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This research report compares Penelope's relationships with that of Odysseus. How the marital relationship comes to fruition and i...

as he refers to the way in which climate and geographical features serve to shape human behavior. For example, the Lotus Eaters ar...

316). The idea that historical research and results should be confined only to a few learned scholars, as far as Fischer is concer...

BC). Lycurgus was responsible for encouraging Spartan civic duty to the commonwealth; developing a social structure designed to s...

is not identified as a goddess except for when a servant speaks to Achilles about the legends that have begun to be spun concernin...

can defeat death too. His first leg of the journey involves descending into a tunnel-like cave composed of nine terrifying leagu...

In three pages this paper examines the literary relationship between theme and setting in 'The Odyssey' by Homer and 'Circe' by Eu...

to his position, he represents all the virtues and flaws of a man, in spite of the fact that he is only part human. But it is the...

a conduit between two otherwise strangers. Poetry is as diverse a means of communication as any medium, yet there are vast arrays...

In five pages this essay considers the audience and poet relationship as represented in 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante and 'The Odys...

and also provided insight into the character when she brazenly broke with firmly held tradition. For example, in Homers Iliad and ...

And, yet, it has been many years. She wars with her reason which offers her the explanation that she just wants this stranger to b...

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...

a good person or a bad person, only that he is religious. In another section, much further along in the story, we see Odysseus t...

traits he possesses that is less than admirable, one thing is clear. He exhibits loyalty and trustworthiness. He respects the gods...

holds the Greeks captive in his cave, into allowing them to escape by first blinding his one eye while he sleeps. However, Odysseu...

The first task at hand in our study is the provision of a historical explanation of existentialism. A concise explanation is prov...

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 ...

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...

and speaking Homer" discusses the different translations and interpretations of the Homer classic "The Odyssey". Using Robert Fagl...

debate in terms of wanting a peaceful and inner spiritual life and letting go of his past indiscretions (St. Augustine, Bishop of ...

home, as though they own everything. One would perhaps expect Penelope, or Telemachus (the man of the house so to speak), to ins...

story of Odysseus sets him up as a noble man, regardless of what someone may know about Greek codes of conduct. He was a noble man...

spiritual awakening. CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EPIC POEM: Epic poems all share similar characteristics which define them as such. Fo...

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...

Calypsos island and has been since the war ended. Athena begins her guidance by getting agreement from the gods (Homer 1.26-27). ...

does provoke Didos suicide one has to question to what extent he would embrace the label of hero. At the same time, besides the in...