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    Critical Lens Essay One might be angered that most of their child hood and lifetime stories are all based on archetypes. A simple skeleton of all tales‚ novels and stories alike. Until Discovering what an archetype was‚ you may have though that The Odyssey and Harry Potter were completely different tales‚ however this assumption would be wrong. Odysseus‚ a true hero destined by society to have the falls and triumphs of a hero‚ as well as “the chosen one” That was Harry. Both chosen by society‚ both

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    Homer’s Odyssey‚ an epic poem‚ dealing with the aftermath of the Trojan War. The story follows Odysseus‚ a war hero‚ and his return to his home on the island of Ithaca. Throughout the epic‚ Homer explores fundamental themes of Greek mythology‚ such as loyalty‚ intelligence‚ and homecoming. In Greek mythology‚ homecoming or nostos refers to a hero’s journey back home. Woven into this theme is family‚ which plays a key role‚ specifically Penelope‚ Odysseus’ wife. From Book I‚ Homer presents Penelope

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    viewed as essential‚ if not absolutely indispensable. Today still‚ almost all people see loyalty as an extremely substantial part of a strong relationship‚ and those whose lack loyalty are often shunned and ridiculed (e.g. Tiger Woods). Throughout The Odyssey‚ this value is reflected through the actions of Odysseus’s wife‚ Penelope. Although not a textbook hero by any means‚ Penelope’s loyalty was essential to the development of the story; otherwise‚ Odysseus’s twenty year journey would have been for naught

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    The Odyssey and O Brother‚ Where Art Thou are similar movies in various ways. Although they are made five years apart they share similar acts‚ characters and scenes. First off‚ The Sirens (washing women) that seduce the three main characters in O Brother‚ Where are Thou are the Sirens that attempt to seduce Odysseus and his crew while they are headed home. Also‚ the sheriff is similar to the god Poseidon‚ who torments Odysseus and prolongs his journey home. While in The Odyssey‚ Odysseus and his

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    -Characters are based on “The Odyssey (1997)” movie. Odysseus - Main character; The Odyssey = Odusseia in Greek; circa 800-600 BC. Penelope - Wife of Odysseus Telemachus – son of Odysseus Eumaeus – the loyal shepherd Anticleia – is the mother of Odysseus who killed herself due to grief. Eurycleia – is the Loyal servant who nursed Odysseus and Telemachus when they were babies. Odysseus’ Men: • Perimedes – warrior who challenged and got eaten by Scylla. • Eurybates – loyal servant

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    WOMEN IN THE ODYSSEY Although women in ancient Greece are often portrayed as meek and weak‚ this is not the case in Homer’s epic; The Odyssey. Instead‚ women in the Odyssey are often described as either cunning‚ intelligent‚ sexually alluring‚ or powerful‚ dangerous and fatal. Some of the most typical female characters are Athena‚ Circes and Penelope‚ where Athena is a powerful goddess and a skilled warrior‚ Circes is a cunning witch who tricked Odysseus’ men into drinking her potion and turning

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    Throughout the first eighteen books of The Odyssey‚ one of the central themes in the epic is the double standard of fidelity in Odysseus’ time. Women who werent faithful were shunned in the society‚ but when Men were unfaithful‚ not much was made of it. The relationship of Penelope and Odysseus gives us a prime example of this as Penelope wards of the suitors‚ refusing to move on from Odysseus where as Odysseus was intimate with other women on numerous occasions on his journey back to his homeland

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    Homer‚ The Odyssey BOOK I Tell me‚ O muse‚ of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit‚ and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; but do what he might he could not save his men‚ for they perished through their own sheer folly in eating the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion; so the god prevented

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    An Analysis of Loyalty in Homer’s Odyssey In short‚ The Odyssey is a story of the war hero Odysseus’ pain and suffering caused by the extensive separation from his family and home during the chronicle of events after the fall of Troy. In the unraveling of these adventures‚ the reader is immersed in a world of heroic feats‚ strange creatures and lustful gods. However‚ behind all the myths and legends‚ there are a wide variety of underlying themes and concepts‚ which not only develop the plot and

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    Sorrow‚ Suffering‚ Grief‚ Agony‚ Distress‚ and Misery: According to Greek Mythology the act of being human demands that you must suffer and there is no escape from pain‚ it is the price you pay to be human. “By nights he would lie beside her‚ of necessity‚ in the hollow caerns‚ against his will‚ by one who was willing‚ but all the days he would sit upon the rocks‚ at the seaside‚ breaking his heart in tears and lamentation and sorrow as weeping tears he looked out over the barren water. “(5.154-158)

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