Lotus-Eaters. This episode takes place in Lotus-Eaters Island. At the start Odysseus and his crew were lost at sea sailing animously for nine days and nine nights until they arrived and lotus eaters island. There they took rest and food. Odysseus sent three men to search for the natives of this island. The three men to look for the natives. When the three men found the natives the natives had no desire to attack but instead offered them a lotus to eat‚ the three men confused took their offer. The
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Odysseus’ pride consumes his actions towards both the mortals and the immortals‚ forcing others to suffer the consequences in place of himself. When successfully outsmarting and blinding the cyclops Polyphemos (Parallel PrPP)‚ Odysseus and his men begin to sail away. Choosing to not remain reticent‚ Odysseus decides to declare with pride details of both his accomplishments and who he is to the monster Polyphemos‚ exclaiming; “Cyclops‚ if any mortal man ever asks you who it was / that inflicted upon
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Have you ever heard of a Komodo Dragon? They live on an island in Kampung‚ Indonesia. Komdo Dragons can detect carcasses from as far away as 5 miles (8 kilometers). Komodos Dragons Can run as fast as the speed of light. People got the idea of fire breathing dragons from Komodo Dragon’s tongue because it is yellow and deadly because of the bacteria in the saliva. Once the Komodos Dragons have detected their victims they pounce upon their prey in a surprise attack driving their sharp teeth into their
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Our story takes place in 1300 B.C.‚ when the Argo Navis was built. The Argo Navis was a ship that was later divided into four smaller constellations: Carina‚ Puppis‚ Pyxis‚ and Vela. It was built so people could escape a flood‚ like Noah’s Ark. It was called the Argo Navis because it belonged to Jason and the Argonauts. Jason had to recover gold fleece from a ram‚ that was being guarded by the Colchis dragon‚ in a grove. Jason had to navigate between the Symplegade’s crashing rocks‚ that would crush
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As Scout walked out of his den he said ’’ I wish we had Super powers’’ Neko jumped up as soon as I said that. “That would be awesome but‚ we don’t know where or how to get them’’ Neko exclaimed ’’ look a map!’’ Scout said very excited ’’what does it say?’’Neko asked ’’ all we have to do is find a really big tree that’s hot pink in a world that has very mystical creatures. ’’ So we set of. 30 minutes into our adventure we ran into flying monkeys and once they saw us they flew into somesourt
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When you look at most poems you look for artistic sounding‚ deep feeling poetry. Dr. Seuss’ poems have usually been fun‚ quirky‚ and symbolic‚ but the symbolic part only is seen by some people’s eyes. To me Yertle the Turtle is about a tyrant’s reign over a happy and peaceful area. This book as published in 1958‚ thirteen years after World War Ⅱ. I think the tyrant in the story was symbolic and Yertle was actually Hitler. In stanzas one and nine Yertle commands for turtle the stack up on top of each
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In Homer’s The Odyssey Odysseus can perceived in many different ways from heroic adventurer to a conniving liar. The same goes for Polyphemus. He is referred to as a ruthless brute in the beginning of book 9‚ the quotation I will be using is from the end of chapter 9 lines 490-514 and percives him in a different way. Polyphemus is much more than a heartless monster like he is often thought of as. In my opinion Odysseus is more of a monster than Polyphemus. The passage I chose starts out
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Perseus Almost all heroes follow a formula. This framework is subject to some degree of variation‚ but it holds true to many of Hamilton’s stories retold in Mythology. The three stages of a hero‚ the separation‚ the initiation‚ and the return‚ are demonstrated in the story of Perseus. The separation is the begging of the quest. This starts with the heroes decision to depart from the known world‚ or him being forced out of his usual realm. In the case if Perseus‚ he is forced
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Odysseus‚ the guy who poked me in my only eye‚ has been fighting for ten years in a city called Troy. When he finally finished‚ the gods were angry and sent a huge storm in the sea their way. The Greek warriors waited for the storm to end. They ended up on the shore of an island. It’s actually my island. I‚ Polyphemus‚ live in a cave on my island. It has lots of food so I’m good. Odysseus and his men explored the island and found my cave. They feasted on my baby lambs‚ goats‚ fruits and
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The Odyssey of Homer is filled with various adventures‚ sought-after revenge‚ and harmful temptations. The war hero‚ Odysseus‚ traveled for three years‚ always trying to achieve his homecoming. In Odysseus’ fourth year‚ Zeus destroyed his ship‚ as well as his companions‚ while they were out at sea. After these losses‚ Odysseus alone was washed up onto the island of a nymph‚ Kalypso. She took him into her palace and came to love him. After time‚ she desired to make Odysseus her husband‚ offering
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