughout the books: smart‚ strong‚ resilient‚ charismatic‚ dishonest‚ selfish‚ and dangerous; the only exception is ’insane’. Four of the villainous traits are also heroic traits; strength‚ intelligence‚ resilience‚ and charisma are all aspects that allowed Dumbledore to masquerade as a
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Odyssey Passage: Book V lines 224-233 "My lady goddess‚ here is no cause for anger. My quiet Penélopê --- how well I know --- would seem a shade before your majesty‚ death and old age being unknown to you‚ while she must die. Yet‚ it is true‚ each day I long for home‚ long for the sight of home. If any god has marked me out again for shipwreck‚ my tough heart can undergo it. What hardship have I not long since endured at sea‚ in battle! Let the trial come."
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Although Adolf Hitler was responsible for millions of deaths‚ he was named Time Magazine’s man of the year in 1938‚ before he was known as a murderer. Hitler‚ along with many other famous people‚ could have been heroic at times‚ but also cruel and hateful at times. Donald Trump and Abraham Lincoln were popular in both good and bad ways too. Heroes can be seen differently among people‚ which may cause some people to think that they are more of a villain. Donald Trump is viewed as an idol by some
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Loyalty in The Odyssey Loyalty is defined in the Webster’s dictionary as faithfulness or devotion to a person‚ a cause or a duty. Through this definition‚ it can be expressed that loyalty is a major theme in Homer’s epic‚ "The Odyssey". The author presents four mayor illustrations of loyalty‚ which are given by Penelope‚ Telemachus‚ Eumaeus and Philoetius and Odysseus. Penelope is Odysseus faithful wife who not only doesn’t re-marry but also keeps hope that Odysseus is still alive and will
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In the Odyssey‚ temptation is defined as hunger- both literal hunger (temptation for food) and figurative hunger i.e. temptation for luxury‚ ambition‚ wealth‚ women‚ power‚ glory etc. This “hunger”‚ whether literal or figurative keeps Odysseus’s men from reaching their homes and uniting with their families. However‚ longing for family or grief for loved ones drives away “hunger”. Odysseus is the only man among his crew to reach home to Ithaca because his longing for his family and native land surpasses
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In the story of the Odyssey‚ Polyphemus is a cyclops that has one eye on his forehead that is blinded because of Odysseus. Odysseus is the king of his home‚ Ithaca‚ that is on a journey to get back to Ithaca with his crew after they fought in a war. He has faced many challenges on this journey that caused his character to be less desirable. Also he has lots of hair like most of the other cyclops do too‚ and really tall. His personality is he is not very smart‚ greedy‚ and loves to eat human flesh
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During the next eighteen days‚ the Odyssey navigated through a dazzling array of nebulae as they left the Orion spur and entered the Perseus arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. In one area‚ in particular‚ the spirals of nebula clouds reminded Surina of Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night painting. On another occasion‚ she saw an electrifying nebula cloud in the shape of a cat’s neon green eye staring at her from a distance. In fact‚ the serpentine arms of the nebula clouds stretched throughout interstellar
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