effect on music virtually everywhere. Caribbean music especially started to be influenced by the African heritage when slave trade was originally brought to the Caribbean and the Americas. There are different genres of music but the steel bands‚ calypso‚ and reggae. Listening to Caribbean music can definitely have a very positive affect on your mood. It will give you a real “good feeling” and help highlight your day. For the most part the music stemming from the Caribbean is happy‚ vibrant and “fun
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against his will on an island with a nymph called Capyspso. Upon Zeus summoning Hermes to retrieve Odysseus from Calypso‚ Odysseus is offered the almost irrestible abiloity to become immortal and live forever‚ for as long as he chooses never to return home to his family. With this offer Odysseus’ only desire are to return home home to his family‚ therefore rejected the offer of Calypso. Odysseus‚ knowing the despair and troubles that await him upon his return home‚ is adamant in his decision. The
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responsible and also compare it to far other things caused problems for Odysseus. The first woman that I think caused Odysseus problems on his journey is Calypso. Calypso‚ her name meaning “the concealer” in Greek‚ using her beauty kept Odysseus captive on her island for seven years. “He is left to languish in misery in the island home of Calypso‚ who keeps him captured there.” (Page 63) Odysseus is upset because firstly on the island of Ogygia‚ Odysseus is powerless: he is no longer warrior and
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The Cyclops In the section of the Cyclops‚ Odysseus and his men stop to rest on an island inhabited by the Cyclops‚ Polyphemus. The crew discovered the Cyclops’s cave and decided to stay‚ not knowing it was Polyphemus’s cave. When the Cyclops returned to his cave Odysseus expects Polyphemus to present him with gifts or else Zeus will rain his wrath upon Polyphemus. Consequently‚ Polyphemus becomes angered‚ snaches two of Odesseus’s men and devours them for dinner. The cyclops rolls
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Odysseus: One of the Greatest Epic Heroes An epic encompasses many unique qualities of which are both consistent and concurrent with the authors style and manner of writing. Homer’s The Odyssey is a prime example of an epic with a well-developed epic hero. In this case‚ the hero is the epic’s namesake‚ Odysseus. Odysseus is undoubtedly the hero of this great epic; however‚ some have posed doubts as to whether he is deserving of such a noble and eminent title. Odysseus has the poorest fortune
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parade on Carnival Monday and Tuesday. It is said that if the islanders are not celebrating it‚ then they are preparing for it‚ while reminiscing about the past year’s festival. Traditionally‚ the festival is associated with calypso music; however‚ recently soca has replaced calypso as the most celebrated type of music. Costumes‚ stick-fighting and limbo competitions are also important components of the festival. The Mas tradition started in the late 18th century with French plantation owners from Martinique
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Calypso is helping me get her right now!” I turn back to the water‚ searching for Violet and Calypso. Near the rocks I hear a gasp of air. It’s Violet! I see Zookeeper Rodger drive a boat over to the rocks with Miss Taylor to Violet. Violet joins the pair on the boat and they make their way over to me
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to show that he did not need to fear me in that way‚ although he was right to do so in the first place. "Now let Earth be my witness‚ with the broad Sky above‚ and the falling waters of the Styx ... that I harbor no secret plans against you..." [Calypso 3 to Odysseus. Homer‚ Odyssey 5.184] The persuasion was a gradual process. I acted my best‚ playing the part as the sympathetic friend whom he was emotionally detached with. His suspicions little by little died down until it was but a mere pebble
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In the epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ Odysseus is a Greek hero that fought in the Trojan War. After the war‚ Odysseus got lost for ten years‚ which led people to believe that he died. But he is alive‚ trapped in a land‚ Ogygia‚ trapped by a Calypso who is in deep love with Odysseus. All Odysseus wants is to go home to his wife and son. Meanwhile‚ at his palace‚ suitors have taken over and seek for Odysseus’s wife‚ Penelope’s hand in marriage. Penelope‚ however‚ stays loyal to Odysseus. Odysseus’s son
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home‚ Odysseus weaves his way through many hardships and temptations that are created by the women he meets on his voyage back to Ithaca. Calypso and Nausikaa play a large role in representing temptation while Penelope represents loyalty for she was the only good and loyal woman who waited for Odysseus to return home unlike Clytemnestra who found a new lover. Calypso‚ a nymph from the island of Ogygia‚ took in Odysseus who had been shipwrecked after the Trojan War. After falling in love with him and
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