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    a fantastic journey‚ featuring a glorified hero who embodies to perfection Greek ideals‚ Homer uses the epic books of The Odyssey to explore all the nuances of Greek culture. Each part of The Odyssey possesses a purpose beyond detailing popular mythology. Book Eleven’s Underworld becomes the culmination of all the values and ideals that Homer touches on in prior books. Homer uses the underworld as a catchall to reinforce societal protocol and religion among other things. Specifically

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    “journey” is used so loosely throughout global ancient literature that it is often difficult for a reader to follow the plot of a text. Ancient literature characters often set off on journeys‚ recalling events that seem unrealistic. In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ Odysseus travels from Troy to Ithaca‚ stopping at many places along the way. Realistically‚ travel during this time was very dangerous and often impossible. Homer exaggerated Odysseus’ travels to portray his love for his heroic characters. The perspective

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    the original novel. I will analyze the novel‚ and film and I will discuss how I viewed the film vs the novel of No Country for an Old Man‚ and compare the two together.

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    The Odyssey and Lord of the Rings are similar‚yet‚ unalike. Lord of the Rings has a variety of main characters. The Odyssey is different in this manner. The Odyssey only contains one main character. Although the Odyssey does seat only one main character‚ it does not reduce its amount of epic characteristics found. Lord of the Rings has several main characters‚ as stated before‚ but does hold a primary hero. Both heroes had come up against people‚ monsters‚ or gods. The problems encountered in the

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    Comparing the Odyssey to the Lord of the Rings               The Lord of the Rings and Odyssey are two very weird stories in my opinion. The two stories include several similarities. The most noteworthy similarity of the two that were in common was the use of themes. Both included similar themes such as‚ life‚ death‚power‚ brotherly love‚ myth‚ temptation‚ and journey.             One thing I noticed was the use of several different themes included in both stories. In the Lord of the Rings the

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    Summary: Book 12 Odysseus returns to Aeaea‚ where he buries Elpenor and spends one last night with Circe. She describes the obstacles that he will face on his voyage home and tells him how to negotiate them. As he sets sail‚ Odysseus passes Circe’s counsel on to his men. They approach the island of the lovely Sirens‚ and Odysseus‚ as instructed by Circe‚ plugs his men’s ears with beeswax and has them bind him to the mast of the ship. He alone hears their song flowing forth from the island‚ promising

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    Cordonero First Draft August 07‚ 2012 E-books vs. Books Nowadays‚ the world of books has greatly developed; that is why reading a book is easier than in the past. Now‚ heavy books are not a problem to carry and read them because e-books are virtual books. The way books are read has evolved dramatically. Thanks to e-books‚ there is another option to read a book. As a result‚ there are no more invalid excuses for not reading. Both e-books and books have several similarities and differences

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    emotions from the story. In the story the mermaid was very quiet and independent. For example‚ the mermaid says “why have not we an immortal” saying it in mourning tone as if she‚ were depressed. In the movie the mermaid was very energetic‚ adventurous‚ and joyful. To demonstrate in some parts of the movie she was singing and swimming happily. In addition to attract a younger audience‚ Disney removed many violent images from Anderson’s original story. In the story the witch ends up cutting of the mermaids

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    In book 7 and 8‚ Athena alters how Odysseus appears to others. In book 7‚ Odysseus has arrived in Phaeacia and makes his way to the King’s palace. During his walk‚ the narrator explains how Athena alters Odysseus’s appearance: “Pallas Athena‚ harboring kindness for the hero‚ drifted a heavy mist around him‚ shielding him from any swaggering islander who’d cross his path… [and] search out who he was” (VII.16-19). Here‚ Athena tries to help Odysseus by concealing him during his journey by surrounding

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    and his words and actions clearly show. Book 1 of the Odyssey starts with “Sing in the‚ Muse‚ and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending”. Introducing Odysseus as “a man skilled in all ways of contending” shows Homer‚ author of the Odyssey clearly wanted Odysseus to be seen as a hero. After all‚ they were both Greek‚ and the Greeks held a lot of pride they needed to protect. This makes me believe that the story behind The Odyssey was twisted so that the reader was forced

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