you seen this before? How are the passages similar? How are they different? What does this similarity/ difference tell us about a larger similarities/differences in the works of a whole? Example from teacher: Aeneid line 404-424 (Dido is broken hearted) Odyssey: 212-225 (Calypso- "Can I be less desirable?") similarity: both have broken-hearts- the protagonist is leaving them difference: Aneid- Rome calls‚ going to Italy to build a new home/ Dido refuses to accept his leaving/ Dido is simply
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In chapter two that covers The Parallelism between The Iliad and The Godfather‚ we illustrated the generic transcendence of the hypotext‚ The Iliad that the hypertext‚ The Godfather inherited‚ by way of Genette’s architextuality. The outcome of this theory‚ first‚ showed that both the heroes of our case study are represented as extraordinary figures under the theme of the supernatural. Next‚ by applying Aristotle’s theory of tragedy on Achilles and Michael Corleone‚ we discovered that they are tragic
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The Great Floods: Gilgamesh vs. The Genesis The epic story of Gilgamesh talks about a great flood that covered the whole world. Isn’t it strange that this story seems to mirror that of the great flood in the Book of Genesis? These two stories contain general similarities but when comparing the minute details‚ they are very different. The story of Gilgamesh was written around 2000 B.C.‚ many years before the Genesis story in about 400 B.C. The writers of the bible probably knew of the flood in
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The Epic of Gilgamesh and Noah and the flood myths stories has several similarities and difference. In the both stories‚ there is an enormous flood that covers the earth. The flood myth in The Epic of Gilgamesh was written somewhere around 2750 and 2500 BCE‚ whereas the Noah and the Flood was written around 500 BC. As for The Mesopotamian story is date in the Bronze Age‚ 3000-1050 BC. All three stories tell a story of a noble figure who is apprised by mystical beings that a large flood is going
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telling what is assumed to be a tale of the same event‚ there are many similarities as well as differences in certain details of the story. Although some of these differing aspects are for the most part‚ fairly trivial‚ some of them are quite drastic from one version to the other. <br><br>The source of the myth in the two cultures is quite different‚
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everyone possessed the means to read and write so when something was written it possessed a certain sense of strong meaning and truthfulness‚ whether or not the story was fabricated. I believe two of the most well-known stories that reflect this are The Iliad and The Aeneid. These stories were considered epics or “poems telling of an adventure of a legendary person.” Even though the stories differ by context and plot I believe that they are‚ in certain literary means‚ two of the same stories. We can arrive
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Journey Through Life The Journey of Gilgamesh and Odysseus came from two different time periods with two heroes trying to find their meaning to life. The two men have both been granted strengths by the Gods. One having physical strength and the other having mental strength. Both men take on these journey’s and experience hardships and make mistakes in order to find themselves and what their life is really about. Both stories have many similarities and differences but both end with the same meaning
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In reading the Iliad and Sunjata: A West African Epic of the Mande Peoples‚ I can see family values stand out to me in them both. In the Iliad‚ we see Hector with his strong family values. From him protecting his brother‚ to his words to his mother before he heads off to fight Achilles. “I know this is hard‚ mother‚ but you have to endure it. I don’t want to see you getting beat up‚ and me unable to help you.” (144) With Sunjata‚ we see how he is in regards to his mother. After he hears how his mother
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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 a shadowy presence‚ enters death‚ pass tests and receives aid‚ after gaining a reward the hero returns home transformed.” Gilgamesh portrays a very astute‚ handsome and masculine
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After reading The Epic of Gilgamesh one can clearly see the relationship between the contrast to the Bible and Gilgamesh of the Flood acoount. Many scholars argue that these are talking of the same account‚ which is justifiable since the two accounts are strikingly similar. However‚ since there are a few differences this argues that they are not the same account‚ but that the Gilgamesh account of the flood was inspired by the Bibical account in Genesis. The three big points that show their similarities
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