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    respect the gods‚ and shows the consequences of disrespecting the gods. In the poem‚ disrespecting the gods leads to great misfortune. After being convinced by Eurylochus‚ Odysseus’s crew decided to slaughter the Cattle of the Sun. Zeus was informed about their actions and punished them right away. He made a storm that wrecked Odysseus’s ship and killed the entire crew; Odysseus barely made it out of the storm with his life. Another example of disrespecting the gods is when Odysseus

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    by Homer‚ Homer portrays a captain named Odysseus‚ who needs to use his wit to get himself and his men home to Ithaca by ship. Odysseus and his men face different obstacles that require Odysseus’s great strength in mind‚ so that they may pass through safely. Although Odysseus faces several hardships‚ it is Odysseus’s wit and aptitude‚ not his physical strength‚ which is instrumental in his eventual success. Because of this Wit Odysseus will live on long after death and the cleverness with which Odysseus

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    monster. Polyphemus the cyclops from Homer’s poem‚ The Odyssey is an atrocious creature who deserves sympathy. Although he was cruel to Odysseus’s men‚ sympathy is definitely felt for Polyphemus when the cyclops is robbed of everything he had. Polyphemus’s loss of his only friends‚ his sheep‚ causes readers to experience sympathy. While Polyphemus was not kind to Odysseus’s men‚ he was very fond

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    their titles according to their bravery‚ but their traits have an impact on that. In the epic poem‚ the Odyssey‚ the hero undergoes several trials and loses many friends along the way. Homer used the Odyssey to tell the tale of an epic hero‚ and Odysseus’s traits prove him to be a hero. Odysseus was brave‚ so he was not selfish and saved his men from Polyphemus. “As luck would have it‚ the men I would have chosen won the tossーfour strong men‚ and I made five as captain.” This shows that Odysseus

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    In nowadays literature world personification is defined as attribution of humanlike qualities to non-human objects. Contemporary and long-recognized authors commonly use this technique in their writings. Moreover‚ until recently‚ personification was directly linked to allegory (Paxson‚ 1994)‚ so the most antique works of literature can be now associated with this writing method. One of those works is Homer’s Odyssey‚ which is filled with several personifications. Dawn is most commonly personified

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    Athena and Odysseus

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    Relationship between Athena and Odysseus By looking at the epic The Odyssey by Homer‚ there are a lot of contacts between human and immoral‚ the relationship between Athena and Odysseus‚ which make me interesting‚ also this is important for the story. The relationship between Athena and Odysseus is the key for the story‚ because Odysseus had received a lot of help from Athena‚ their relationship is the reason to explain why would an immortal Athena who never interesting or attracted by any male

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    and trying to win over Odysseus’s wife‚ Penelope. Due to the fact that Odysseus and his men have blinded Poseidon’s son‚ Polyphemus (the Cyclops). Poseidon‚ god of the sea is angered and offended and has caused Odysseus and him

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    Rainer Maria Rilke once said that “The only journey is the one within.” This quote is a representation of the meaning of the journey that odysseus takes in the odyssey likewise the narrator in “The Journey”In The Odyssey by Homer‚ on odysseus’s journey he go to a few different dangerous place like an island of cyclops‚ there were also singing mermaids that would cause you to forget your goal of getting home. They go past the monsters then they arrived back home where Odysseus had to win a contest

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    she is the most interesting (besides Odysseus) character in the book. Speaking of Athena‚ Athena is a very important character in the first few chapter of the Odyssey. She is the one who puts Odysseus’s son on the path to find Odysseus and learn what is his faith. She did this by showing up to Odysseus’s house in human form and convincing Telemakhos to call all of his mothers suitors in front of the gods and try to convince them to leave. When that didn’t work “Athena was nearby and came to him

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    Humans compare many things like‚ how tall they are or how much they weigh. World literature generally gives us many ways to compare on work from another as for example‚ Odysseus in the epic poem The Odyssey by Homer‚ and Oedipus in the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles. These two men may have one thing in common‚ their pride. However‚ their relationships‚ self-control‚ and motivations are totally different from each other. Pride is a funny thing‚ too much or too little of it can hurt you‚ however

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