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Essays 121 - 150
and she wishes that she were "wife to a better man" (Homer Book VI). Through Helens eyes and, also, through Homers portrayal of He...
having given his word, feels that he has no choice but to keep it, even though he fears, rightly, that the boy will end in disaste...
Cimmerians and their cloudy city at our backs, Turning our faces instead toward life, toward home, Defying the goddess of the is...
rested for two days, then sailed on again, but where blown off course once more by the North Wind (Homer). They ended up in the la...
that Aegisthuss death is certainly deserved, "But my heart breaks for Odysseus, / that seasoned veteran cursed by fate so long -- ...
his disposal beyond his huge physical size. It would seem no human could be safe against this creature that could easily pierce o...
not something he will believe as he has already made a choice to be a shepherd and not a priest which is what was determined for h...
journey of humanity through life. Dantes epic charts a journey of the soul, from the depths of degradation to the radiance of rede...
son of Odysseus, wearing a disguise and instills in him the courage to challenge the suitors of his mother. Additionally Athena pe...
In six pages this paper assesses the spouses featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer in order to determine which displays the most cons...
the long journey is not necessary, but that does not mean that the odyssey as a concept was not necessary years ago. Indeed, in th...
This essay pertains to "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" by Homer, the ancient Greek poet and the worldview and cultural values that a...
note his passion for such in the following lines when Hamlet responds to the facts presented by the ghost: "Haste me to knowt, tha...
Goddess). She even enhances his physical appearance in order to assure he gets home. "Once Odysseus reaches the city that Nausi...
Telemachus taking his first step towards responsibility and manhood. "Telemachus calls an assembly of the men of Ithaca. It is the...
a conduit between two otherwise strangers. Poetry is as diverse a means of communication as any medium, yet there are vast arrays...
In five pages this essay considers the audience and poet relationship as represented in 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante and 'The Odys...
In 5 pages this paper examines how the 'Faustian Bargain' is depicted in the literary works Faust by Goethe, Don Quixote by Cervan...
In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...
In 7 pages this paper discusses the similarities between 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' of Homer and Derek Walcott's 'Omeros' in a...
In six pages this paper examines 'The Aeneid' in terms of the dialogue with the dead featured by Virgil and its difference with 'T...
(Thorburn 370). This is the custom that plays a prominent role throughout the Telemachy and the Odyssey as a whole. The Telemach...
In ten pages this paper evaluates the extent of man's power over his fate within the literary contexts of 'Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'Th...
In five page this paper considers Gods and their roles in ancient Greek society and literature in a consideration of a passage fro...
The writer presents a creative essay written in iambic pentameter, describing the journey Teiresias commanded Odysseus to make aft...
In three pges this paper contrasts and compares the characterizations of Penelope in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Desdemona in Othel...
to his position, he represents all the virtues and flaws of a man, in spite of the fact that he is only part human. But it is the...
see the shades of Penelope or Telemakhos here -- but implores Odysseus to give him a decent burial before his body is ravaged by s...
In three pages this paper examines the literary relationship between theme and setting in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and 'Circe' by Eu...
In five pages this paper examines the Holy Bible's Old and New Testaments, 'The Odyssey' of Homer, and William Shakespeare's Hamle...