IN AN ANTIQUE LAND BY AMITAV GHOSH In An Antique Land is a very capturing and an educative chronicle of a traveler‚ Amitav Ghosh‚ who perfectly weaves Indian and Egyptian history into one single story spread across various time periods. As the contents of the book suggests‚ the novel is divided into six parts namely‚ the Prologue‚ Lataifa‚ Nashawy‚ Mangalore‚ Going Back and Epilogue. The story begins with the Prologue where Ghosh reads a “short article by the scholar E. Strauss‚ in the 1942 issue
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The artwork ‘What About The Dead Fish?’ was created by Shamsia Hassani‚ who is the first female graffiti artist in Afghanistan. This drawing is an example of what she calls a “dreaming graffiti” artwork‚ which she creates by painting on pictures of places in Afghanistan she would like to visit but is unable to due to the warfare. It was made using spray paint in 2011 on the ruins of a Russian cultural centre in Kabul‚ Afghanistan. The artwork depicts a scene of a woman in a burqa sitting on the stairs
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to humanity. Odysseus was a legendary hero in Greek mythology. He was also the king of Ithaca and the prime protagonist of Homer’s epic‚ the Odyssey. Odysseus was also a prominent character in another Homeric epic‚ the Iliad. Odysseus was a authentic persuasive speaker and genuinely intelligent. Odysseus also used these qualities to aid and strived to prevent oodles of his men from dying throughout the Odyssey‚ which establishes Odysseus to be viewed as a modern day hero. Odysseus has also done
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A Comparative Analysis of Odysseus and Achilles The Trojan War was more than a series of battles between opposing forces‚ it was the climax of an age of heroes. The retrieval of Helen brought together many of the mythological characters of that time onto a single stage. Of the thousands of brave men who fought at Ilion‚ two men stood above the masses‚ sharing the title of hero. They were born in the line of those on Mt. Olympus‚ favored by the gods. Excelling in courage and skill‚ adored by those
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A brave‚ tough‚ and a self-confident woman‚ that is who Gail White is. White claims to be a critic of the world around her and she expresses this through her poetry. In her poem “Dead Armadillos‚” she points out the way the society looks at animals and how they give importance to them. Gail White was able to bring attention to the status of animals in the wild by using armadillos as a representation of them‚ and telling how the majority of the society gives little importance to them by using similes
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Nelson AP English and Composition 23 October 2014 The Moral Ambiguity of Odysseus in The Odyssey The Odyssey is an epic poem full of morally ambiguous characters. Few people in the book live a moral life. Telemachus lies to his mother‚ Calypso seduces Odysseus‚ and Penelope claims to love Odysseus but continues to lead on her suitors and convinces them to give her gifts. Out of all the Homeric characters though‚ Odysseus is repeatedly shown‚ mainly due to his function as the protagonist‚ to
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story did not end with tragedy: Odysseus. Homer’s The Odyssey is unique among all other Greek myths in that it is the only story in which the hero does not meet a tragic end; why is this so? From his words to his actions and from his companions to the way he handles certain situations‚ Odysseus is vastly different from all other mythical Greek heroes‚ a uniquity which leads to his story’s eventual cheerful ending. To accurately show just how disparate Odysseus is from the other heroes of Greek
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In addition the odyssey‚ Odysseus has people who openly take him in and people who are keen on throwing him out or in some cases even trying to kill him. In this paper I will go over some cases where Odysseus is accepted as a guest and treated with respect and where Odysseus is neglected to be a guest and tried to be harmed. Polyphemus‚ the ginormous man‚ The giant. Polyphemus did not take kindly to the fact that Odysseus and all his men had arrived at his
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evil type of battle. Odysseus was always the one to take charge and let people know what they needed to get done. He was the boss and no one even attempted to challenge his orders. If you got in his way‚ it was see-ya ’ to that person. He was always willing to ensure his power of people. When the suitors messed with Odysseus ’s wife‚ Penelope‚ he wouldn ’t stand for it. He devised a very detailed plan to see that these men got what was coming to them. They disrespected Odysseus ’s house‚ wife‚ son
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this a better place for all people.” But seeing as this poet says “any person‚” that person can be of human or even superhuman characteristics so long as their deed is right. In this case‚ in Robert Fagel’s translation of The Odyssey by Homer‚ Odysseus is a king longing to return home after numerous years of war. Of his tales‚ there are points of hardship and times where he is greatly dignified. He displays acts of heroism even having exposed sides of him that are both weak and of great strengths
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