Cameron Buckley Dr. Dutch English 273-02 April 21‚ 2016 The Role of Gods and Mortals Themes exist in just about every story you will ever read. They play an important role in the storyline and characters themselves. Often times there are multiple themes that take place in the story. These themes can range from anything such as heroism to evil. In this paper we will take a look at one of the common themes that is found in The Iliad and The Odyssey. The theme that I will look at is
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Family as a social institution in Odyssey by Homer One of the social institutions that play a very important role in the Odyssey by homer is the family. The importance of the family and home are highly extrapolated in this work of art‚ the main character‚ Odysseus really demonstrates the role of home and the family. Even before the reader goes deep into the text‚ there are certain facts that are established about the family and its role in this book. Although most critics and readers focus on
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inherently selfish. The epic poem opens in Book One with a quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles. Achilles is forced to give up his prize‚ Briseis‚ to Agamemnon when Agamemnon must surrender his prize‚ Chryseis‚ in order to end the plague that Apollo has placed on the Achaeans. This is the first instance where you can clearly see Achilles acting egoistically as he makes the decision not to return to fight for Agamemnon. Achilles is not looking out for the best interest of his comrades and would
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realizing that the God’s wrath would prevent him from getting home. Odysseus demonstrates many concepts throughout his journey‚ but the most prominent is his usage of hubris and humility towards the Gods. The hubris he shows towards the Gods is what fuels their rage and makes his journey longer. Although Odysseus shows a great amount of hubris towards the beginning of his journey‚ as he experiences many humbling experiences‚ his humility increases.
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The Science of Hubris Protagonists and Antagonists are much like the sun and moon‚ they each display their light‚ but only one shines brighter. In the Greek tragedy Antigone‚ a play written by the brilliant Sophocles countless years ago‚ people believed that the only way to reach the underworld was by receiving a proper burial. Antigone‚ the prideful protagonist‚ had her brother‚ Polynices‚ killed at war. King Creon of Thebes‚ the audacious and selfish antagonist‚ sternly declared that whoever
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one of them‚the other woman was forced to go back with her father and that made Agamemnon angry.So he took Achilles woman.Achilles got even more angrier than Agamemnon to‚so Achilles refused to fight.On page 82 the passage states “I will not fight until great hector sweeps the trojan charge right to the prows of my own black galleys”.This shows that Achilles was very selfish because he would not fight with Agamemnon until he got his love‚Briseis back home to
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because of the characteristics that he shows in the play including his tragic flaw‚ hubris. Hubris is the characteristic of having excessive pride and self confidence and by the end of the play it has taken over him‚ which leads to his demise. King Creon is the ruler of Thebes‚ an ancient city in Upper Egypt and can be described as stubborn. Creon is the tragic hero in "Antigone". Creon’s tragic flaw in "Antigone" is hubris and is what
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tenacious warriors because of an empty place in their hearts. For instance‚ Agamemnon takes Achilles’ prize‚ Briseis‚ and exclaims “See how the lord of the great plains‚ Agamemnon‚ humiliated me! He has my prize‚ by his own whim‚ for himself” (Iliad. 1. 168-169). Achilles feels humiliated because Agamemnon took his prize‚ Briseis‚ away from him in order to return Chryseis. He still does not want to go to war after Agamemnon returns her. Achilles’ heart is aching and the thought of never seeing his
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Heinrich Schliemann was a German archaeologist who was fascinated with the Iliad and the Odyssey. He had made important discoveries through his countless excavations of multiple sites‚ but it is unclear whether Schliemann was interested in the fame and fortune involved with treasure hunting or whether he had a passion for history and was a true archaeologist. Schliemann was interested in the tales created by Homer and this may be what led him to discover the site of Troy. He had begun excavating
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BACKGROUND OF DIRECTOR Name: Wolfgang Petersen Nickname: Wolfie Age:72 Date of Birth: 14 March 1941 Birthplace: Emden‚ Lower Saxony‚ Germany Nationality: Germany Spouse: Maria-Antoinette Borgel (1978 present) Ursula Seig: (?-1978 Divorced) 1 Child TRIVIA Petersen Fluent in English and German. Received “Bayerischer Verdienstorden” (Bavaria’s highest decoration) on 17 July 2003 Broke into the entertainment industry in 1960 with the hamburg Emest Deutsch Theater as an assistant director
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