YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :An Analysis of Homers Epic Poem The Odyssey
Essays 271 - 300
more fidelity than did her missing husband. However, while Penelope is keeping Odysseus home fires burning, it is Athena to whom ...
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 ...
manner, concerning Telemachus worries about his father. He is speaking to Minerva asking for some help. She replies, "Is that so? ...
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 6 pages this paper analyzes how women's roles in these works by Homer reflect the cultural perceptions of women in ancient Gree...
In 2 pages this paper examines how in Books IX through XII of 'The Odyssey Odysseus becomes mature enough to embrace his destiny w...
but rather it is Poseidon who hates him. Zeus says, "...its the Earth-Shaker, Poseidon, unappeased,/forever fuming against him for...
In five pages this book's references to Hell are examined. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
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...
the theme of hospitality in such situations is emphasized when we recognize that this same theme is repeated many times in the Bib...
a distraction, as a goal, as a guide, and as an agent of social recognition (The Odyssey in Transit, 2000). Odysseus is indeed co...
of the monarchy due to his support of the Commonwealth (John Milton). Married three times, he spent his later years dictating to h...
As these examples illustrate, there are instances where there are definite Christian allusions in the text. Furthermore, at the be...
her sisters husband and how he had cut out her tongue to keep silent and a prisoner (Ovid BkVI:571-619). Those characters who as...
believes, would seal his everlasting fame (Irving 86). The poem championed Beowulfs desire for fame as a badge of honor: "In all ...
of them all, the Sumerian Gilgamesh. Its not that Blake copied anyone, but his poem tends to evoke some of the same feelings in a ...
"Since this Britain was built by this baron great, / Bold boys bred there, in broils delighting, / That did their day many a deed ...
comes to the aid of Hrothgar: "Thou Hrothgar, hail! Hygelacs I, kinsman and follower. Fame a plenty have I gained in youth! These...
the chariot that Hector bought. . . . Each row was a divan of furred leopardskin. . . . te...
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...
purposes of taming Enkidu, the wild man (Radcliffe, 2001). Enkidu is important to the story as he exemplifies the average man in s...
a rather powerful enemy. Thus, one sees heroic feats on either end, but also, there is Christian love and the love of a parent tha...