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and his courage will constantly be tested. Without going into great detail, and there is a large amount of it in this classic, we ...

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

Odysseus was renowned for both his brain and his brawn. He was also had bravery, and competence at his skills. Odysseus was an a...

return home. They are in morning, for they have lost a son. They pray to the gods for his return, but feel that he is dead. They e...

his household. The suitors have taken it upon themselves to essentially use Odysseus home as though it was their own, killing live...

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts Virgil's protagonist Aeneas from 'The Aeneid' with Homer's protagonist Odyssey in ...

can defeat death too. His first leg of the journey involves descending into a tunnel-like cave composed of nine terrifying leagu...

An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...

was forbidden to her, period. It was not her place to try to reason why; it was her place to obey without question. This is what w...

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...

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...

not tell Polyphemus his name, rather indicating to the Cyclops that his name is "Nobody." When Polyphemus friends respond to his c...

the end of the Gita, Arjuna says "The delusion is gone...by your grace I have recovered my wits. Here I stand with no more doubts....

sees the development of his character because this is the focus of the story and his journey. One reads as Odysseus moves through ...

reacts to the presence of the men by eating two of them, Odysseus attacks and manages to blind Polyphemus by stabbing him in his e...

Cimmerians and their cloudy city at our backs, Turning our faces instead toward life, toward home, Defying the goddess of the is...

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 ...

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...

this historical puzzle dating back to the novice citizen investigations to the more scientific and sophisticated Illinois River Va...

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 -- ...

reader how "everything well stowed, the wine in jars, and the barley meal, which is the staff of life" which indicates that wine r...

was time to allow Odysseus to return home. Should he be allowed to go back to Ithaka to be reunited with his wife Penelope and hi...

Ulysses is clearly at the mercy of the gods and goddesses to some extent. He cannot seem to simply go home, but...

(Thorburn 370). This is the custom that plays a prominent role throughout the Telemachy and the Odyssey as a whole. The Telemach...

This essay focuses on the role that hospitality plays in Homer's The Odyssey. Three pages in length, no other sources are cited. ...

and marginalized in both classical and modern literature, one must first understand how the prevailing viewpoint of women as funda...

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...