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    used through paintings and poems such as Penelope of the Odyssey‚ The tale of Penelope is about a brief time when she is longing for her husband to come back one day. When Odysseus was gone for the Trojan War for a long time‚ she had hope that her husband will come back one day. Penelope represented hope as one of the most hopeful women in form of themes that comes from many epic works on her. In the painting Penelope and the Suitors‚ John Williams Waterhouse uses the Suitors of Penelope to show that

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    Suitors In The Odyssey

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    In Ithaca‚ the suitors are looking to marry Penelope‚ Telemachus’ mother. Penelope’s husband‚ Odysseus‚ has not been found after the Trojan War‚ and Athena reminds Telemachus about his father. While Odysseus and Athena are planning‚ the suitors argue about who is the special one to marry Penelope. The suitors also threaten Telemachus by telling him to exile her mother from his house or make his mom marry one of them. Odysseus’s son decides to set out on sea and find people‚ who can lead him to Odysseus

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    Shumway’s book‚ The Case of the Ugly Suitor‚ focuses on how life was in Buenos Aires on a day-to-day basis‚ the customs of the city as well as the traditions held for family and marriage. Throughout the book Shumway argues how women had little rights in Buenos Aires‚ before the May Revolution of 1810‚ and used specific examples to explain to his reader how women were fighting for their rights and how successful the attempt was. Not only did Shumway focus on women trying to extend their rights‚

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    Odysseus is dead‚ intrude his kingdom and try to take power. The suitors steal and plunder Odysseus ’ hall‚ feast on his food‚ take his maids to bed and all the while‚ each trying to take Penelope ’s hand in marriage.1 When Odysseus returns‚ he knows all about the suitors‚ and schematically kills all of them with no mercy. One may judge Odysseus ’ actions as unnecesary‚ an suggest alternatives of imprisoning or banishing the suitors‚ however‚ in order to judge him we must first determine how the Greeks

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    Zoot Suitors Summary

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    discriminated against. Riots broke out between the Zoot Suiters and the public around the L.A. area during the WWII. Latinos were discriminated and accused of being criminals because of their skin and wild style of dressing They were known as the "Zoot Suitors". The suits that they wore had long‚ broad shouldered coats. Extra baggy pants that fit tight at the ankles. They wore a long chain pocket watch and a broad brimmed hat with a feather in it. This was how Pachucos dressed in their early years. This

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    compared to thousands of years ago. The story of Penelope and the Suitors is a good example of a woman’s loyalty and respect to her husband without being asphyxiated by patriarchal community. Both Penelope and the Suitors by J.W. Waterhouse and “Penelope” by Dorothy Parker use the myth of Penelope’s suitors to show that her loyalty to Odysseus overcomes the obstacles and hardships both face through their 20 year separation. The poem‚ written by Dorothy Parker‚ is written through the point of view

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    Music‚ Mathematics‚ Philosophy‚ Democracy and Science.In the painting Penelope and The Suitors‚ John Williams Waterhouse uses the wife Penelope to show that she still believes her husband is alive and going to come home‚ Dorothy Parker uses the same scene to show that Odysseus wife is loyal and waiting for him. Dorothy Parker also explains how Penelope is actually the hero for having to deal with the suitors and her husband being away.Dorothy Parker was best known for her wisecracks and her sarcasm

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    poem analysis

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    Response to Literature Poem Analysis Writing Guidelines Subject: Poem Form: Analysis Purpose: To explore meaning Audience: Instructor Sample Poem Read the poem below and think about its content‚ theme‚ organization‚ and use of poetic techniques. Then read student writer Stefano Giagregorio’s analysis. I AM THE PEOPLE‚ THE MOB By Carl Sandburg I AM the people--the mob--the crowd--the mass. Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me? I am the workingman‚

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    INTRODUCTION (1 paragraph) Use key words from the essay title in a brief description of what the poem is about. Comment briefly on the themes‚ issues‚ thoughts and feelings the poem explores.  Identify the narrator‚ the tone and viewpoint of the poem. STRUCTURE (1 or 2 paragraph) Divide the poem into sections and explain in more detail what the poem is about‚ section by section.  Write about the development of ideas and themes from one section to another and one stanza to another. Consider the

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    Work without hope analysis Work without hope was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The poem is mainly about how spring is starting up and all the animals are moving around and the speaker seems to still be stuck in his depression. The first half of the stanza includes a personification In the first half of the poem‚ the speaker identifies that the bees‚ slugs‚ and birds are coming out of hibernation. The speaker seems depressed as spring is starting up and all the animals are moving around

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