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though they were in a war. Their life is perhaps not threatened, but they must struggle to become more honorable and noble as they...

In three pages this paper emphasizes Aeneas' and Odysseus' differences as reflected in the works by Virgil and Homer. There is no...

of Dardania, best hope of Troy,/What kept you from us for so long, and where? From what far place, O Hector, have you come, Long, ...

and also provided insight into the character when she brazenly broke with firmly held tradition. For example, in Homers Iliad and ...

journey of humanity through life. Dantes epic charts a journey of the soul, from the depths of degradation to the radiance of rede...

Goddess). She even enhances his physical appearance in order to assure he gets home. "Once Odysseus reaches the city that Nausi...

in the cave by night, it was she, not he, that would have it so" (Homer V). In this we get the impression that while Ulysses may h...

is presented as an outright competition in the story of their contest for recognition as the patron deity of Athens" (65). In Boo...

guiding light for Gilgamesh. It is also important to note that Gilgamesh himself seeks immortality as this is important to the sto...

to return to the cave because its familiar and comfortable? The answer to all these questions is "yes." (Allegory of the Cave, 2...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In three pges this paper contrasts and compares the characterizations of Penelope in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Desdemona in Othel...

In five pages this paper examines the Holy Bible's Old and New Testaments, 'The Odyssey' of Homer, and William Shakespeare's Hamle...

see the shades of Penelope or Telemakhos here -- but implores Odysseus to give him a decent burial before his body is ravaged by s...

This paper contrasts and compares how women's rights are depicted in The Bible, 'The Odyssey' by Homer, and The Thousand and One N...

In three pages this paper examines the literary relationship between theme and setting in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and 'Circe' by Eu...

In seven pages this paper compares the female protagonists featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and Antigone by Sophocles in a cons...

In five page this paper considers Gods and their roles in ancient Greek society and literature in a consideration of a passage fro...

IN three pages this paper discusses how Homer depicted women in the epic 'The Odyssey' with Penelope being the primary focus of an...

In six pages this paper examines 'The Aeneid' in terms of the dialogue with the dead featured by Virgil and its difference with 'T...

This paper contrasts and compares the depiction of Phaedra by Euripides in Hippolytus and Penelope by Homer in 'The Odyssey' in fi...

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...

In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...

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 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...