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

First and foremost, the Thrush is seen by this Romantic poet in heroic terms, as a male facing the storm of the public world in or...

This 3 page paper discusses the role women play in "The Iliad" when it comes to marriage and sexual relationships; it also discuss...

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

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 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...

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

/ 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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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

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

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...

A 5 page paper which examines one poem from Longfellow, Whitman, and Dickinson. The poems examined are The poets, and their poems,...

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

appreciate what it means to feel happy? The two most vivid images in this poem are religious in nature and are quite significant ...

slave, and ironically enough, he is enslaved by the prophesy. "People of Thebes, my countrymen, look on Oedipus. He solved the fam...

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

and speaking Homer" discusses the different translations and interpretations of the Homer classic "The Odyssey". Using Robert Fagl...

traits he possesses that is less than admirable, one thing is clear. He exhibits loyalty and trustworthiness. He respects the gods...

debate in terms of wanting a peaceful and inner spiritual life and letting go of his past indiscretions (St. Augustine, Bishop of ...

and the Greek forces suffer mightily without their hero. Later in the narrative, his anger propels him into battle. But, just as a...

the perceived flaws in their models and so alters their appearance to fit their ideal image. Rossetti seems to find this appalling...

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...

If we look to biology the definition of masculine is related to that of male. The male animal has testicles as opposed to ovaries...

does provoke Didos suicide one has to question to what extent he would embrace the label of hero. At the same time, besides the in...

To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was ...