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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...

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

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

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

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...

fire, his roar is the roar/of the floodwater; he breathes and there is death (lines 128-129). Gilgamesh perseveres despite the ad...

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

home, his palace, his wife, his son, his people. Ogygia Ulysses is trapped on Calypsos island for many years. If it werent for...

In six pages this paper discusses the author's creation of the 'Other' soul as a way of expressing Creole political issues and how...

son of Odysseus, wearing a disguise and instills in him the courage to challenge the suitors of his mother. Additionally Athena pe...

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 ...

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...

and the goddess shows this with her actions throughout the narrative. Therefore, examination of the Odyssey demonstrates that the ...

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...

he rolls a huge boulder across the opening to the cave. Polyphemus eats two of Odysseuss men and it is clear that he plans to make...