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    To: Penelope‚ Mark‚ and John From: [] Date: [] Subject: Entity Selection Facts: After 20+ years of working for other firms‚ Penelope (enrolled agent‚ age 41)‚ Mark (CPA‚ age 43)‚ and John (CVA‚ age 65) want to leave the firms they are currently employed by and become their own bosses. Penelope specializes in taxes‚ Mark is the auditor‚ and John is a business valuation expert. There are so many options available as to how they can structure the new business. The appropriate business entity for

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    Although “The Odyssey” by the Greek poet Homer is very much an epic tale of a man’s heroic quest‚ women play an incredibly large role. Homer’s epic tale‚ “The Odyssey” revolves around Ulysses’ quest to return back to his wife‚ Penelope‚ so that he may be reunited with her and assume control over his palace‚ which has been overrun by suitors. Ulysses’ son‚ Telemachus attempts to regain authority in the presence of the many suitors but finds this difficult and embarks upon his own journey under the

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    Homer’s The Odyssey‚ Penelope also showed similar qualities when in hardship. These stories are not related in any way‚ nor were they written closely together within the same era. This proves that emotions and character traits will always be the same‚ because people teach their children right and wrong and what is deemed by society as the correct moral values. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world‚ or what time you lived; morals are still morals a million miles away. Penelope and Juliet‚ though

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    along his journey he meets with some Gods that help him and some that hurt him. Before he left for war‚ he had a son with his wife Penelope whom they named Telemachus. The war took ten years‚ so his son became a young man while his father was away. Then during the time that they waited for his father to return‚ suitors invaded the palace and requested that Penelope choose a new husband. They

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    Loss of Identity is a common reaction‚ especially in rebellious spirits trying to survive in a life of subjugation. Whereas the situations are different‚ De Landro depicts Penelope in Bitch Planet similar to the way Atwood depicts Moira in The Handmaid’s tale‚ as both of them attempts to continually act according to their beliefs‚ they became overwhelmed by the irrational laws than they had to follow. Eventually‚ this subjugation forced them to give in to the opposing authority. Moira in The Handmaid’s

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    point is when Junior speaks to Penelope one day after school without any context given to the reader. Penelope gives her perspective and mentions how she "hate this little town." (Alexie 111) She then mentions how "the people here have small ideas. Small dreams. They all want to marry each other and live here forever."(Alexie 111) Alexie uses literary devices to show Penelopes perspective on her aspirations and life. This statement shows the readers that Penelope is different

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    themes presented in The Odyssey is loyalty. Loyalty is recurs time and time again throughout the epic poem and is portrayed through the loyal relationship between god and men‚ the loyalty of Odysseus’ subjects until his death and most importantly Penelope unyielding faith in Odysseus’ return. Through the use of these characters and their devotion to Odysseus‚ Homer demonstrates the importance he places on loyalty while also developing an endearing and palpable epic. Greek Gods are an integral part

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    and how they should have been such as marriage‚ and politics. Mr. Sewell’s advice about” the economy of pain” is related to realism‚ by the triangle between Irene‚ Tom‚ and Penelope. His advice to Lapham‚ and his wife was “to let one suffer instead of three‚ if none is to blame?” (Howells‚ 226). He suggested that Tom and Penelope should not have to give up their love for each other for the sake of Irene. Irene will just have to endure the heartbreak of losing one’s first love‚ and face the reality

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    Odysseus caused great legal and economic threat to the royal crown placing Telemachus the son and young prince as the interim leader to save his mother Penelope the queen from a forced marital arrangement. As the narrator informs the reader that over 100 suitors live off the estate’s wealth detained the palace and provisions while courting Penelope‚ in

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    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 into swine‚ and Penelope‚ the extremely clever‚ yet loyal wife of Odysseus who outsmarted the suitors for 20 years. Most of these female characters fall under the category of “femme Fatale”

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