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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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

In seven pages this paper discusses the impact of technology upon humankind as considered in H.G. Wells' novels The War of the Wor...

in the ideal image of a male hero or warrior. In both cultures the people were founded in a patriarchal way of life, seeing man as...

his disposal beyond his huge physical size. It would seem no human could be safe against this creature that could easily pierce o...

Odysseus and Polyphemus (or Cyclops), the protagonist and antagonist in "The Odyssey." Like Odysseus, Todd is banished from his w...

Ithaca and kept him away from his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. Cast adrift on a ship with only his crewmembers for compa...

is clear that each of them has some wish in his mind that he cant articulate; instead, like an oracle, he half-grasps what he want...

is killed (Virgil, 2009). Paschalis has done a study of some of the semantics in the poem, and suggests that the name "Galaesus"...

be the tradition that developed in Greece and has been handed down in the West, as opposed to works that come from the East. The W...