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of Homers great work are a slew of characters. One of those is Odysseus, an unlikely hero. Odysseus is in some ways an antihero...

In five pages this paper examines jimson weed indulgence and lotus eating in this consideration of how substance abuse is represen...

In five pages this paper examines how human nature is featured in classic literary works by Homer, Sophocles, Dante Alighieri, and...

In five pages this paper examines the relationship between order and chaos within the context of these two classical literary work...

In six pages this paper compares these two works of ancient Greek literature in a consideration of relations between state and soc...

In a paper consisting of five pages the writer argues that the purpose of XXIV is to provide the story with both a summary as well...

In five pages this paper examines how the quest theme is depicted in these works by Dante and Homer. Three sources are cited in t...

of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...

and craft are clear throughout the narrative, but such episodes as her deceiving of the suitors are not considered in the same lig...

that whatever the customs of good behavior, these people are not observing them. In light of this we would assume that the people ...

wish to take any chances, yet knows he must rest. The place he found to hide is described as follows: "he crept beneath two shoots...

the strongest women in the piece are the goddess Pallas Athena and Penelope, Odysseuss wife. In addition, although her part was sm...

into marriage, religion/gods, revenge, rituals, and reputation. Marriage Clearly Ulysses story involves the condition of marria...

with not only Odysseus but with the other characters as well" (Athena, the Goddess). For example, "At the opening of the book, Ath...

son Telemakhos, his father Laertes, and even his dog Argos. Throughout his journey in the Odyssey, Odysseus often remarks about t...

tying themselves to the underside of Polyphemus flock" (Stories from the Stars). Though the cyclops checked the sheep, "he didnt d...

that may speak of a lack of hope or direction. The reader does not really need to know what the poem is...

But outwardly, he projects himself as a man of total self-assurance (Macaulay 259). He states almost majestically, "My parts, my ...

were old With which she followed my poor fathers body Like Niobe, all tears;-why she, even she,- O God! a beast that wants discour...

The depiction of jealousy in William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is the focus of this thematic analysis consisting of 5 pages. ...

it clear that his need for his retinue does not stem from physical need, but rather is a symbolic of his status in life, his autho...

whetted it for a more impressive title. It was a seemingly innocuous meeting with a trio of witches that would sow the seeds of M...

on which he has been marooned for twenty years, it would appear as if his ship would have nothing but smooth sailing back to Ithac...

both politically as well as personally. For Brutus, virtue was a trait that could never be compromised for it was synonymous with...

for the deaths of her husband, Edward V, and her father, Henry VI. Nevertheless, he demonstrates himself as quite capable in prov...

with the civilized manner of a Venetian court, he is clearly out of his element. "If stirred to indignation, as "in Aleppo once"...

and leave her father, or suffer through this madness with Hamlet. While she is still deciding, her father is killed and she is sur...

wife. Claudius states, "Though yet of Hamlet (the late king was also named Hamlet) our late brothers death/The memory be green" (I...

a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by ththroat the circumcis?d do And smote him thus" (Act V. ii. 334 - 352)...

King Duncan naming his loyal lieutenant Macbeth Thane of Cawdor in recognition for his faithful service. But a fateful meeting wi...