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The tale of a hero becoming an adult is a staple of literature. This essay compares heroes Han Solo and Odysseus, Luke Skywalker a...

In this paper of five pages two classical heroes are contrasted in terms of the older and noble Odysseus and the young and volatil...

In five pages this essay considers Odysseus' refusal to transform from mortal to immortal in terms of reasons why this stance was ...

This essay consists of six pages and in a comparative heroic analysis of Gilgamesh and Odysseus presents the arguments that despit...

in this work goes into the Great Families of Mythology and provides information on The House of Atreus, The Royal House of Thebes,...

divine perfection, but in more human terms as a willingness to learn from ones mistakes. Human beings are not gods; they are flaw...

is less important than the conversation which takes place, and since the two individuals are from periods in Greek history several...

father. So, by the end of the story what he has done has given him experience and wisdom to deal with a future as a leader. Tel...

on which he has been marooned for twenty years, it would appear as if his ship would have nothing but smooth sailing back to Ithac...

In five pages Maximus of the Gladiator film is compared with Odysseus of Homer's epic in a five page comparative analysis. There ...

In five pages this paper evaluates the leadership skills of Odysseus and concludes that he is too preoccupied with his own quest t...

himself to the public, a duality of moral reasoning that influences his self-serving ways. Of the many reasons attributed to why ...

Odysseus,/raider of cities gouged out your eye" (Homer 227). As Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon, Odysseus makes a powerful god h...

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 ...

In five pages this paper discusses the characteristics of the ideal leader in a consideration of how Odysseus and Moses embody the...

monstrous creature Grendel, Grendels mother, and the dragon - it considers the impact of social obligations (loyalty to God and co...

The son Of crafty Saturn changed the snake to stone... But Calchas thus Instantly spake... All-foreseeing Jupiter Hath sent this ...

that Aegisthuss death is certainly deserved, "But my heart breaks for Odysseus, / that seasoned veteran cursed by fate so long -- ...

this historical puzzle dating back to the novice citizen investigations to the more scientific and sophisticated Illinois River Va...

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...

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

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...

Ulysses is clearly at the mercy of the gods and goddesses to some extent. He cannot seem to simply go home, but...

reader how "everything well stowed, the wine in jars, and the barley meal, which is the staff of life" which indicates that wine r...

In seven pages this paper discusses the impact of technology upon humankind as considered in H.G. Wells' novels The War of the Wor...

his disposal beyond his huge physical size. It would seem no human could be safe against this creature that could easily pierce o...

This essay pertains to "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" by Homer, the ancient Greek poet and the worldview and cultural values that a...

and marginalized in both classical and modern literature, one must first understand how the prevailing viewpoint of women as funda...

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

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