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Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Refuge

wish to take any chances, yet knows he must rest. The place he found to hide is described as follows: "he crept beneath two shoots...

Women's Roles in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

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

How the Divine Was Represented in The Epic of Gilgamesh and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

with not only Odysseus but with the other characters as well" (Athena, the Goddess). For example, "At the opening of the book, Ath...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and the Cyclops' Symbolism

tying themselves to the underside of Polyphemus flock" (Stories from the Stars). Though the cyclops checked the sheep, "he didnt d...

Speech Development and Characters of Andromache and Nestor in Homer's 'The Iliad'

being mindful of his station. Agamemnon is the king of the Achaeans, and Nestor has no designs on Agamemnons position. He does w...

Postmodern Cinema and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

For example, the film focuses away from the traditional violence of the western film and the identification of the main characters...

Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Substance Abuse

In five pages this paper examines jimson weed indulgence and lotus eating in this consideration of how substance abuse is represen...

Counseling From Various Theological Points of View

from Hebrews? If not, perhaps then we need to start mentally constructing how that "Christian" counselor will look, or what they ...

Studying History and the Importance of Nation States According to Von Ranke

This paper discusses von Ranke's views on studying world history and the global importance of nation states in a paper consisting ...

Homer's 'Odyssey' and Its Stories

In five pages this paper examines the stories featured throughout 'The Odyssey' in a consideration of the repetition of Agamemnon'...

Fact and Fiction in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

of Homers great work are a slew of characters. One of those is Odysseus, an unlikely hero. Odysseus is in some ways an antihero...

Differing Depiction of Women in Homer's Epics 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'

Greek society was that imposed upon them by either their fathers or purchasers. They would never aspire to privilege or influence...

Relationship Between Paris and Helen in Homer's 'The Iliad'

a whole. According to Hector, Paris has brought ruin on his people and has allowed his lust for women to drive him to insane actio...

Three Differing Views of the Origin of Religion

Tylor asserts that in order to assess a culture, one must approach it from an objective standpoint: if one does not do so, ones ow...

Homer's 'The Iliad' and Speeches Delivered by Ajax, Phoenix, and Ulysses in Book IX

states, "Up, then, and late though it be, save the sons of the Achaeans who faint before the fury of the Trojans. You will repent...

Bad Faith Concept of Jean Paul Sartre

rise to apprehension and fear, the individual then takes refuge in conscious reflection, which forms the second stage. However, th...

Euthanasia and the Christian Perspective

to die, doing nothing about it, and withdrawing things such as machines to assist, passively, in the death of an individual. ...

Martinson: "Views from a Tuft of Grass"

life, which may help to explain why he wrote about it in detail in Views from a tuft of grass. This book is a collection of essays...

Virgil's 'Aeneid,' Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Divine Intervention

of his father Ulysses" (Homer I). From this excerpt it is quite obvious that divine intervention is a powerful part of the stor...

Royall Tyler/The Contrast

fianc? was away, Maria restricted her social contacts, read a great many books and focused on letters from Dimple. Letitia explain...

Framework For Seeing the World

get it home. Advances in science and medicine have cured diseases and increased life span. The is a phenomenon of the last 30 year...

Dalai Lama/The Universe in a Single Atom

spiritual enlightenment. The central message of Buddhism is that all creatures, one of great intelligence, and even those that w...

Four Views On Hell

one harmonize the concept of a loving, gracious God with a God who is righteous and unforgiving" (Walvoord 11). Walvoord admits th...

Philoctetes by Sophocles

In five pages this paper examines the cunning Odysseus in this work by Sophocles. There are no other sources cited....

Perspectives of Aquinas, Aristotle, and Plato on Economic Growth and Human Welfare

In six pages this report contrasts and compares the views of Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, and Plato on economic growth in terms of h...

Odysseus and Models of Heroism

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at heroism. Odysseus is put forth as an example of both modern and classical ideals of ...

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois on Reconstruction

In five pages this paper contrasts these differing views on Reconstruction by these important African American icons. Six sources...

'The Lightning Rod Man' by Herman Melville

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of contrasting points of view between the salesman of lightning rods and a pro...

Hitler's Willing Executioners by Daniel Goldhagen and Ordinary Men Reserve Police Battalion 101 by Christopher Browning

In six pages the differing views regarding the acts of Nazi genocide participated in by supposedly 'ordinary' German individuals a...

A Comparison of Two Southern Literary Works by Agee and Hurston

This paper compares and contrasts the views of the rural south as seen in James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, and Zora Neal...