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Essays 151 - 180
the strongest women in the piece are the goddess Pallas Athena and Penelope, Odysseuss wife. In addition, although her part was sm...
that whatever the customs of good behavior, these people are not observing them. In light of this we would assume that the people ...
and craft are clear throughout the narrative, but such episodes as her deceiving of the suitors are not considered in the same lig...
of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...
In five pages Circe, the Sirens, Nausikaa, Helen, Calypson, Athena, and Penelope are examined in this discussion of how women's ro...
In five pages a comparative analysis of these works is presented in terms of differences and similarities in characterization, plo...
In five pages the teachings featured in these texts are contrasted and compared. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....
This research report compares Penelope's relationships with that of Odysseus. How the marital relationship comes to fruition and i...
In six pages this paper compares these two works of ancient Greek literature in a consideration of relations between state and soc...
In a paper consisting of five pages the writer argues that the purpose of XXIV is to provide the story with both a summary as well...
and the tales of this one mans adventure. The man is Odysseus and his adventures are legendary. He is not a man searching for the ...
In five pages this paper examines how the quest theme is depicted in these works by Dante and Homer. Three sources are cited in t...
means by which to punish him for past indiscretions. Mans first instinct is to provide for his own preservation, to tend to his o...
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...
of Homers great work are a slew of characters. One of those is Odysseus, an unlikely hero. Odysseus is in some ways an antihero...
much. In a sense, he is the quintessential manly man. Odysseus in a way is a caricature. While there are a lot of traits he posses...
In five pages this paper examines the stories featured throughout 'The Odyssey' in a consideration of the repetition of Agamemnon'...
hes writing" (Steinberg inferno.htm). It is the Canto which presents us with the innocent and frightened Dante. He is just beginni...
out, therefore, that in the Odyssey there is a great deal of action and movement, such as the sea voyages and the way in which Ody...
In this paper containing four pages Achilles and Hektor are compared and it is determined that while Hektor's tragedy is synonymou...
examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...
fire, his roar is the roar/of the floodwater; he breathes and there is death (lines 128-129). Gilgamesh perseveres despite the ad...
that allows the poem to celebrate or immortalize its national culture (Epic Poetry). The distinguishing characteristics of Homers...
This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...
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...
In 7 pages this paper discusses the similarities between 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' of Homer and Derek Walcott's 'Omeros' in a...
In eight pages the idealization of women and the restrictions placed upon them as reflected in Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Antigone ...
is presented as an outright competition in the story of their contest for recognition as the patron deity of Athens" (65). In Boo...
sees the development of his character because this is the focus of the story and his journey. One reads as Odysseus moves through ...
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...