Name: Lascuña‚ April Joy C. Subject: Literature 2 Section: 4E BSAE Date: July 11‚ 2011 REACTION PAPER ABOUT THE MOVIE “THE ODYSSEY” The Odyssey is about the adventures‚ adversaries and journeys of Odysseus‚ King of Ithaca‚ and the greatest hero of Greeks. “Without God‚ man is nothing”. This is what Poseidon‚ God of the Sea‚ said to Odysseus‚ and this is the first thing that came out of my mind after I watched the movie. This is indeed true because God helps us in every day
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Essay: The Odyssey Over two thousand years ago‚ great epics such as the Odyssey were written‚ illustrating human weaknesses and wickedness of the time‚ and yet‚ people today seem no different. As history unfolds‚ it is plain to see the recurrent problems over which humans continue to stumble. Comparing modern society to ancient Greek society‚ it is easy to discover more similarities than differences in specific aspects of either community. In Ancient Greece‚ the setting of the Odyssey‚ negative
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Introduction: The force awakened Changi Airport by Star Wars attract hundreds of Star Wars Fans flocking through for X-wing Unveiling. The event and display were part of the airport’s year-end celebrations as well as to promote the highly anticipated new movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens‚ the seventh instalment of the cult film series that will open in Singapore on Dec 17. Hundreds of fans and travellers eagerly trailed the march of Stormtroopers and Starfighter pilots‚ vying for prime spots to
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The Odyssey In Homer’s epic‚ The Odyssey‚ each culture treats strangers and guests with distinct differences from every other culture. One of the most hospitable cultures was that of the ancient Greeks‚ exemplified in Homer ’s The Odyssey by both gracious hosts and guests. In Greece and The Odyssey‚ not only was good hospitality etiquette expected‚ but the added pressure that if they didn’t treat their guests with respect the gods would punish them further compelled excellent manners. The Odyssey
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Star Wars Episode III Revenge Of The Sith A New Hope for film scoring… In 1977 George Lucas’ vision of a universe where war‚ mysticism‚ despair‚ and hope was made a reality by 20th Century Fox studios. Instrumental to the shaping of a complete universe was the musical language created by John Williams. Williams’ orchestration‚ thematic motifs and understanding of the emotional context of the story propelled the film to legendary status‚ and now‚ in 2005 we reach the climax of the six feature
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T.V. shows are another media where Star Wars is prevalent. Through its history Star Wars has made two T.V. series being The Clone Wars and Rebels (both with the Star Wars title before it). The Clone Wars expanded upon the prequel trilogy (between episodes 2 and 3). While the Rebels series tied the prequels into the original trilogy (between episode 3 and Rogue One). For teens‚ both series are displayed as kid shows at first glance. Though both display real teenage feelings. Both tackle the idea of
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The Odyssey The Odyssey was full of wonder‚ power‚ and surprises. It is packed with epic heroes‚ creatures‚ gods‚ and goddesses. The gods‚ goddesses‚ and creatures had supernatural powers that effected the lives of Odysseus‚ his crew‚ and his family. Their actions proved to be powerful‚ beneficial ‚ and deadly. The gods‚ goddesses ‚ and creatures in The Odyssey on many occations proved to be powerful. Zeus‚ leader of the gods‚ was a prime example of this. When‚ "Zeus the lord of cloud roused
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literature as well as in mono motion pictures. The definition Joseph Campbell gives of a hero deals with eight stages. These eight stages can be found in Beowulf in addition to Star Wars. Beowulf‚ the strongest of the people known as Geats‚ proclaimed that he would help get rid of the monster that was terrorizing the Danes. Star Wars’‚ Luke Skywalker was a simple farm boy and became the greatest hero the galaxy had ever known. Luke was born during the chaos as the galaxy transitioned from Republic to the
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Odysseus’s Odyssey Home “He saw the townlands and learned the minds of many distant men‚ and weathered many bitter nights and days in his deep heart at sea‚ while he fought only to save his life‚ to bring his shipmates home” (McDougal p. 1104). Odysseus‚ King of Ithica‚ was determined to get home with all of his men unscathed after the Trojan War; however‚ the voyage did not go as anticipated. Whilst on his journey home to Ithica‚ Odysseus and his men found themselves facing an island of Cannibals
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Star Wars Episode 4 and Star Wars episode 7 share many similarities. Honestly‚ both episodes are near exact‚ I could classify it as a remake. From destroying the enemy’s base‚ to the murder of a “mentor” character‚ there are very little differences at all. But there is a reason why J. J. Abrams decided to make these episodes so similar. He did it as a marketing tactic to get people more excited for this trilogy. Star Wars episode 4 and episode 7 are very similar. They both find a droid that has
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