Essays 31 - 60
observes a boatman named Charon who is transporting the souls of the dead across the river. There are "hollow groans, and shrieks...
having given his word, feels that he has no choice but to keep it, even though he fears, rightly, that the boy will end in disaste...
is important for it illustrates one of the reasons why the hero is determined to go back. Because she is honorable and admirable t...
this historical puzzle dating back to the novice citizen investigations to the more scientific and sophisticated Illinois River Va...
In nine pages this paper examines how sacrifice is used in the Greek tragic works Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and 'The Odyssey' an...
the long journey is not necessary, but that does not mean that the odyssey as a concept was not necessary years ago. Indeed, in th...
The first task at hand in our study is the provision of a historical explanation of existentialism. A concise explanation is prov...
In five pages this paper discusses the societal and immortality quests of epic heroes in Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey' in a ...
In six pages this paper assesses the spouses featured in 'The Odyssey' by Homer in order to determine which displays the most cons...
In five pages Homer's protagonist Odysseus featured in 'The Odyssey' is examined in terms of his heroic personality attributes. F...
of the Muse to introduce its tale: "Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story / of that man skilled in all ways of contendin...
episode. Examining the evolution and fundamental importance of Odysseus life brings one to consider the elements of ethics ...
manner, concerning Telemachus worries about his father. He is speaking to Minerva asking for some help. She replies, "Is that so? ...
a hero in strength and abilities, not in actions and deeds. With Enkidu, however, he finds a soul mate. He no longer seeks out the...
spiritual awakening. CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EPIC POEM: Epic poems all share similar characteristics which define them as such. Fo...
If we look to biology the definition of masculine is related to that of male. The male animal has testicles as opposed to ovaries...
and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and c...
is presented as an outright competition in the story of their contest for recognition as the patron deity of Athens" (65). In Boo...
guiding light for Gilgamesh. It is also important to note that Gilgamesh himself seeks immortality as this is important to the sto...
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 ...
lay there / lifted up his muzzle, pricked his ears..." (17.317-318). We read that the dog is lying on a dung heap; hes full of tic...
home, as though they own everything. One would perhaps expect Penelope, or Telemachus (the man of the house so to speak), to ins...
beginning, feels like he is in a position of complete helplessness. His father has been gone nearly 20 years and he is forced to d...
that allows the poem to celebrate or immortalize its national culture (Epic Poetry). The distinguishing characteristics of Homers...
holds the Greeks captive in his cave, into allowing them to escape by first blinding his one eye while he sleeps. However, Odysseu...
that whatever the customs of good behavior, these people are not observing them. In light of this we would assume that the people ...
woman who is generous and selfless: "So much more dear and pleasing is to God/ My little widow, whom so much I loved,/ As in good ...
journey of humanity through life. Dantes epic charts a journey of the soul, from the depths of degradation to the radiance of rede...
and also provided insight into the character when she brazenly broke with firmly held tradition. For example, in Homers Iliad and ...