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Hero Has Many Characteristics Clever Mind Odysseus
530 wordsThe American Heritage High-school dictionary defines a hero as a man, often of divine ancestry, who is endowed with great courage and strength. Is that what a hero truly is? Does he need only strength and courage? Does a hero not need a mind? Any man can be strong and brave, but dose that mean he is a hero? Nay, a hero must have more. He must be quick-witted and always think with his head and never his fear. A man must be clever (mentally bright, superficially skillful or witty) to be considered...
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Plays An Important Role Played An Important Role
1,393 wordsBEHIND EVERY GOOD MAN IS A GREAT WOMAN Most ancient texts were written by men. It is important to remember this. The writers made sure that men were always the heroes, the powerful ones -- the important ones. Women always seem to lay in the background. However, we must not blame this solely on the writers. Historically, women have not been treated as equals. One cannot help but observe that in the specific area of family life a widespread social and cultural tradition has considered women's role...
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Kind Of Man Odysseus Represents Bob
1,468 wordsOn the surface, Continental Drift and The Odyssey are very different. The two protagonists, Bob Dubois and Odysseus, are as unalike as two men can be. Bob is an average man with an average life. He works for one man so that he can pay bills to others, trying to make what little money is left supply his family with the needs, both real and imagined, that every family has. Odysseus is a mythical figure, the ultimate man. He surpasses his peers in every manly endeavor, Then there was no man who wan...
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Chosen One P 84
1,053 wordsWhile Greek myths and Biblical stories appear to be extremely different, the relationship between Athena and Telemachus (Odyssey) and that between God and Moses (Exodus) are similar in that both Telemachus and Moses were of the chosen family, were reluctant heroes, and were given specific instructions which required travel. Mainly, these two tales differ in that Athena and God chose different ways to speak to Telemachus and Moses, respectively. Both Athena and God had a chosen family in which th...
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King Of Ithaca Telemachus
672 wordsThe Odyssey, though named for the great warrior and story focus Odysseus, cannot be soley regarded as a single man's journey. The growth in intellect, maturity, and strength the Odysseus undergoes is reflected distinctly in his son, Telemachus. In the first books, other characters continue to treat him much as a child, and in many respects, Telemachus still acts like one. The first few books illustrate the relationship between Telemachus and his father, a father he has barely known. When Odysseu...
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Scar On His Leg Five Elements Of An Epic Odysseus
363 wordsWhat are the five elements of an epic? Show how The Odyssey meets each of the five elements by providing well - detailed examples. Homer cleverly uses each of the five elements of an epic poem in The Odyssey. The first one used was when Athena promised to assist Odysseus. Athena is the divine brings who assist the hero. Athena assisted Odysseus only because he was wily and self-controlled. Those were extremely rare, but respected traits. The next element Homer used was personification of forces ...
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Life And Death In Homer Literature
1,586 wordsIn todays society life and death coexist together; a life is brought into this world at the same time that one departs. Our views about life and death change according to our religion, which in term connects, to past generations. It is logical to assume that our current believes and views are a reflection of past civilizations and they have been handed down to us through time. The Odyssey portrays a wonderful and unique view to the relation between life and death in the ancient world. Even more ...
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1,716 wordsThe Women from The Odyssey, The Wife of Bath, and Sir Gawain Until recently, the role of women in literature has seemed to reflect the way they were treated in society. Women were seen as secondary to men, and their sole purpose in life was to please a man's every desire. This is not the case in three specific literary works. The Odyssey, The Wife of Bath, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight use the actions of its women characters to greatly enhance important thematic elements. The women in each...
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Bull Of Heaven One God
640 wordsEach god has a certain domain and cannot control another gods' domain. All the gods including Zeus, the father of the gods, want Odysseus to be able to return home in The Odyssey. However, Poseiden, just one god, prevents Odysseus from returning. It is only when Poseiden is absent from Mt. Olympus that the other gods are able to take control and assist Odysseus in returning home. Gilgamesh also has the same misconception that the gods are all powerful. After he and Enkidu kill the Bull of Heaven...
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Oedipus The King Riddle Of The Sphinx
1,732 wordsSophocles Oedipus the King and Homers Odyssey both deal on the topic of morality and divine intervention. In both works the character Tiresias, a blind prophet, participates in the different journeys by revealing various truths to the main characters. While the main importance of Tiresias in The Odyssey is to show that truth can be helpful, his importance in Oedipus the King is to attempt to discourage Oedipus on his journey to find the truth because he knows the truth can be negative as well. T...
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Morality And Divine Intervention
1,767 wordsMorality and Divine Intervention Sophocles Oedipus the King and Homers Odyssey both deal on the topic of morality and divine intervention. In both works the character Tiresias, a blind prophet, participates in the different journeys by revealing various truths to the main characters. While the main importance of Tiresias in The Odyssey is to show that truth can be helpful, his importance in Oedipus the King is to attempt to discourage Oedipus on his journey to find the truth because he knows the...
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Nature Of Human Epic Poems
1,790 wordsBarbarians &# 038; Bureaucrats Mycenae No other texts in the Western imagination occupy as central a position in the self-definition of Western culture as the two epic poems of Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. They both concern the great defining moment of Greek culture, the Trojan War. Whether or not this war really occurred, or occurred as the Greeks narrate it, is a relatively unanswerable question. We know that such a war did take place around a city that quite likely was Troy, that Troy wa...
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Calypso Genuinely Cares Calypso Genuinely Cares For Odysseus Circe
437 wordsAlthough both Circe and Calypso from Homer s The Odyssey fulfill the archetypal theme of the witch who hinders the protagonist s return, they have several differences between them. One of the first differences is simply the way that each witch detains Odysseus. When Odysseus meets Circe, he subdues her with a plan given to him by Hermes, Zeus personal messenger: As soon as Circe gives you a tap with her long rod, draw your sword she will be terrified, and will invite you to come in with her. Do ...
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Positive Or Negative Negative Consequences
440 wordsThe Odyssey and The Pearl: Loyalty Loyalty to another person or to a cause may be an admirable trait, but it can lead to either positive or negative consequences. In Homers epic The Odyssey and John Steinbecks novel The Pearl there are characters that show great examples of this trait. Penelope in The Odyssey and Juana in The Pearl are the most obvious, although there are many. Penelope stayed loyal to Odysseus while he was on his twenty-year journey and Juana stayed by her husband through his t...
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Lack In Life Held The Love Odysseus
566 wordsWhat do many people feel they lack in life? When I am asked this question, many thoughts are elicited and kindled to a point where I cannot decide. But, through the harsh proclivities of nature the many things we feel we lack in life are very lucid, such as adventure, gratification, friendships, love, and wisdom. If a person can claim that he has not lacked any of these, he would have to be Odysseus, from Homers, The Odyssey. Although fictitious, Odysseus character has served as model for everyt...
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Faith In God Great Hero
825 wordsWhen someone is characterized as a hero they are often someone, who is very selfless, brave and is of distinguished valor. They challenge people to some how or another follow in their footsteps, and are often models to our society. Often inspiring and showing them that no matter what they should reach for the stars. Heros strive to find the best in people and not just in them. Men such as Siddhartha, Moses and the Great Odysseus each show their special qualities of heroes, and all were of admira...
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Odysseus Discovers Life Immortality
739 wordsImmortality is one the subject of much mythology and folklore. From the stories of the gods themselves, to Achilles and the Styx, to vampires and present day Christian beliefs in an afterlife, the concept of immortality has been with humanity since the beginning of humanity. The wise and ever edifying Homer leaves myths of the elusive ever-lasting life out of his works; did Homers Achilles not wear armor? The Odyssey is a story of mortality. Limitation and suffering are what define humanity, yet...
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Odysseus And His Men Polyphemus
410 wordsPolyphemus according to Greek mythology was the son of Poseidon and the nymph-those. In all of my research on Polyphemus I have found that he has no powers, nor does he have symbols. But besides his enormous size and his herding of goats and sheep. He has no other powers and symbols The Cyclopes definition means round eye. A mythical semi-human monster of huge proportions. A single eye at the center of his forehead. Usually described as one round-eyed giant. Polyphemus is best remembered in home...
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Odysseus And His Men Doesn T
421 wordsBy: Eric Givens Polyphemus Polyphemus Polyphemus By: Eric Givens Polyphemus according to Greek mythology was the son of Poseidon and the nymph-those. In all of my research on Polyphemus I have found that he has no powers, nor does he have symbols. But besides his enormous size and his herding of goats and sheep. He has no other powers and symbols The Cyclopes definition means round eye. A mythical semi-human monster of huge proportions. A single eye at the center of his forehead. Usually describ...
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Bull Of Heaven Gilgamesh
720 wordsThe relationship between the gods and humanity in The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Odyssey are the same. In each saga, the gods seem to live nearby and are always present. Both epic poems portray humans as simply at the mercy of the gods. The gods feel that it is their duty to intervene if they feel that man is traveling off course from his destiny. However, the gods are not all powerful. Each god has a certain domain and cannot control another gods? domain. All the gods including Zeus, the father ...
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