The Odyssey While I was reading the Odyssey I noticed a couple moments that relate to real life‚ so I ask myself what elements relate to real life. First I looked at how the monsters relate to life today and I found out that Calypso a sea nymph is a person holding us back from our goals within life. She is misleading and selfish. She cares only about herself. The Cyclops‚ because he has only one eye‚ relates to how people who see through only one perspective. Circe represents wealth and power.
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The Odyssey set 5 XV through XVIII Name: Book XV 1. What is the parting gift Helen gives Telémakhos? She gives to Telemakhos‚ but especially for his future bride‚ a woven gown knitted by her own hands. 2. What is the sign Meneláos struggles to read? An eagle killing a white goose is the sign that Zeus sends but turns to be hard to read for Menelaos. 3. How was the swineherd taken from his family as a child? He was taken as the most precious good that the Sidonian servant could have
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Katie Bradley and Laraib Zahid 11/25/13 Ms. Avila 10H Julius Caesar In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar‚ figurative language (metaphor) is used to show Caesar’s dominant and powerful character and how weak and naive the Roman citizens are. During Act I‚ Scene III‚ Cassius is talking to Casca about the current state of Rome and how Caesar views the citizens. He says‚ “And why should Caesar be a tyrant‚ then? Poor man‚ I know he would not be a wolf but that he sees Romans are
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Reflections: Identifying your teaching metaphor I am a heart and my students are the blood that flows through me. As they pass knowledge is pushed through them. I am a fisherfolk and my students are the fish. I try to nourish them by providing bait of different types if they accept it knowledge is obtained. These are just some the metaphors my colleagues’ used to describe themselves in the classroom. Our assignment today was to best describe a metaphor that describes us a teacher. We also identified
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The Odyssey Reading Comprehension Questions Part 1 Part 1 1) Where is Odysseus located at the poem’s beginning? 2) What is a muse? And why is Homer asking the muse to‚ “sing in me?” 3) Who is lord Helios? 4) What did Odysseus’ men do to lord Helios? 5) Who is Odysseus’ father? 6) Where is Odysseus from? (What city is his home?) 7) Who is Calypso? Who is Circe of Aeaea? 8) What did Circe do to Odysseus? 9) Who were the Cicones and what does it sound like
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freedom is a metaphor for America’s pursuit of freedom. The first time Isabel had thoughts of freedom is on page 51. “It wasn’t right for one body to own another or pull strings to make them jump.” Isabel realized that it wasn’t right for someone to own another human being. This is metaphoric to the colonists‚ who realized that the taxes that Britain was forcing on them weren’t right. They began having thoughts of wanting to be free from the British. Another place where the metaphor of Isabel’s pursuit
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Mothers are involved in their child’s life and the child is completely dependent on their mother. This is the figure that I have become‚ although I am one of many surrogate mothers who these toddlers rely on. I have to feed infants and coax them into accepting the oatmeal that I offer. It is much harder than I imagined. My mother always tells stories about how difficult raising a child is. You have to pay attention at all times to the child so that
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Why are Senet boards found among other funerary objects? Though enjoyed by almost everyone‚ why have no written rules ever been found? The exact role of Senet will most likely remain unknown‚ but most experts agree that the game was laden with metaphors of the journey to and existence in the afterlife. Senet table Like backgammon‚ contestants aimed at getting their seven pieces off the board completely. Players threw sticks or bones — precursors to dice — to determine the
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the common fear of war‚ because the period of the movie production was during the long war between the US and the Middle East (2003-2008). These movies reflect on and promote the US military’s actions by lauding pro-war political views and depicting how the US can defend itself against enemies (McMillan). The Movie use specific real world’s facts‚ not only detailing new high-tech machines but also detailing political issues to the audience. The relations between China‚ North Korea‚ Iraq and the US
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Life experiences are generally consistent with everyone; however‚ we tend to perceive our lives as being much different from one another. One may associate their life with a complicated idea‚ in an effort to accept it by giving it a label; while another might not label their life at all‚ hoping that is the answer to acceptance. What I choose to do in order to give my life clarity is to associate it with a simple idea. This enables me to put every component of my life on the same level so I only ever
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