Your people are holding back‚ waiting for your signal. Come‚ raise him up and seat the stranger now‚ in a silver-studded chair‚ and tell the heralds to mix more wine for all so we can pour out cups to Zeus who loves the lightning‚ champion of suppliants—suppliants’ rights are sacred. And let the housekeeper give our guest his supper‚ unstinting with her stores” (Odyssey‚ Book 7‚ lines
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Suzan Muzafar English 242: Professor Sargent The Allegorical Monster: Unacceptable to Society The history of monsters is used to reveal the cultural values and tendencies of a society. The integration of monsters in literature is used to exemplify an unacceptable contrast in a particular civilization. These differences can deviate. Being that these creatures are under our scrutiny‚ these contrasts derive from a particular set of culturally acceptable ideas. The role of the monster is to embody
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appeared to Nausicaa and her girls in a frightful‚ naked appearance‚ he had to quickly think of smart way to introduce himself and to assure Nausicaa that he mean no harm. He had to choose between either touching Nausicaa knees as was the custom for suppliant seeing help‚ or maintain his distance and find proper words to address Nausicaa of his need. Since the fact that he does not know the custom of those people who reside in the island and whether they are kind to strangers or not and the fact that
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of a gift. The Cyclops Polyphemus‚ son of Poseidon came back with his sheep. Odysseus told the Cyclops who they were and how they had driven off course. Odysseus also says‚ “May your excellency fear the wrath of heaven‚ for we are your suppliants‚ and Zeus takes all respectable travelers under his protection”. Polyphemus shows no fear of the gods. “We Cyclopes do not care about Zeus or any of your blessed gods”‚ states the Cyclops. The Cyclops grabs two men from the ground and gobbles them
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his crew out of trouble and he never gets himself trapped when asked a question. As Odysseus and his crew get caught by the Cyclops he starts by saying how he was sent by Zeus; "respect the gods‚ my friend. We’re suppliantsat your mercy! Zeus of the strangers guards all guests and suppliants: strangers are sacredZeus will avenge their rights!" (Book 9 line 303-305). By saying this to the Cyclops Odysseus thinks he’s going to get his way at first‚ but the Cyclops counter attacks by saying; "you must
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Big Love is a play by American dramatist Charles Mee. In light of Aeschylus’ The Suppliants‚ it is around fifty ladies who escape to an estate in Italy to abstain from wedding their fifty cousins. The play takes the plot of the first Greek play into cutting edge times; including such subtle elements as having the lucky men trap the spouses by helicopter. While the spouses and grooms sit tight for the day of their wedding‚ the characters raise issues of sexual orientation legislative issues‚ adoration
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THEATRE Theatre a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture‚ speech‚ song‚ music or dance. Elements of design and stagecraft are used to enhance the physicality‚ presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from
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the Great” (7). He was the son of a king (not the one he thought‚ but that’s besides the point) and was then a king himself. Before Oedipus started searching for Laius’ killer‚ he felt on top of the world. “I would be very hard should I not pity suppliants like these” (11). Since this never hurt him earlier in life‚ it likely had no effect on the situation this time either. Not only did hubris not affect the downfall‚ but it really couldn’t have because the two are completely unrelated. Whether or
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There are many different themes in The Odyssey‚ but the most prominent theme Homer portrays in his epic poem is hospitality or Xenia. The act of Xenia was perhaps the most important Greek custom out of all because you see it being performed time and time again throughout Odysseus’ journey home. The Odyssey was about the twenty year long journey of King Odysseus return to Ithaca from battling in the Trojan War. The theme of hospitality is present not only while Odysseus is travelling from city to
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“Tell your squires to mix some more wine so that we can make a fresh libation‚ to Zeus the Thunderer‚ patron of suppliants‚ who deserve respect. And let the housekeeper give him (Odysseus) a meal from all she has available.” Here we see authentic hospitality and civilized behaviour towards a stranger they have just met. They are showing respect to the Gods by preparing
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