Homer Response Prompt Achilles criticizes the “heroic code” in the Iliad. Achilles has an unusual double fate: he knows that if he goes home from Troy‚ he will have a long life without glory. If he stays‚ he will win great glory but his life will be cut short. One measure of the extraordinary experience Achilles is going through emerges from his refusal to abide by the customary rules of status‚ when he rejects Agamemnon’s offer in Book Nine. Both characters in the myth are fighting because Agamemnon
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The Odyssey Do you consider Odysseus a hero? The Odyssey by Homer is about a king from Ithaca named Odysseus and his warriors who go to war and have to go through alot of difficult obstacles to get back home to Odysseus’ wife Penelope and his son Telemechus. Odysseus is extrodinarly strong but he doesn’t rely on his strength‚ he relies on his mind. Odysseus is brave‚ prideful‚ and self-centered. He is Brave because he goes into the land of the dead to face Hades in order to get back to Ithaca
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The Odyssey was an epic poem written by a man named Homer. It tells the story of Odysseus’ travels when he leaves the trojan war‚ and gets his men lost while they try to get home. Recklessness‚ unchecked pride‚ and unawareness‚ are traits Odysseus portraits during his travels that show he is not as smart as he seems. One example of this is when he and his men were escaping the angered cyclops. When they rowed a little distance away‚ Odysseus yells back to the cyclops‚ “‘O cyclopes! Would you feast
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Oddysey by Homer is an epic about the Odyssey .Odyssey is about Odyyseus is tryna return to ethika to his wife and son before he get a beard .In Odyssey by Homer clearly develops Odyssey as an epic hero . he is a great warrior ‚ he is humble ‚ and he faces supernatural foes and receives supernatural help . Odyssey has great strength and courage in this movie he showed lots of braveness and courage . Its a lot of things Oddyseus sowed great strength and courage of warrior because he went to the underworld
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Homeric simile‚ also called an epic simile or extended simile‚ is a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length. The word "Homeric" is based on the Greek author‚ Homer‚ who composed the two famous Greek epics‚ the Iliad and the Odyssey. Many authors continue to use this type of simile in their writings. The typical Homeric simile makes a comparison to some kind of event‚ in the form "like a ____ when it ______." The object of the comparison is usually something familiar
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The film only loosely describes what happen during the Trojan War. Society knows that the Trojan War could have been a myth all together but Homer has been credited as the author that covered the war. So with all the changes that Troy has changes the meaning and we start losing the story. If a person to watch the movie without knowing the storyline when they would not understand why the war truly
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In The Odyssey‚ Homer gives Odysseus qualities of cleverness and skill while he overcomes his obstacles. Odysseus and his men face these challenges when Poseidon’s son‚ Polyphemus‚ curses Odysseus and his men when Odysseus tells Polyphemus who blinded him. Polyphemus then prays to Poseidon who asks for chaos on Odysseus’ voyage home‚ and he would rather have him dead than return home hurt. Because of this‚ Odysseus faces many decisive tasks ahead of his embarkment back home. When he lands at the
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it should in tragedy. Aristotle expresses his admiration for Homer in this‚ as in all other respects. Homer chose a particular portion and not the whole of the Trojan war for his epic. It is only through such selection that the theme can be embraced in a single view. Epic poetry is similar to tragedy in that it has as many species as tragedy. The epic plots can be complex or simple‚ full of suffering‚ or concentrate on Character. Homer is again cited as the perfect model. His diction and thought
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The reason people take journeys is to discover something new‚ whether it be within themselves or something within the universe‚ which can be seen in the following texts: “ From The Odyssey” by Homer‚“Who Understands Me But Me” by Jimmy Baca Santiago‚ and “Truth At All Cost” by Marie Colvin. The real question is what are “you” trying to discover and what do you plan to do with this knowledge. Journeys can be taken in different forms such as physical‚ spiritual‚ and mental forms. Physical journeys
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Brann described the shield as the image of a world that Homer saw in his mind. In the shield‚ there are two cities. One was at peace and in celebration. This city is known as the “City of Peace” (Harvard). They were celebrating marriages with processions‚ music‚ and dancing. While the women stood at the doors
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