The Odyssey by Homer is an epic poem about Odysseus’ journey to his homeland Ithaca and beloved family‚ after being gone for ten long years because of the Trojan war. Odysseus is faced with many obstacles‚ including his encounters with Poseidon‚ the god of the sea‚ the witch goddess‚ Circe‚ and the scandalous suitors of Ithaca. On the other hand‚ DC Comic’s Superman is the hero in a story about Clark Kent‚ who grows up on Earth with human parents and soon discovers his true identity and must find
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a way to communicate ideas‚ past experiences and history passed down from generation to generation. According to the presentation in class a hero story deals with adventures‚ a fight/quest and a transformation. In the stories of Gilgamesh and The Odyssey both characters possess different and similar qualities involving the characteristic of a traditional hero story. A hero story by definition “Informs the reader that a hero is setting out from an everyday home to pursue an adventure where he defeats
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Odysseus: A Hero in the Making Homer is extremely clever in weaving the message that we often tell ourselves when undergoing hardships: that suffering ultimately makes us better people in the end. In The Odyssey‚ the main character and hero Odysseus undergoes a long voyage that tests his morals‚ character‚ and principles. Embarking on a journey home that takes about 20 years instead of a few weeks‚ Odysseus the hero is certainly not a man without his flaws and it is through his mistakes and errors
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The Odyssey is Homer epic of Odysseus 10-year struggle to return home after the Trojan War. Odysseus and his men battle mystical creatures and faces the wrath of the gods. There are various versions of the story. For instance‚ the film “The Odyssey” from Andrey Koncholovsky portrays the story differently in compared to Homer’s original story. The film changes some of the events in order to make Odysseus more heroic‚ a good leader‚ while the original story depicts him differently. For example‚ Koncholovsky
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Adams 1 Emily Adams Mr. Campbell Honors English 12 21 April 2015 Deception in The Odyssey Through history‚ humans and animals have been using sneaky methods to get what they want‚ and several tactics in order to survive‚ some in which are deception. Lying is an extremely common and strategic approach‚ but also manipulation‚ a tactic Odysseus was extremely fond of. Odysseus had used different angles when trying to achieve his desired outcome‚ whether or not the result had any effect on Odysseus himself
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The Odyssey A LETTER TO MY SON 12th March 2041 Dear Son‚ Happy 13th birthday‚ my dear son! Congratulations on becoming a teenager. Both your mother and I cannot believe how fast you have grown. I have chosen this book‚ The Odyssey‚ to guide you as you grow into a man. My English teacher‚ Mrs Jones‚ FORCED us to read it when I was your age ( and although it was VERY boring at first (especially the complicated timeline)‚ we were soon engrossed in Odysseus’s swashbuckling adventures
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Frederick Douglass once said “With out a Struggle their can be no Progress”. This quote perfectly explains the ups and downs of ones quest to return home. In the Odyssey‚ Homer uses Odysseus’s journey to show how one’s journey can affect them as a person. In the Odyssey‚ Homer gives Odysseus’s challenges that detours his journey home. These problems affect his desire to get back home and what he will do for his family. Odysseus states “ I drew on all my wits‚ and ran through the tactics‚ reasoning
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The Odyssey is an epic from the writer Homer in the 8th century. The Odyssey is a 20 year voyage of a man named Odysseus who was king of Ithaca. The first ten years of the voyage was a war Odysseus fought in called the Trojan War. Odysseus ended the war when he had the genius idea of creating a horse as a “peace offering” because he knew he could not beat the Trojans from the outside. The horse was hollowed out in the inside so Odysseus and his men could fit inside it. Once the Trojans brought the
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The Iliad and The Odyssey are tales written by Homer centered on the drama of the Trojan War. First poem deals with the time during the end of the war‚ while the latter‚ which occurs roughly ten years later‚ explains the disastrous journey of Odysseus fighting his way back home. The character of women in the Odyssey is to exhibit the many and diverse roles that women play in the lives of men. These functions vary from characters such as the goddess ’ that help them to the nymphs who trick them
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obedience to the Gods in which the Greek world revolved around. Beyond relaying a fantastic journey‚ featuring a glorified hero who embodies to perfection Greek ideals‚ Homer uses the epic books of The Odyssey to explore all the nuances of Greek culture. Each part of The Odyssey possesses a purpose beyond detailing popular mythology. Book Eleven’s Underworld becomes the culmination of all the values and ideals that Homer touches on in prior books. Homer uses the underworld as a
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