In The Odyssey loyalty is an important theme that has an effect on the entire epic novel. By its definition loyalty means a feeling of support or allegiance to someone or something. In this epic is four major examples that convey loyalty‚ which is shown by Penelope‚ Telemachus‚ the servants‚ and Odysseus. Penelope is the wife of Odysseus; she does not remarry while he is away. Telemachus‚ his son‚ goes on a journey to find his father. Eumaeus and Philoetius‚ the servants‚ remained faithful servants
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Defining Marketing We can distinguish between a social and a managerial definition for marketing. According to a social definition‚ marketing is a societal process by which individuals and groups obtain what they need and want through creating‚ offering‚ and exchanging products and services of value freely with others. As a managerial definition‚ marketing has often been described as “the art of selling products.” But Peter Drucker‚ a leading management theorist‚ says that “the aim of marketing
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1. Define Risk Risk is the potential of losing something of value. Values (such as physical health‚ social status‚ emotional well being or financial wealth) can be gained or lost when taking risk resulting from a given action‚ activity and/or inaction‚ foreseen or unforeseen. Risk can also be defined as the intentional interaction with uncertainty. Risk perception is the subjective judgment people make about the severity and/or probability of a risk‚ and may vary person to person. Any human endeavor
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in Homer’s The Odyssey and Virgil’s The Aeneid the epics are based on the telling of the protagonist’s journey. Another piece of literature‚ Grendel‚ written by John Gardner‚ utilizes storytelling in a different manner. The main character bases his self-understanding off of the storytelling done by the Shaper‚ a blind bard telling historical tales. The function of storytelling in Gardner’s‚ Homer’s and Virgil’s works is to personify the protagonist in what he does to truly define himself. In John
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(Jacques Barzun). A tragedy requires the tragic hero to have initiative towards a certain goal he or she pursues that results in their devastating defeat. Heroes never want to be involved with tragedies‚ but their miscalculations of an action influences them to be victims of tragedy. Based on Aristotle‚ every tragic play demonstrates a noble tragic hero having a fatal flaw that destructs their life but signifies a meaningful lesson. When examining the tragic hero in works of writing‚ Shakespeare’s plays
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Noah Sola English I Mrs. Johnson 4/22/2014 The Odyssey Book 1 The poet invokes the Muse to help him tell the story of Odysseus. How original. I learn that Poseidon‚ god of the sea‚ begrudges (though I don’t know exactly why) against Odysseus and is making the guy’s expedition home pretty difficult. This tells me two very important things: (1) Greek gods are temperamental‚ and (2) Poseidon is a powerful guy. So Poseidon isn’t around on Mount Olympus (presumably because he’s full of activity
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There are many vices and virtues displayed in the Epic of Gilgamesh. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a tale from ancient Babylon. Its hero‚ Gilgamesh the king of Uruk‚ is two-thirds god and one-third man. Throughout the epic‚ which consists of three stories‚ the character of Gilgamesh is developed. This is accomplished by changing the vices he possesses at the start of the epic‚ and replacing them with virtues he receives by its completion. “A virtue is a quality of righteousness‚ goodness‚ or moral
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is a third person journey about a man’s change from bad to good because of a character named Enkidu. Gilgamesh starts out a mean spirited‚ bitter‚ tyrant-like man and turns to a good humble like hero. Throughout the story different experiences and journeys lead Gilgamesh to this ending. On page 99‚ lines 2-50 Gilgamesh comes off as a cocky and selfish young king. In a way Gilgamesh cannot help but to be the selfish king that he is because‚ he came into this personality due
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Odysseus: A Hero or a Flawed Hero? The epic poem‚ The Odyssey written by Homer near the end of the 8th century BC‚ focuses on a Grecian hero named Odysseus. Although after the falling of Troy Odysseus embarks upon a long‚ grueling journey home‚ it is through his travels that Homer is able to illustrate him as a hero. A hero is known as‚ “a man of distinguished courage or ability‚ admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.” (Dictionary.com) Homer’s projection of Odysseus is essentially
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Success is defined differently by different people. For some‚ success means becoming rich‚ for others reaching high social position. Everyone has his / her own definition of success. Depending on how you see the world‚ your definition of success will differ from others. However‚ achieving success is far from easy. Depending on the definition of success‚ it can be achieved through many ways and come in different forms. Nonetheless‚ whether small or big‚ success in any form carries the same worth
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