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    the similarities between the leading characters; Odysseus in The Odyssey and Ulysses in O Brother Where Art Thou?. They share similar personalities as well as a run into similar circumstances. However‚ they come to be different when taking a closer look at their families and religious beliefs. The first obvious similarity between Everett and Odysseus is their name. Ulysses is known as Ulysses Everett McGill. Ulysses is Latin for Odysseus. Although the two characters are from two different eras

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    desire for belonging‚ for its ability to reshape identities and provide individuals with a heightened sense of acceptance‚ security and purpose. William Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy As You Like It (c. 1599)‚ T.S. Eliot’s The Love song of J Alfred Prufrock (1915) and John Brack’s painting Collins St‚ 5pm (1955) demonstrate belonging as an intrinsic and self-driven connection shaped by one’s social and cultural contexts. Through these texts‚ the responder more clearly understands that belonging can

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    The film O Brother Where Art Thou is cleverly and intelligently based on the famous Odyssey by the well-known Homer. There are quite a few distinctive differences though. While in the movie‚ Ulysses didn’t have any affairs‚ his wife did not wait patiently for him‚ he had six daughters‚ and each of his accompanying men stayed with him until the end of the journey. In the poem the setting was vastly unlike; Odysseus wasn’t an escaping criminal during the depression. Other than those and a few others

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    THE DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE IN TENNYSON’S ULYSSES The greatest Victorian contribution to poetry is certainly the form of the dramatic monologue. A dramatic monologue is defined by various critics as a type of poem in which a single speaker‚ a persona‚ “utters the speech that makes up the whole of the poem‚ in a specific situation at a critical moment.” This speaker addresses and interacts with one or more other people. They are silent but usually identifiable listeners in whose presence the speaker reveals

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    UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA SYLLABI FOR THREE-YEAR B.A. HONOURS & GENERAL COURSES OF STUDIES ENGLISH 2010 1 W.E.F. 2010-2011 SYLLABI FOR THREE-YEAR B.A( HONOURS & GENERAL) COURSES OF STUDIES IN ENGLISH‚2010 HONOURS Word-limit for the answers for the honours papers Full marks of the questions → 16 7 12 8 14 4 9 5 18 10 15 35 20 Word-limit of the answers → 600 250 450 300 500 150 350 200 700 400 550 1000

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    correlate directly‚ but other than that elements tend to be similar. Overall‚ The Odyssey and O Brother Where Art Thou? share similar major characters (with a few differences)‚ and even with the changed setting‚ the plot events are similar as well. Ulysses and Odysseus possess similar character traits; although‚ sometimes the act they way they do for different reasons.

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    "Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?" T.S. Eliot (T.S. Eliot Quotes.) TS Eliot was not only a poet‚ but a poet that wanted to change his world. He was writing in the hopes that it would give his society a reality check that would encourage them to change themselves and make their lives more worthwhile. Through his themes of alienation‚ isolation‚ and giving an example of a decaying society‚

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    Odysseus in “The Odyssey” through a more modern storyteller. In fact‚ the movie uses very similar character names so today’s audience can easily relate the movie to the original poem “The Odyssey.” For example‚ Ulysses is Latin for the name Odysseus. Even Odysseus wife’s name is Peggy‚ while Ulysses wife’s name is Penny. These similarities are shown throughout the movie not only with character names‚ but also with the original myths in the stories. Most of the same myths in “The Odyssey” are shown in

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    In "The Hollow Men" there is a conflict between an intense longing for a state of edenic purity and the contradictory search for a more lasting form of order through denial and alienation. It can be observed that "The Hollow Men" expresses the depths of Eliot’s despair‚ but the poet in a sense chooses despair as the only acceptable alternative to the false existence of the unthinking inhabitants of the waste land. The despair of "The Hollow Men" is controlled by intellectual principles‚ in the way

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    Evslin‚ Ulysses and Agamemnon both contribute to the Greek’s victory. Many considered Ulysses to be the real brains behind the Greek forces. Although Agamemnon was the leader of the Greeks‚ many would say he was not a good one. Even though Agamemnon did some good deeds during the war‚ many of his actions caused problems‚ and Ulysses often had to come to his rescue. With Ulysses on the Greeks side they had amazing intelligence and bravery. Many great things happened because of Ulysses leadership

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