Loyalty to family‚ community‚ and the gods is an important quality in the lives of ancient Greek citizens. These qualities are clear demonstrated in The Odyssey through Penelope‚ Telemakhos‚ and Odysseus. Penelope shows her loyalty in several ways. She shows loyalty to Odysseus by waiting for his return for twenty long years. She did not choose a suitor until she knew for sure that Odysseus was dead. To delay the decision of choosing a suitor‚ Penelope said she would marry a suitor after she
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Odyssey Essay Hospitality The greeks put a large emphasis on the importance of traditions. One important example of a tradition is to show hospitality and respect strangers as well as to hosts. If this tradition was broken‚ punishments were to be dealt out. Usually‚ the punishments were not specific. What happened after the God’s traditions were disobeyed‚ a series of bad events usually occurred. After the God’s traditions were followed‚ a series of positive events usually occurred
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Nadia Mendoza Ms. Kittelson English 9 March 14‚ 2011 The Odyssey In the epic poem “The Odyssey” by Homer‚ the journey of a Greek king is traced. Though sailing can sound extremely easy like driving‚ in this epic poem things are slightly different. Odysseus the protagonist of this epic poem and his sailing crew face frequent temptations that not only determine their loyalty and strength to resist these temptations‚ but also how long-lasting their sail back home can be. The enlightened message
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In Homer’s‚ “The Odyssey”‚ Odysseus struggles to return home not only to rejoin his wife Penelope and son Telemakhos but also to fulfill his duty as ruler and legend. As Odysseus struggles homeward‚ the idea of his true self and what defines him shifts. His longing for family and sovereignty serves‚ at times‚ as a raging fire that propels him home. At other times it seems to be lost in the shadows of his adventures. At the end‚ when all conflicts are resolved and Odysseus is reunited with his wife
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The last literary device used is the conflict within the plot. The conflict changes the character‚ the hero either makes or break. He learns his self-worth and the author uses the conflict to show the hero used the communities values. Such as in Gilgamesh‚ “Enkidu was alone with sights he saw brought on by pain and fear‚ as one in deep despair may lie beside his love who sleeps and seems so unafraid‚ absorbin in himself for the phantoms that she cannot see- phantoms diminished for one when two can
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lot about the societies that created them: the society’s beliefs‚ desires and fears. Mike Rugnetta‚ host of Idea Channel‚ talks about the relationship between fictional monsters and real people in his video‚ “Why Do We Love Zombies?” In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ translated by Robert Fagles‚ Scylla and Charybdis‚ the monstrous obstacles on the way to Ithaca‚ are a powerful duo. The way Odysseus reacts to them is reflective of the ancient Greeks’ submissiveness to the gods. In the same way‚ Max Brook’s World
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ooven Intro to Literature comp 4/6/11 The Odyssey A Great Hero? The epic poem The Odyssey is an epic written by the Greek writer Homer. It centers on the character Odysseus who is a great leader and a king of Ithaca whose actions portrayed a great deal of intelligence‚ bravery‚ and determination throughout his many encounters during his journey. Odysseus is a good leader but had some flaws. He could have been a better leader if he was more humble and was open to accepting help
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meets the eye. Though they may seem unrelated‚ they are all known for being heroes. They come from different backgrounds and fight for different things‚ yet their actions are enough to classify them as having “heroism”. Heroes like Odysseus from The Odyssey by Homer and the narrator’s father in They Called Us Enemy by George Takei‚ for example‚ are completely different individuals who are classified as heroes because of their brave actions. They both demonstrate how a hero is an individual who showcases
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In Homer’s Odyssey‚ the women are portrayed in many different ways‚ some are said to be wise while others are cruel‚ but many are treated differently from the opposite gender. One of the women in the story‚ Penelope‚ was portrayed as very wise but because of her gender she was expected to obey many of the men. Similarly to Penelope‚ Arete‚ queen of the Phaeacians‚ was equally wise but was viewed almost as an equal to the men. In contrast to the other two women‚ Melantho was very malicious and was
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Immigration and Religious Profiling: Annotated Bibliography The author of a Why I Am a Muslim: An American Odyssey discusses their viewpoint as an American Muslim female in the article. Asma Gull Hasan is an American born child of Pakistani immigrants who grew up in California and was attending liberal college courses during the Oklahoma City bombing‚ she uses these experiences in the article. Hasan opens the article with a hypothetical question‚ encouraging readers to think of the stereotypes placed
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