‘The Suitors and the disloyal servants get what they deserve.’ How far do you agree with this statement? In the closing passages of the Odyssey‚ the suitors and disloyal servants are punished for their crimes against Odysseus‚ and it does indeed seem that the death penalty doled out by Odysseus is harsh. However‚ at this particular period of Greek history‚ it was expected that each man take his own vengeance against his trespassers as there was no judicial system in place to deal with these problems
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In Ithaca‚ the suitors are looking to marry Penelope‚ Telemachus’ mother. Penelope’s husband‚ Odysseus‚ has not been found after the Trojan War‚ and Athena reminds Telemachus about his father. While Odysseus and Athena are planning‚ the suitors argue about who is the special one to marry Penelope. The suitors also threaten Telemachus by telling him to exile her mother from his house or make his mom marry one of them. Odysseus’s son decides to set out on sea and find people‚ who can lead him to Odysseus
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The SuitorsIn Homer ’s Odyssey‚ it has been sixteen years since Odysseus left his home in Ithaca for war. Many men from other lands thinking Odysseus is dead‚ intrude his kingdom and try to take power. The suitors steal and plunder Odysseus ’ hall‚ feast on his food‚ take his maids to bed and all the while‚ each trying to take Penelope ’s hand in marriage.1 When Odysseus returns‚ he knows all about the suitors‚ and schematically kills all of them with no mercy. One may judge Odysseus ’ actions as
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Do people get what they deserve in this world? I do not believe that they do. In some cases they do‚ but mostly people don’t get what they deserve. I have 3 reasons for believing this. Firstly‚ innocent children all around the world suffer in ways that are terrible. For example‚ thousands of children in Africa don’t have enough food or water to live‚ schools or medicine. They are born‚ and then suffer and sometimes die. Other children live in war zones‚ like in Palestine or Israel‚ India‚ Pakistan
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Did NUS student get what he deserved for online rant? Debate rages over whether punishment for Sun Xu was adequate Published on Mar 30‚ 2012 FIRST‚ they wanted him punished. But now that the National University of Singapore (NUS) has meted out the punishment to the foreign student who made derogatory comments about Singaporeans‚ the debate has turned to whether justice has been done. Earlier this week‚ Mr Sun Xu was given an official reprimand‚ a $3‚000 fine‚ and an order to do three months
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paintings and poems such as Penelope of the Odyssey‚ The tale of Penelope is about a brief time when she is longing for her husband to come back one day. When Odysseus was gone for the Trojan War for a long time‚ she had hope that her husband will come back one day. Penelope represented hope as one of the most hopeful women in form of themes that comes from many epic works on her. In the painting Penelope and the Suitors‚ John Williams Waterhouse uses the Suitors of Penelope to show that when people are
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Which Student Deserves an "A?" No matter how many times I mull it over and analyze it I cannot find a more inventive way to phrase my argument. Not any one of the students deserves an "A." Grades are not commodities that are distributed on a whim nor can they be returned because of personal dislike. Grades reflect personal achievement and the result of effort and intelligence. Grades are the foundation that our children are expected to build their future upon. Without a good education we
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them achieve great things” (Alina‚ 2013). The servant leadership theory was first originated by Robert Greenleaf and has been considered the author of this opinion. In his writings‚ he wrote‚ “the great leader is seen as servant first‚ and that simple fact is the key to
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A Servant to Servants by Robert Frost I didn’t make you know how glad I was To have you come and camp here on our land. promised myself to get down some day And see the way you lived‚ but I don’t know! With a houseful of hungry men to feed I guess you’d find.... It seems to me I can’t express my feelings any more Than I can raise my voice or want to lift My hand (oh‚ I can lift it when I have to). Did ever you feel so? I hope you never. It’s got so I don’t even know for sure Whether I am glad‚ sorry
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The Odyssey by Homer is very famous epic poem. It has an epic setting of Ithaca‚ surrounding islands‚ and various seas in the mediterranean in Europe. The overall poem is about Odysseus adventure to get home to Ithaca from the trojan war in Troy. He goes through many obstacles including mystical sea creatures‚ nymphs‚ and evil magic witches. Hey goes through god invention when the Greek gods intervene with the mortal world. Hermes‚ Athena‚ and Poseidon were all gods and goddesses who went to help
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