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in the ideal image of a male hero or warrior. In both cultures the people were founded in a patriarchal way of life, seeing man as...

but also by the fact that he is the king, and his people protect him rather than urging him onto the front lines as they might a y...

Ulysses is clearly at the mercy of the gods and goddesses to some extent. He cannot seem to simply go home, but...

that Aegisthuss death is certainly deserved, "But my heart breaks for Odysseus, / that seasoned veteran cursed by fate so long -- ...

(Tracy). He traveled from place to place and although poor and impoverished at many points in his life, he was also warmly receive...

could well be said that his acceptance of his brothers actions, despite his berating his brother, may have been the most important...

love for their children. However, it quickly becomes evident that there is trouble in this paradise, as Alice has a problem, as sh...

in war. Helen had no power, and no women in the story had power. Helen was simply a symbol of beauty and purity and hence justifie...

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...

ugliness of battle and death. Homers soldiers do not die cleanly and quickly; they suffer, they claw the ground; they cry out an...

taking place within and beyond our national borders" (NOW). In this statement one sees that the organizations aim was to fight for...

observes a boatman named Charon who is transporting the souls of the dead across the river. There are "hollow groans, and shrieks...

no power and they were possessions. So in that respect with Paris of Troy stealing something from Athens was cause enough for batt...

is important for it illustrates one of the reasons why the hero is determined to go back. Because she is honorable and admirable t...

great deal of loss and death in his wake. But, he is not the power, the real power, behind the war and he really only seems to ser...

father and travels great distances until he comes to Italy where he holds games and celebrations for his fathers death. He is told...

and suicide because life did not work out well enough for a particular character, Anna Karenina. We are also given the strong expe...

In sage debates...To save the state" (Homer Book I). The reader begins to see that Telemachus is not wise enough to be prepared fo...

is not identified as a goddess except for when a servant speaks to Achilles about the legends that have begun to be spun concernin...

home, as though they own everything. One would perhaps expect Penelope, or Telemachus (the man of the house so to speak), to ins...

story of Odysseus sets him up as a noble man, regardless of what someone may know about Greek codes of conduct. He was a noble man...

/ so long as we men of Achaea soldiered on at Troy. / But once wed sacked King Priams craggy city, / boarded ship, and a god dispe...

peers by acclamation rather than divine right. The thane is spoke of as a "giver of treasure in gladness" (Beowulf 46). In other w...

without specifically worrying about success or failure, "they cannot be stained by action" (Harrison, 1996). Hearing this, Arjuna ...

deliberation," much like Nestor had cautioned "Agamemnon against hasty judgment" (Gore on War). In both cases, despite any heeding...

a good person or a bad person, only that he is religious. In another section, much further along in the story, we see Odysseus t...

beginning, feels like he is in a position of complete helplessness. His father has been gone nearly 20 years and he is forced to d...

He gains allies and waits for the right opportunity to enact justice. This also allows Homer to thoroughly document the wrongs per...

And, yet, it has been many years. She wars with her reason which offers her the explanation that she just wants this stranger to b...

This essay utilizes a feministic approach and an anthropological approach to interpretation of Homer's Iliad. Eight pages in lengt...