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    you’re in control of your fate‚ right? A popular theme in Greek myths is that of predetermination or prophecy. In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ and in Serial‚ people attempt to control their lives while unknowingly conforming to their predetermined fate. Whether or not they were conscious of the acting determinants‚ both situations were actively being pursued. In book 9 of The Odyssey‚ it hardly seems like a coincidence that Odysseus has the godly wine‚ which he uses to disarm the Cyclops‚ however‚ it is his

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    The Odyssey And O Brother

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    The Odyssey and O Brother‚ Where Art Thou are similar movies in various ways. Although they are made five years apart they share similar acts‚ characters and scenes. First off‚ The Sirens (washing women) that seduce the three main characters in O Brother‚ Where are Thou are the Sirens that attempt to seduce Odysseus and his crew while they are headed home. Also‚ the sheriff is similar to the god Poseidon‚ who torments Odysseus and prolongs his journey home. While in The Odyssey‚ Odysseus and his

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    Turnus‚ we believe that there is fate and fate will always win (12.900). However‚ Iliad and Odyssey makes me start to wonder that we actually still have a choice even though everything is already fated. Just like how Achilles embark on his journey knowing the outcome of his choice which is death when he could actually carry on living by staying behind (1.430). The lessons we can gain from Iliad and Odyssey is that we should not succumb to fate while Aeneid reminds us that we should believe in fate

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    2001: A Space Odyssey

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    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Stanley Kubrick is a classic movie that combines nearly every cinematic element imaginable into a single movie that was revolutionary for its time. Right off the bat‚ the movies captures your emotions with an iconic score‚ and strong‚ vibrant visuals. At the very beginning of the movie‚ the watcher is given a pitch-black scene‚ while music plays in the background for several minutes‚ gradually intensifying until it builds to a climax. The music itself takes the watcher

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    Longing for Home In the Odyssey‚ Ithaka is illustrated as a place of danger and struggle‚ yet Odysseus yearns to reach his homeland. On his journey home‚ Odysseus is presented with homes in which he knows he will be safe and with an abundance of comfort. One major example of a comfortable home was the island of Kalypso‚ in which he was promised all the riches and immortal life. Before he embarks on his journey home‚ Odysseus expressed to Kalypso his longing for home and how incredibly he longed

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    Heroism In The Odyssey

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    Brianna Pearson Core-2 Date-9/30/12 Heroism Poem A hero can be real or fictional but either way a hero goes through the same stages and has choices to make to help others at whatever cost. Someone may not seem like they could be a hero but by doing what they can‚ could help make a huge difference in someone’s life. Being a hero is not always what movies and comic books make it out to be; a hero can be a regular person being generous. Making

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    Morality In The Odyssey

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    and person acts according to his perception of the current reality not his morality. I believe to follow ethics in real live and live practically rather than boast about my moral beliefs. People will look me via intense perception if I give this example to support my moral beliefs but in reality‚ most person act according to

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    Odyssey Character Summary

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    -Characters are based on “The Odyssey (1997)” movie. Odysseus - Main character; The Odyssey = Odusseia in Greek; circa 800-600 BC. Penelope - Wife of Odysseus Telemachus – son of Odysseus Eumaeus – the loyal shepherd Anticleia – is the mother of Odysseus who killed herself due to grief. Eurycleia – is the Loyal servant who nursed Odysseus and Telemachus when they were babies. Odysseus’ Men: • Perimedes – warrior who challenged and got eaten by Scylla. • Eurybates – loyal servant

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    stepping on others to reach it and at the same time to avoid extreme and take the middle way. My human ideal is pretty much stated in “Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle”‚ but the other texts have their own validated ways to reach the human ideal. The Odyssey portrayed a character who seems to be the ideal mortal. His name

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    The Odyssey Themes

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    Sorrow‚ Suffering‚ Grief‚ Agony‚ Distress‚ and Misery: According to Greek Mythology the act of being human demands that you must suffer and there is no escape from pain‚ it is the price you pay to be human. “By nights he would lie beside her‚ of necessity‚ in the hollow caerns‚ against his will‚ by one who was willing‚ but all the days he would sit upon the rocks‚ at the seaside‚ breaking his heart in tears and lamentation and sorrow as weeping tears he looked out over the barren water. “(5.154-158)

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