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home, as though they own everything. One would perhaps expect Penelope, or Telemachus (the man of the house so to speak), to ins...
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...
observes a boatman named Charon who is transporting the souls of the dead across the river. There are "hollow groans, and shrieks...
is important for it illustrates one of the reasons why the hero is determined to go back. Because she is honorable and admirable t...
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 ...
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...
In 5 pages the heroic quest is analyzed within the context of Cervantes' Don Quixote, Dante's 'Inferno' and Homer's 'The Odyssey.'...
A 5 page comparison of the characters in Homer's Odyssey and Iliad. The author contrasts qualities such as heroism and humanism. ...
In five pages this paper considers Odysseus' heroic tale as described in Homer's poetic epic 'The Odyssey.' There are no other so...
allowing them to be less complex than they often are in real life. In the Old Testament in the bible, they tend to be rather simpl...
This research report examines customs, events, and for example meanings of the Phaeacians' games. Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aen...
This paper consists of five pages and examines how Homer's perspectives on the afterlife as revealed in 'The Odyssey' compare with...
In six pages this paper contrasts and compares how women were oppressed by law and society in the Old Testament and in Homer's epi...
She is disgusted by the fact that she must respond to the blackmailer, but also proud that she has defended her husband and her li...
A 5 page essay comparing Odysseus from Homer's The Odyssey with Kevin Spacey's character Verbal Kint. There are many parallels in ...
In five pages this paper compares Euripides' character of Medea with the character of Penelope in Homer's 'The Odyssey.' There a...
In six pages this paper compares Homer's concept of justice with contemporary perspectives as it relates to 'The Odyssey.' There ...
episode. Examining the evolution and fundamental importance of Odysseus life brings one to consider the elements of ethics ...
The first task at hand in our study is the provision of a historical explanation of existentialism. A concise explanation is prov...
In five pages this paper discusses the societal and immortality quests of epic heroes in Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey' in a ...
a commonplace story already familiar to his listeners, he could (and did) omit much of the unnecessary backstory (with respect to ...
In five pages this paper examines Homer's 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' in its portrayal of Homeric warfare in a consideration of ...
In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these goddesses in terms of what each represents about femininity and also discuss...
In five pages Homer's protagonist Odysseus featured in 'The Odyssey' is examined in terms of his heroic personality attributes. F...
This paper examines the themes, development of character, and narrative of 'The Odyssey' in order to determine wither or not the f...
far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy" (Homer The Odyssey PG). The Odyssey was written in 800 B.C. and woven in...
In four pages this paper analyzes how life's renewal and rebirth are symbolically represented by the olive tree in Homer's epic 'T...
In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...
In five pages this paper discusses how the classical hero definition applies to Odysseus in Homer's 'The Odyssey. There are no ot...
Ulysses is clearly at the mercy of the gods and goddesses to some extent. He cannot seem to simply go home, but...