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    Change in the Odyssey

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    Change in The Odyssey The world changes every day. The governments‚ technology‚ medicine‚ the internet‚ etc. Why is that? It’s all because of people. The choices are all made by humans whether for better or worse‚ will predict the rest of the future. There are people that have a bigger influence‚ a greater power to make these choices like governments‚ unions‚ presidents‚ dictators‚ queens‚ and kings. In the epic poem “The Odyssey” a long lost King‚ Odysseus‚ has been changing

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    Wit in the Odyssey

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    The Importance of Wit in The Odyssey Ancient Greeks use their Gods and Goddesses to explain the world around them and also to emphasize their values of honor‚ wit‚ and courage. The Odyssey is an epic poem written by Homer that portrays these qualities. In The Odyssey‚ a Trojan War hero‚ Odysseus‚ displays the values the Greeks honor through a twenty-year adventure to arrive home. He faces danger when battling the Cyclops‚ Polyphemus‚ and even after arriving home he had to contend with hundreds

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    Odyssey Essay

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    Odyssey Essay Jared Page A heroic person is who does courageous acts for the sake of his family and peers. In the epic poem‚ The Odyssey by Homer‚ the protagonist‚ Odysseus‚ has not been a heroic person throughout the poem. Odysseus‚ Son of Laertes‚ has journeyed off with his crew in search of returning home but has not met the requirements of being a hero. Instead he shows insensitivity toward others‚ disloyalty and untrustworthiness. One characteristic trait that Odysseus presents is

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    The Odyssey is the epic story of a warrior named Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War and being held captive by Calypso‚ a passionate nymph‚ for seven years. The epic recounts the many encounters and adventurous endeavors Odysseus and his men are involved in during the long return to Ithaca. During his odyssey‚ many laudable adversaries‚ primarily in the form of temptations‚ karmic justice and arrogance‚ that confront him and his hubristic‚ fatuous men. Earlier in the story

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    Piety In The Odyssey

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    Though different works‚ both the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer each contain one outstanding character that excels in virtue. Even when forced to live with a dilemma that he or she did not cause‚ both Hektor‚ in the Iliad‚ and Penelope‚ in the Odyssey‚ remain virtuous. This becomes clear through their rigid fidelity to their spouses‚ their piety to the gods‚ and their resolute natures in the situations presented to them. The unfortunate circumstances in which both Hektor and Penelope find themselves

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    Gods In The Odyssey

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    The difference in “The odyssey” and “Iliad” is the level of interference of the gods. In the novel “Iliad”‚ the gods were more actively involved in the affairs of mortals than they were in the Odyssey. There were numerous occasions where they actually took human form so they could go out onto the battlefield to support the humans. For example: in the third book of the novel “Iliad”‚ a truce is made so that Menelaus and Paris can meet in single combat‚ and the winner will take Helen and all her treasures

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    Penelope Odyssey

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    Odyssey’s character: Penelope Penelope is the faithful wife of Odysseus in the story of The Odyssey. This character has her own struggles in The Odyssey and proves the she is strong enough to endure them‚ because of her strong character qualities. These character qualities show Penelope to be considered an ideal Greek wife‚ as her characteristics that are shown throughout The Odyssey are the same as those that other well respected characters have. Penelope’s good character qualities include her

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    Nothing to envy

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    In her book‚ “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea”‚ Barbara Demick writes about the lives of North Koreans. As we all know‚ North Korea is an unknown place to the rest of the world. They do not have any clue what is outside their country nor do they have any communication with the outside world. Till this day‚ very little is known about the country‚ and because of this Demick decides to interview defectors who escaped and migrated to South Korea. This allows us to get a better understanding

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    choice in the odyssey

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    Odyssey essay `How did character choice affect the outcome of The Odyssey? That is the question that this essay will answer. Odysseus the hero of The odyssey goes on many adventures. During these adventures there are many choices that have to be made by Odysseus and his men. With all of these choices Odysseus and his men don’t always make the right choice. The events in The Odyssey occurred because of character choice‚ as shown with Odysseus’s ignorance‚ Odysseus’s faithfulness towards Penelope

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    Athena In The Odyssey

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    watching over such as the instance in the Odyssey where Athena comes to Ithaca to visit Telemachus and reassure him that his father will be coming home and recommends a journey for the boy and to wait a year to allow him to make it home (pg.296). Though Telemachus may have not known it was Athena this is an example of a seen and heard Goddess which allows for her to reassure the boy. It is also seen with Achilles and Athena in the Iliad when Achilles is about to fight to the death with Agamemnon‚ on

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