and gods who go on perilous adventures to foreign lands and encounter many mythical beings along the way. These adventures usually teach a lesson or give insight as to the culture of the area and time period in which it was written. The Iliad‚ the Odyssey‚ and the Aeneid are all similar epics in their adventures and their lessons. Throughout the literary works of the ancient world there are many reoccurring motifs such as: the role of the gods‚ the role of suffering‚ and the roll of fate. The role
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In Dante’s Inferno‚ Dante narrates his descent and observation of hell through the various circles and pouches. One part of this depiction is his descriptions of the various punishments that each of the different sinners has received. The various punishments that Dante envisions the sinners receiving are broken down into two types. The first type he borrows from various gruesome and cruel forms of torture and the second type‚ though often less physically agonizing‚ is Dante’s creative
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Although both works are credited to Homer‚ The Iliad and The Odyssey provide two remarkably different views on the nature of the Olympian Gods‚ their relationship to humanity‚ and the general lot of mortals throughout their all too brief lives. As a result of these differences‚ both stories end up sending contrasting messages about life in general. In the Iliad‚ the supernatural denizens of Olympus are depicted as treacherous‚ power-hungry‚ and above all temperamental beings
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twenty-five hundred years ago a renowned epic of Greek mythology was written. This work‚ known as The Odyssey‚ illustrates the journey home made by Odysseus‚ a Trojan war hero‚ who seeks his wife Penelope. Similar in plot‚ though written only four years ago‚ Cold Mountain is a romantic saga which depicts the travels of Inman‚ a Confederate soldier‚ at his attempt to reunite with his love Ada. Homer ’s The Odyssey and Charles Frazier ’s Cold Mountain tell of the struggles faced by the man and woman of each
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The Iliad and The Odyssey are tales written by Homer centered on the drama of the Trojan War. First poem deals with the time during the end of the war‚ while the latter‚ which occurs roughly ten years later‚ explains the disastrous journey of Odysseus fighting his way back home. The character of women in the Odyssey is to exhibit the many and diverse roles that women play in the lives of men. These functions vary from characters such as the goddess ’ that help them to the nymphs who trick them
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Kuralt.)" The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Odyssey tell the stories of two men recognizing what means the most to them in life. They journey through their quests transforming into different people from whence they first began. In the end‚ they realize they just want to be loved and be with the ones who understand them most. When comparing the epics‚ it becomes apparent that Homer had to have been influenced by The Epic of Gilgamesh before creating The Odyssey because of similarities with the heroes
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Shakespeare. James Joyce considered his work Ulysses to be seen as a literary reference to a variety of styles‚ points of view‚ and is in fact full of reference to literature and Victorian culture. Although this classic harmonizes with Homer’s The Odyssey‚ there is more allusion to Hamlet’s character in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet through the character Stephen Daedalus. Both men are conflicted with their inner thoughts and conceptions of whom they are supposed to be as men‚ share a father-son motif
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The Inferno is a work full of imagery that describes the horrors of hell through the words of the author. What does Dante gain by going through Hell? What does Dante gain by all of this by taking himself through such an experience? I believe there are three elements of life that Dante realizes through his time in Inferno. Throughout the book I feel the three elements Dante learns of are confidence‚ clarification of his faith‚ and a release from his own personal hell of isolation. In the beginning
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Dante’s use of allegory in the Inferno greatly varies from Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave" in purpose‚ symbolism‚ characters and mentors‚ and in attitude toward the world. An analysis of each of these elements in both allegories will provide an interesting comparison. Dante uses allegory to relate the sinner’s punishment to his sin‚ while Plato uses allegory to discuss ignorance and knowledge. Dante’s Inferno describes the descent through Hell from the upper level of the opportunists to the most evil
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Homer’s Odyssey‚ a Greek epic poem‚ introduces mythological creatures‚ like the sirens‚ to an audience that becomes highly influenced and mesmerized by these creatures. These creatures inspire a new piece of literature. For example‚ Margaret Atwood dedicates a whole poem to the sirens‚ which is the first mentioned in The Odyssey as creatures that lures sailors to their death‚ but ‚unlike the Odyssey‚ it is written in the point of view of the sirens. Even though the depiction of the sirens are distinct
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