of their characters. In Ancient India‚ the Ramayana is the perfect example to describe the ideal Indian man and woman and‚ in a sense‚ the ideal love between a man and a woman. Rama‚ one of the main characters in the Ramayana‚ is the ideal Indian man because he possesses all the “proper” behaviors and traits that a man in that culture should possess. He stays true to his duty‚ rather than his interests. Rather than go against his father’s wishes
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Tyler Parsons 9:15 class The Human Ideal Human Ideal is a very subjective idea across the board. There are many factors that influence a person’s perspective on a prefect human ideal. The most prevalent factor seems to be the culture of the society. The culture and the society I was raised in brought me to the finalization of my personal human ideal. People should live to fulfill the ultimate good of happiness without stepping on others to reach it and at the same time to avoid extreme and take
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Reading Response for Feb 17 Choose two (2) of the following pairs of translated passages and discuss (in detail using specific examples) how the differences change the way you perceive the situation and/or character. Please type your responses in the body of the discussion post as usual. 1. Fagles: “…To the life he’s like the son of great Odysseus‚ surely he’s Telemachus! The boy that hero left a babe in arms at home when all you Achaeans fought at Troy‚ launching your headlong battles just for
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simply for having experienced the benefits of his way. Lazarus is threatened. The Greeks are threatened. John’s rendition of the classic “triumphal entry” narrative is full of sorry‚ in that regard. The parallels that we can draw‚ here‚ from characters in Israel’s history (Adonijah‚ Solomon‚ Simon Maccabeus‚ etc.) are present for all. Yet Jesus will act very differently than all of them – he and his followers will experience rejection from
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An Epic hero Epic heroes are characters in an old poem or story that people can relate to for admire. In the epic poem The Odyssey by Homer‚ Odysseus is that epic hero. Odysseus faced many difficult situations as an epic hero‚ and made some bad decisions as an ordinary man‚ both which show his strengths and weaknesses. One part of the poem that shows how Odysseus is an epic hero was when he sharpened an olive tree and jabbed it in Polyphemus’s lonely one eye‚ so him and his
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strategic‚ and arrogant are all traits of the epic hero‚ Odysseus. In The Odyssey‚ Homer illustrates the amazing journey of Odysseus’s struggles to return to Ithaca. The Odyssey is an epic poem created centuries ago by a person named Homer. It depends on the life of a Trojan War legend named Odysseus and how he returns back to his home in Ithaca subsequent to being caught and held by a wicked witch/fairy named Calypso. In the Odyssey‚ Homer illustrates the epic hero by using the characteristics‚ intelligence
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Great Greek Minds Quiz on Homer’s Odyssey and Greece (45 pts) 1. (10 pts) What would our lives be like if no one had the ability to read or write? Without the ability to read and write‚ our lives would be very boring. By having a written language‚ we are able to understand things better and communicate more effectively. We wouldn’t be able to send letters or write books. We would use mostly oral tradition for our history and entertainment. Oral tradition is important but it is only
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The Odyssey features a tragic hero‚ in the eyes of Aristrotle‚ which is Neil Armstrong. He is a hero in the eyes of Americans. His tragic flaw is having too much confidence in his skill and impatience. On paragraph 8 (As I was pining on something magnificent‚ beguiling‚ and dappled)‚ we started off with the astronauts exploring and getting ready to head home. Then mission control stated clearly that the trip would be fatal and dangerous due to asteroids blocking the way‚ but Neil’s ego led him to
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Marysia Paradis February 8‚ 2015 English 9 Honors Odyssey Final Essay In the epic poem‚ The Odyssey by Homer‚ The hero Odysseus displays many heroic traits that make him an epic hero. The Odyssey is about Odysseus journey home after the Trojan War. On his way back home‚ he harms a Cyclops’s eye‚ so Poseidon becomes very angry and make Odysseus’s trip extremely difficult. Odysseus encounters many monsters and his entire crew perishes. When he finally
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normal environment. Hero must leave his home‚ family‚ friends‚ and his life to begin his quest. Usually there is a discovery‚ danger‚ or some event that makes him start his heroic path. This motif occurs in most of the myths. Myth about Odyssey starts by Odyssey summoned by the King Agamemnon to fight in the Trojan War. Another example is a myth about Perseus where he has been commanded by King Polydectes to bring him the head of the Gorgon Medusa. Myth about Jason also has call for adventure motif:
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