The Odyssey is a historic epic probably one of the best stories ever written. This is story of a great hero and his fight to get home and through his 20 years away there are many dangers and problems slowing him down to get home to his beloved family. The themes of this epic: are boy must struggle to become a man‚ soldier must struggle to get home from war‚ and king must struggle to reclaim a kingdom. In this epic story‚ there are many characters that show loyalty to Odysseus his friends‚ family
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Kaitlin Peterson January 13‚ 2014 English‚ Period 1 The Odyssey Essay Oh‚ Thoughtful Goddess In The Odyssey‚ an epic poem by Homer‚ there is a great deal of adventures and powerful women who carved Odysseus’ path home to Ithaca. Throughout the journey home‚ Circe‚ Penelope‚ Ino‚ Athena‚ and a sundry of other women all had a great impact on Odysseus’ life. Out of all these women‚ Athena was the most influential‚ aiding Odysseus to get away from Calypso‚ keeping him from death’s gates‚ and helping
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In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ women are looked at in two ways; as being the evils in the world and hindering on Odysseus’s homecoming or as being loving and faithful. On his journey home‚ Odysseus weaves his way through many hardships and temptations that are created by the women he meets on his voyage back to Ithaca. Calypso and Nausikaa play a large role in representing temptation while Penelope represents loyalty for she was the only good and loyal woman who waited for Odysseus to return home unlike
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In the short stories ‘The Hollow of The Three Hills’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne and ‘The Moving Finger’ by Edith Wharton‚ the writers convey the theme of the supernatural through various techniques. Hawthorne’s story is more open about the supernatural and uses the setting and one of the main characters to portray the darkness of the poem and the abnormal elements of it. In Wharton’s story‚ the supernatural is more of an underlying element in contrast to Hawthorne’s story. Both short stories use symbolism
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Thanh Huynh Mr.Harris Period 2A 21 November 2013 Essay #5 In the epic‚ The Odyssey‚ by Homer‚ there are many themes introduced in the first several books including manhood and loyalty. The first several books show us these themes through the hero entering the journey and realizing morals and ideas throughout the introduction.By doing this‚themes and main points are revealed and are easier to identify for the rest of the story‚ and the characters‚ plot‚ and actions introduced in the first
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al are research papers discussing the finger joint laxity in childbirth/ pregnancy and how women experienced back pain. The study was based in Sweden it originally started out with 222 women and then dropped down to 188 women which were all healthy and not on any medication. There was a questionnaire included which asked the women if they experienced back pain throughout the pregnancy and if they experience it during labour. Finger joint laxity is a weakness of connective
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cinema of a certain era. The epic poems‚ The Iliad and Odyssey‚ give scholars and historians an idea how the Ancient Greek lived their everyday lives. By reading the two "novels‚" the reader is able to experience the three thousand years old society of Homer. The various similarities between our society and the societies depicted in the Iliad and the Odyssey are surprising profuse. To name a few: the superfluous violence in Iliad and Odyssey‚ the characterization of Odysseus‚ the obscure use of
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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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Homer’s epic poem‚ The Odyssey has portrayed the history of religion‚ traditions‚ war‚ family values‚ and the integrity of the ancient Greek culture. Like other ancient societies‚ their cultural traits could be recognized through their literary works‚ such as the Odyssey. Lewis Jewsbury stated that Homer’s writings were of great importance for the Greeks during seventh century BC‚ and his stories were regarded as authentic narratives of their past‚ which their written past history was destroy from
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“Love‚ Loyalty/honesty‚ Trust‚ perseverance‚ cleverness‚ and braveness” these are some characteristics of the characters in the movie “the odyssey”. “The Odyssey” when I heard the title‚ there’s only one thing that comes into my mind “interesting”‚ that’s why I’m so excited to watch it. Odyssey is an amazing movie that I’ve watched; it is full of “adventure‚ romance‚ and humor”. Also this movie is about Greek gods and goddesses. “Odysseus” name of the main character of this movie. Odysseus is a
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