help him not only come home‚ but be mentally ready for the challenges he would face. To achieve respect by his people‚ he needed to kill the suitors who so dishonorably were courting his wife. Odysseus was stranded on Calypso’s island and the lovely nymph held him captive. Seemingly no hope‚ and no way to get home. Athena summoned a God’s meeting and “began‚ recalling Odysseus to their thoughts…” (5.5-6). Bringing the idea up in first place gave attention to his situation and a desire for help. Giving
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Explore Waugh and Elliot’s view of the modern world in the two extracts. Whilst both these works are considered modernist texts to varying degrees‚ the depiction of the modern world and in essence the “unreal city” varies greatly. Post and prelapsarian worlds coexist with each other through a traverse array of facades and the distorting viewpoint of the privileged‚ along with other incoherent modernist viewpoints. Whilst Elliot’s depiction of the modern world is a barren‚ almost post apocalyptical
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On the surface Eudora Welty’ s short story‚ “A Worn Path"‚ is an account of an old black woman’s journey from Old Natchez Trace to Natchez‚ Mississippi. In fact‚ some readers may perceive Old Phoenix’s journey and only having ups and downs. However‚ a second level of interpretation indicates a powerful statement of how death and rebirth can be found in her hardship. This paper will be concerned with three allusions that substantiate the theme of death and rebirth: references to the Phoenix myth from
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Socrates and the Anti-Democracy The trial‚ determination of guilt‚ and eventual death of Socrates‚ one of the paramount philosophers in history‚ on the charge of “corrupting the young and of not believing in the gods in whom the city believes” (Plato 24c) in Athens‚ perhaps the most famous freedom-loving‚ democratic city-state of the Western world‚ is puzzling. In his earlier days‚ Socrates was once seen as an eccentric headmaster of a school of thinking‚ a harmless character wandering the streets
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Fish Farming / Aquaculture What is Aquaculture? Aquaculture is an industry that encompasses the cultivation of aquatic plants and animals in controlled systems for commercial‚ recreation or resource management purposes. The most widely accepted short definition of Aquaculture is the cultivation of any aquatic (freshwater and marine) species of plant or animal. Aquaculture for food production is similar to other forms of animal husbandry‚ the animals are cared for‚ protected and fed with the intention
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The antifeedant activity of the extracts choice and no-choice test methods‚ after 24 and 48 hours in each test‚ against 7 day old (3rd instar) larvae of S. litura on castor leaves. Stock solutions of the test compounds were prepared in the carrier solvents. Further dilution was done in emulsified water by maintaining emulsifier (Tween – 80) level at 0.5 % to yield various concentrations. Castor leaf discs (4 cm diameter) were punched out from the washed and dried castor leaves. Leaf discs were dipped
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Odysseus: Not Just Another Hero In Homer ’s epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ Odysseus possesses the qualities of compassion and patience‚ ability of human weakness and love for his family‚ which qualify him as an epic hero. Odysseus constantly expresses love for his family throughout The Odyssey. As Odysseus finally arrives home and sees his son for the first time in twenty years‚ Homer writes‚ "Held back too long‚ the tears ran down his cheeks as he embraced his son" (931). This clearly demonstrates that
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Odyssey share many similarities. The most important and significant similarity is that both epic poems are involved in a conflict when we first encounter the poems. In The Odyssey‚ we learn that the main character‚ Odysseus‚ has been held captive by the nymph Calypso for twenty years. We also learn that Odysseus had finished (and won) fighting a war against the city of Troy and has been held captive by Calypso ever since. During this time‚ Odysseus’ son and wife‚ whom Odysseus left behind to fight in the
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also showed its limitations and sole weakness – its mutually exclusive enemy – reason and logic through Apollonius. Keats also showed in Lamia that love survived in the realm of illusion through the side story between Hermes and his beloved nymph. The two immortals live their love in a world of fantasy for ‘Real are the dreams of Gods‚ and smoothly pass
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The Trojan War is over‚ and all of the survivors are home except one: Odysseus. He is at the Nymph Calypso’s island‚ detained for she wishes him to marry her. All of the gods felt sorry for him‚ except Poseidon. Poseidon is in Eithiopia‚ however‚ and the rest of the gods hold a meeting where Athena brings up poor Odysseus.The gods come to the conclusion
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