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Comparing and Contrasting Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon of Fleet Street and The Odyssey by Homer

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

Kleos in "The Odyssey" of Homer (Book Nine)

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

History of the Hebrews

author points out, it would be impossible to spend as much time on each and every event and person mentioned in the Old Testament....

Female Characters and Ancient Texts

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...

Gilgamesh and Odyssey

Introduction The ancient stories of Gilgamesh and Ulysses in Homers Odyssey are classic tales that allow the reader to glimpse wh...

Biblical Basis for Worship

Law of Christ. The Israelites believed that the Spirit of God lived in the Tabernacle, which is why it was guarded so carefully. I...

Homer's Odyssey and Hospitality

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

Baptism And Ablution

ritual in pagan religions for the purpose of purifying oneself (Barnes 2000). Although the term baptism is not found in the Old ...

Gift Giving in Homer's Odyssey

he will gild her horns as part of the sacrifice (Homer). Such sacrifices were meant as "gifts" to the gods, which were designed to...

The Odyssey by Homer: Penelope

is important for it illustrates one of the reasons why the hero is determined to go back. Because she is honorable and admirable t...

The Hero’s Journey: Moses and Jesus

the hero receives the call to adventure, which he initially rejects before crossing the threshold into adventure. Next comes initi...

Athena and Penelope

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...

Virgil’s Portrayal of Hell in Book VI of The Aeneid

observes a boatman named Charon who is transporting the souls of the dead across the river. There are "hollow groans, and shrieks...

Koran, Bible on Women

and 1 Kings 11:3 indicates that the monarch of Israel had "seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines." There is a gr...

The Bible - Fact or Fiction?

This 8 page paper considers whether the Bible is fact or myth, and whether or not it provides an accurate account of real people a...

Ancient Greece and Changing Attitudes Regarding Virtue

The ways in which male and female virtue changed in terms of the attitudes of Ancient Greece are examined in 6 pages in a consider...

Book of Daniel Analysis

In a paper consisting of twenty five pages the Old Testament's Book of Daniel is extensively analyzed and presents the argument su...

Missionary Differences Between The Old and New Testament Teachings

(p. 81). In other words, this group of scholars believes that Christianity adopted its missionary orientation, in part, because ...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Symbolism of the Olive Tree

In four pages this paper analyzes how life's renewal and rebirth are symbolically represented by the olive tree in Homer's epic 'T...

Literature's Classic Adventure

far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy" (Homer The Odyssey PG). The Odyssey was written in 800 B.C. and woven in...

Jewish Roots of Christianity

In ten pages the Jewish roots of the Christian faith are exposed in a discussion of major contention points that existed, similari...

Analysis of the Book of Job

In eight pages this essay analyzes the Old Testament's Book of Job. There are no other sources listed....

Ancient Greek Literature Compared with the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe

In eight pages Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex' are compared with Poe's 'Ms. Found in a Bottle' and 'The Purloin...

Old Testament Covenant

deity, was the "first principle, the very foundation of the divinely willed order of things" (McCarthy 136). However, it is not e...

Hero's Personality of Odysseus

In five pages Homer's protagonist Odysseus featured in 'The Odyssey' is examined in terms of his heroic personality attributes. F...

Coen's Film Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

This paper examines the themes, development of character, and narrative of 'The Odyssey' in order to determine wither or not the f...

Comparative Analysis of the Characters in Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Dante's 'The Inferno'

a commonplace story already familiar to his listeners, he could (and did) omit much of the unnecessary backstory (with respect to ...

Overview of Homeric Warfare

In five pages this paper examines Homer's 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' in its portrayal of Homeric warfare in a consideration of ...

Goddesses Calypso and Circe in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares these goddesses in terms of what each represents about femininity and also discuss...

Gilgamesh, 'The Odyssey' and Heroic Epics

In five pages this paper discusses the societal and immortality quests of epic heroes in Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey' in a ...