Essays 181 - 210
he rolls a huge boulder across the opening to the cave. Polyphemus eats two of Odysseuss men and it is clear that he plans to make...
rested for two days, then sailed on again, but where blown off course once more by the North Wind (Homer). They ended up in the la...
among all the Gods have renown for wit (metis) and tricks" (The Museum of the Goddess Athena). As one can see, Athena does not lov...
also notes that even when she met with her husband near the end she still did not run into his arms, remaining cautious and loyal ...
reacts to the presence of the men by eating two of them, Odysseus attacks and manages to blind Polyphemus by stabbing him in his e...
Cimmerians and their cloudy city at our backs, Turning our faces instead toward life, toward home, Defying the goddess of the is...
this historical puzzle dating back to the novice citizen investigations to the more scientific and sophisticated Illinois River Va...
is important for it illustrates one of the reasons why the hero is determined to go back. Because she is honorable and admirable t...
observes a boatman named Charon who is transporting the souls of the dead across the river. There are "hollow groans, and shrieks...
and the goddess shows this with her actions throughout the narrative. Therefore, examination of the Odyssey demonstrates that the ...
having given his word, feels that he has no choice but to keep it, even though he fears, rightly, that the boy will end in disaste...
This essay focuses on the role that hospitality plays in Homer's The Odyssey. Three pages in length, no other sources are cited. ...
(Thorburn 370). This is the custom that plays a prominent role throughout the Telemachy and the Odyssey as a whole. The Telemach...
Introduction The ancient stories of Gilgamesh and Ulysses in Homers Odyssey are classic tales that allow the reader to glimpse wh...
be the tradition that developed in Greece and has been handed down in the West, as opposed to works that come from the East. The W...
This essay pertains to "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" by Homer, the ancient Greek poet and the worldview and cultural values that a...
and marginalized in both classical and modern literature, one must first understand how the prevailing viewpoint of women as funda...
This paper contrasts and compares the depiction of Phaedra by Euripides in Hippolytus and Penelope by Homer in 'The Odyssey' in fi...
In five pages the epic heroes that are featured in epic literary works are discussed in a consideration of 'The Song of Roland,' '...
This paper consisting of five pages discusses by way of Nathan Irvin Huggins' 'Black Odyssey' how the combination of African and E...
In five pages this paper discusses the wise goddess who was Odysseus's mentor in 'The Odyssey.' Five sources are cited in the bib...
In five pages this paper discusses the maturation Odysseus underwent throughout the course of 'The Odyssey.' Three sources are ci...
In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...
In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...
In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...
In five pages Circe, the Sirens, Nausikaa, Helen, Calypson, Athena, and Penelope are examined in this discussion of how women's ro...
In three pages three student posed questions pertaining to mythical Greek and Roman gods and goddesses are answered in a heroic co...
This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...
In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...
In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...