reach his goal. Most crucial to his success are the efforts of his advocate‚ Athena. She is the true reason that Odysseus succeeds‚ because she assists‚ protects‚ and champions Odysseus as her actions prove. Odysseus’ journey begins after leaving Calypso‚ but his trip takes a dangerous turn when Poseidon unleashes fury from the sea and his ship is destroyed. He finds his way to the shore of Scheria. Athena‚ true to form‚ comes to Odysseus’ rescue when she appears to Princess Nausicaa in a dream
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Angelica Cobia Maya Angelou is an inspiration to all women around the world. Her strength is internationally known. In “The Heart of a Woman” Maya Angelou recounts her life events between age 17 and 19. She raises her teenage son‚ becomes a successful author‚ and becomes romantically involved with a South African freedom fighter‚ as well as other men in her life time. Maya Angelou is a woman for all of us to emulate. The book ends with Angelou’s son leaving for college and Angelou looking
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In all societies and eras there are characteristics of a ’perfect’ person‚ male or female. In The Odyssey by Homer‚ Penelope and Odysseus represent the Greek’s ideal man and woman. Some of their characteristics many people still look up to today. Differences continue to become more noticeable. In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ there are many similarities and differences of the ideal man and woman that societies have today. In The Odyssey‚ Homer depicts Odysseus as the most exemplary male in his era. He was
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The book “The Trials Of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle” is set in the fall of 2016‚ and takes place mostly in the Demigod safe-haven / summer camp called Camp Half-Blood‚ on Long Island‚ New York. The camp is protected by a magic barrier that forbids any mortals entrance through the mainland. They also often venture out into the dangerous Forest of Camp Half-Blood filled with monsters. Apollo‚ the god of Archery‚ Healing‚ Oracles‚ was stripped of his godly powers after being accused of starting a war
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intentions but uses trickery or unmoral actions‚ like cheating on his wife‚ to complete his goals. In the efforts to save his men‚ Odysseus does the unmoral and sleeps with Circe. In addition‚ Odysseus longs to get home‚ yet spends seven years with Calypso and one year with Circe. This shows that Odysseus is set on going back home to his family‚ but lets beautiful women get in the way of him returning. Odysseus knows the right thing to do is to try and get home‚ but chooses to find pleasure and stays
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The Odyssey is an epic poem created centuries ago by a person named Homer. It depends on the life of a Trojan War legend named Odysseus and how he returns back to his home in Ithaca subsequent to being caught and held by a wicked witch/fairy named Calypso. In the Odyssey‚ Homer illustrates the epic hero by using the characteristics‚ intelligence‚ strategic‚ and arrogant. Intelligence is the one thing that Odysseus has a large portion of furthermore the motivation behind why he crushed the Trojans
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Rape culture is an idea that helped define a generation in the 1970’s and continues to hold significance in modern society. Although the term itself has been recently coined‚ the norms of rape culture have been seen in civilizations for centuries. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight‚ a 14th century poem‚ displays ideas of rape and dominance within its stanzas. From a feminist lens‚ the role of Lady Bertilak is symbolic of Rape Culture through a display of dominance and disrespect from her husband
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the other hand‚ is going to do anything in his power to stop Odysseus from going to Ithaca. In the passage of Calyso‚ the sea nymph (Book 5)‚ it is again revealed that Poseidon wishes to make Odysseus suffer on the road to his homeland. After Calypso "permits" Odysseus to leave her island‚ he begins to construct a raft to sail away in. The narroration says‚ "... Odysseus builds a raft and sets sail‚ but the sea god Poseidon is by no means ready to allow an easy passage over his watery domain.
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Odysseus was reluctant from when he had to leave his beloved island‚ Ithaca‚ to when Odysseus was reluctant in dying in the Trojan War. After the long and dreadful Trojan War‚ Odysseus was washed up onto the island Ogigya‚ where the demi goddess Calypso looked after Odysseus. Odysseus washed up on Calypso’s island because Poseidon wrecked Odysseus’ ship on his journey home. Odysseus was still reluctant on giving up on his
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It was late afternoon when I‚ Polyphemus‚ saw their boat sailing in from the turquoise waters that day. Their leader‚ I later found out that his name was Odysseus. It didn’t really surprise me in the least that they came here because many people have done it in the past. I was actually kind of excited about it because I alone hadn’t had a visitor in a long time though. They never saw me while I was hiding and planning what I was going to do to them once they entered my cave and I trapped them inside
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