YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Analysis of Homers Epic Poem The Odyssey
Essays 271 - 300
In a paper consisting of 6 pages war and domesticity are examined within the context of these Homerian ethics particularly as they...
so "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" are rare glimpses into the feminine status in what was essentially a strict Greek patriarchy. Wh...
student who is writing about this topic should consider the ways in which the each author develops the philosophical journey of ea...
In 2 pages this paper examines how in Books IX through XII of 'The Odyssey Odysseus becomes mature enough to embrace his destiny w...
In 6 pages this paper analyzes how women's roles in these works by Homer reflect the cultural perceptions of women in ancient Gree...
In four pages the concept of the hero's journey as it manifest itself in these classical works of literature is examined. There i...
In five pages this paper examines the delays in Odysseus's return to Ithaca and how the hero is at fault for them. There are no o...
In two pages this essay provides a character analysis of Telemachus in an assessement of his maturity. There are no other sources...
In five pages this essay considers the rite of passage Odysseus' son Telemachus takes on the journey to find his father and protec...
In four pages the significance of the hospitality theme in 'The Odyssey' is discussed in examples of King Alkinoos', Melenaus', an...
In five pages this paper presents a thematic analysis of how sacrifice is portrayed in 'The Odyssey.' There are 2 sources cited i...
In five pages this essay considers Odysseus' refusal to transform from mortal to immortal in terms of reasons why this stance was ...
not tell Polyphemus his name, rather indicating to the Cyclops that his name is "Nobody." When Polyphemus friends respond to his c...
facts" (Manley 55) which leads to the realization that there are also "no true biographies...about this very ancient Greek poet" (...
but rather it is Poseidon who hates him. Zeus says, "...its the Earth-Shaker, Poseidon, unappeased,/forever fuming against him for...
a distraction, as a goal, as a guide, and as an agent of social recognition (The Odyssey in Transit, 2000). Odysseus is indeed co...
the theme of hospitality in such situations is emphasized when we recognize that this same theme is repeated many times in the Bib...
I think of naming, far less telling, / every feat of that rugged man, Odysseus, / but here is something that he dared to do / at T...
have plans for Enkidu and so a Priestess tames Enkidu and convinces him to go with her to meet Gilgamesh in Uruk. Though Enkidu ha...
as an adventurous and noble man, and offers us the romance of a story. From this simple beginning we can readily assume that Be...
"Since this Britain was built by this baron great, / Bold boys bred there, in broils delighting, / That did their day many a deed ...
of the monarchy due to his support of the Commonwealth (John Milton). Married three times, he spent his later years dictating to h...
The writer compares and contrasts the Old English poem Beowulf with Sundiata, which is an African epic. The writer argues that whi...
The writer compares and contrasts Achilles, a hero from Greek mythology, with Beowulf, the hero of the Old English epic poem. The ...
on Mount Olympus, where the gods lived. As the Iliad opens, the Trojan War has actually been going on for nine years, but the figh...
In three pages this paper discusses Milton's reasons for writing this epic poem and the sympathy generated for Adam and Eve that r...
In five pages this paper analyzes the characterization as Satan in the epic poem Paradise Lost as a reflection of the righteous co...
The writer uses a close reading of the Old English epic poem Beowulf, and in particular the events at King Hrothgar's court, to ex...
since the Middle Ages as the models for literature at its grandest" (McDaniel 1-15pope.htm). It is a general consensus that Popes ...
fulfills his part of the social bargain, which is to "give to young and old all that God has given him." Grendel who is describ...