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    The Odyssey Research Paper Ashanti once said‚ "I have a tremendous amount of respect for military families. To have to worry about your loved ones and still try and live a normal life is extremely hard." For most military families it is hard to maintain a normal life with the constant worry about a loved one in the military on your mind. This worrying causes a great deal of stress and puts enormous strains on military families. Statistics show that Students with deployed parents experience significantly

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    Throughout The Odyssey‚ the Greek vocabulary word metis holds the most importance because of the clever‚ life-saving decisions Odysseus makes. Throughout the epic‚ Odysseus is faced with several challenges to overcome. His quick-witted (wily) personality and intelligence is what eventually gets him out of these situations. For example‚ on the island of the lotus-eaters‚ Odysseus’ men become addicted to the louts flowers and intend to stay on the island forever. Odysseus was smart enough not to eat

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    In Greek tradition‚ the host was considered responsible for his guest’s comfort and safety‚ and a breach of those laws of hospitality was thought to anger Zeus‚ God of the gods. In the Odyssey there are a few instances in which the law of Xenia is broken‚ quite a few of those belong in book nine of the Odyssey‚ in which Odysseus and his men are lured into a Cyclops’ cave in which the owner‚ Polypheus‚ is angered and doesn’t care about the law of Xenia. One example in which Polyphemus breaks Xenia

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    Week 4 Compare/Contrast “2001: A Space Odyssey & “The Sentinel” Science Fiction In the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey”‚ it deals with a series of encounters between humans and a mysterious black monoliths that is apparently effecting human evolution. In the short story “The Sentinel”‚ the story basically reverses the roll of the black monoliths. The narrator in the short story speculates that the mysterious aliens who left the monolith behind may have used mechanisms belonging “to a technology

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    portrayed as seductresses. These women create problems for Odysseus in Homer’s story‚ The Odyssey. Some examples of this would be through women like Calypso‚ who held men against their will‚ Circe‚ a dangerous woman who practiced sorcery and the Sirens‚ who lure men to their death. All together these women caused many problems to Odysseus and other men. Throughout the Odyssey‚ women are used as a symbol of temptation and seduction. Odysseus finds himself trapped on an island Ogygia by the nymph‚ Calypso

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    Book 12 Odyssey

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    The Odyssey In Book Twelve of the Odyssey‚ recounted by Homer‚ Odysseus uses the knowledge gained from Circe and his own wisdom to overcome the obstacles and protect his men during his return to Ithaca. Departing from Circe’s island with a depleted crew and dwindling hope of their return to their home in Ithaca‚ Odysseus has to travel through difficult‚ diverse situations. Heeding Circe’s warnings‚ Odysseus knows how to handle the danger caused by the Sirens. When sailing by the Island of the Sirens

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    are no specific legal provision‚ broadly they are controlled under two acts‚ private firm registration act 2014 and industrial enterprise act 2049. For the fieldwork report‚ small scale industry named as “Temption Bakery Café” is chosen. Temptation Bakery Café located at Siddhartha Marg‚ Biratnagar-13 was established in B.S. 2045 with starting capital Rs.150‚000.00. Mrs. Sangeeta Byas‚ the proprietor of TBC is a woman entrepreneur. TBC‚ starting with three limited items of product‚ is now

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    Greek Gods In The Odyssey

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    Monsters and creatures of Greek mythology Homer the Odyssey tells the tale of a journey of the hero Odysseus and the journey through danger‚ temptation‚ and self evaluation. The monsters of greek mythology test the heroic side of a person and that’s what they did to Odysseus. “This time his opponents are not military‚ instead‚ he encounters various monsters who try to keep him from his wife penelope.” Greek mythology first developed in 700 bc‚ with that a poet named Hesiod’s Theogony who

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    In ancient Greek society‚ the purpose of women was to bear children and take care of the household. Penelope in the Odyssey was expected to wait patiently for Odysseus to return from the Trojan War. While doing so‚ she was expected to keep herself occupied with household chores such as weaving and spinning. Medea was expected to passively and obediently go into exile after her husband Jason decided to marry another woman. Penelope and Medea‚ the leading women in their respective Greek works both

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    After reading the Odyssey‚I think Odysseus returned to kill suitors back our own country is very correct. Odysseus in waves and the struggle of monsters‚ also use opportunely ingenuity‚ bravely overcome countless disasters. Difficulties‚ he will not be intimidated by any wealth‚ or even love the temptation to shake him.Encouraged him to overcome difficulties is he to tribal group and the affection to his wife‚ so I think hero Odysseus is a justice.When Odysseus on exotic‚ Ithaca and neighbouring

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