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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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    Thesis Statement: Women play a major role in the Iliad. Examining the impact of female characters in an epic dominated by war and the men who fought it. Major female characters include Helen‚ Briseis‚ Athena‚ Aphrodite‚ Hera ‚ Thetis and Chrysies. The Iliad is first and foremost an epic poem about a war waged by men. Even though there are no female warriors ‚ apart from the goddesses‚ women play a major role in defining the course of it. The roots of the war can be traced back to the beauty

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    The Role of Women in The Odyssey The Odyssey‚ by Homer‚ is an epic poem based on the story of an ancient Greek hero‚ Odysseus‚ and his twenty year journey—ten years spent fighting in the Trojan War and the other ten spent traveling home. In the poem‚ Homer presents the theme of the role and nature of women. Men were the dominant gender in ancient Greece‚ and women‚ who were inferior‚ were only valued for their beauty and their ability to reproduce. However‚ in this poem‚ Homer both exemplifies

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    often as others do‚ but when he does he appears with a bang. He and Agamemnon have ongoing beef‚ and because of this he resides from the Achaen army. The Achaens need his help to defeat Troy but he is so committed to his hatred for Agamemnon that he refuses to help. “never again‚ he’ll never rob me blind with his twistsul words again. Once is enough for him. Die and be damned for all I care” (9‚ 455-457). The beef begins when Agamemnon steals Achilles’ wife from him‚ whom he cherished very dearly. In

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    Natasha Castillo October 3‚ 2012 Role of Women in “The Odyssey” “The Odyssey” by Homer is an epic poem about Odysseus’ return to his wife and son in Ithica after the Trojan War. Women play an exceptionally large role in this epic poem. Odysseus’s son‚ Telemachus attempts to gain authority in the presence of the suitors but it is difficult. Especially once he goes on his own journey under the guidance of Athena. Throughout the epic poem however‚ the women play their roles as mothers‚ servants‚ seductresses

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    The Role of Women in Medea

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    Euripides showed his interest in psychology in his many understanding portraits of women (“World Book”). Euripides choice of women support characters such as the nurse and the chorus is imperative to the magnification of Medea’s emotions. The very fact that the nurse and chorus are female deepens Medea’s sadness‚ impassions her anger‚ and makes the crime of killing her own children all the more heinous. Medea’s state of mind in the beginning of the play

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    In the words of Alfred Stieglitz‚ an influential American photographer‚ “In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality‚” Though pictures represent bygone moments in time‚ they become extant through one’s own memories. The picture offers a subtle reality through its manifestation of all five human senses thus allowing the audience to vicariously experience the moment captured. Of the thousands of photographs taken by my family and I‚ there is one that I would call

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    In Book 1 of the Iliad‚ Agamemnon should be the one that is responsible for the rage of Achiles. As the victory of the Achaeans’ battle‚ Agamemnon takes Chryseis as his prize while Achilles claims Briseis. Chryses begs Agamemnon to return his daughter but Agamemnon refuses to do it so Chryses asks Apollo for help. Apollo sends a plague which kills many Greek soldiers. Agamemnon returns Chryseis to Chryses and takes Briseis away from Achiles. Agamemnon’s action is inconsiderate and disrespectful

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    Women play a significant role in the text that forms an important part of The Odyssey‚ an epic written by Homer in the 7th century B.C. Within the poem there are three basic types of women: the goddess‚ the seductress‚ and the good hostess/wife. Each role helps to create a different kind of element and is essential to the completion of the story. The first female in the Odyssey to be seen in full effect is the beautiful goddess. Although she is a supernatural being in all of the epic poem she

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    Roles of Women In The Stories The stories depending on great love are generally seems a charming narration for readers and listeners.And also women used in the such stories are generated with sensous motifs.However‚we can confortably realize that roles of women in the most known two ancient stories‚The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Illiad‚are considerably different.While these texts lack a female love interest‚erotic love still plays an important role as women figures

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