” 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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------------------------------------------------- Great Expectations From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the Charles Dickens novel. For other uses‚ see Great Expectations (disambiguation). Great Expectations is Charles Dickens’s thirteenth novel. It is his second novel‚ after David Copperfield‚ to be fully narrated in the first person.[N 1]Great Expectations is a bildungsroman‚ or a coming-of-age novel‚ and it is a classic work of Victorian literature. It depicts the growth
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The Odyssey‚ revered to be one of the great works of ancient Greek tradition has a lot to teach us even in the modern world. Odysseus‚ his son Telemachus and Penelope all have relationships with the gods‚ some of these relationships seem strange at first but if we take a deeper look into them we can see that there is often an underlying message being taught. I wish to explore these messages and also the archetypal qualities the aforementioned characters possess to answer one question: what does this
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Social Structure in Homer ’s ’Odyssey ’ Homer ’s epic‚ ’The Odyssey ’‚ is a lengthy poem that recounts the Trojan war hero‚ Odysseus ’ arduous and protracted journey home to Ithaca. In it‚ Homer accentuates the somewhat feudal nature of his world‚ a societal structure that far more resembles his own than that which actually existed in Mycenaean Greece‚ less to supplement the story‚ but rather to serve as the primary focus. Despite the feudal qualities of the world that Homer relates‚ the poem
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follows the rules that have been laid out for thousands of years. The traditions have become their culture and what their known by. Greeks had special funerals and sacrifices for the gods and to please their dead in the afterlife. In Homer’s “The Odyssey‚ Homer shows a funeral example and an example of a sacrifice‚ which will show that these are a major part of the Greek culture. The Greeks had a special ritual to burn their dead with 2 gold coins covering their eyes and clean the body. They would also
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In the Odyssey by Homer‚ an epic story is told. Odysseus‚ the king of Ithaca‚ was sent to fight in the Trojan War. After Odysseus and his crew had won the war‚ they set sail on their long journey home. Their journey lasted 20 years and they had to overcome many tragic obstacles along the way. Eventually‚ Odysseus makes it home to his beloved wife‚ Penelope‚ only to find his homeland has been taken over by suitors. The tale of Odysseus’s long journey home‚ the Odyssey qualifies as an epic poem. Throughout
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Although The Odyssey by the Greek poet Homer is very much an epic tale of a man’s heroic quest‚ women play an incredibly large role. Penelope was the wife of Odysseus who waited twenty years for him to return home to her. What Penelope did was to show that when a man and a woman are faithful to one another‚ things will work out for the best. One important role was that she anchored the kingship of Ithaca. At the time of the Trojan war‚ kings were determined by a matrilineal scheme. Penelope was the
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Religion of the Odyssey Without religion in Homer’s The Odyssey‚ The Odyssey would not be what it is. The entire tale is based around history and religion. In Greek mythology the gods are backstabbing and have relations with humans‚ Homer’s society is affected not only but these relationships but also by the unpredictable nature of the gods. The interrelation of the gods is one of a backstabbing nature. The gods go behind each others back to do what they feel is best. Speaking of Odysseus Zeus
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742 Evergreen Terrace Springfield‚ Ohio 45506 Plaintiff‚ CASE NO -vs- HOMER J. SIMPSON 345 Hightower Lane Springfield‚ Ohio 45505 Defendant. ANSWER TO COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE COMES NOW‚ Defendant‚ HOMER J. SIMPSON‚ and I am representing myself in this divorce action. In response‚ to each of the numbered paragraphs of the Plaintiff Complaint for Divorce‚ I state
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Heroes are given their titles according to their bravery‚ but their traits have an impact on that. In the epic poem‚ the Odyssey‚ the hero undergoes several trials and loses many friends along the way. Homer used the Odyssey to tell the tale of an epic hero‚ and Odysseus’s traits prove him to be a hero. Odysseus was brave‚ so he was not selfish and saved his men from Polyphemus. “As luck would have it‚ the men I would have chosen won the tossーfour strong men‚ and I made five as captain.” This shows
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