draws a knife and takes his own life. The modern day version‚ "O" takes place in a white prep boarding school. One of very few black students‚ Odin‚ is the star basketball player. He has the love of the most popular girl who also happens to be the daughter of the school’s dean. On the other side there is Hugo and Roger. Hugo is Odin’s best friend and Odin often confides in him‚ not knowing that Hugo has always been insanely jealous of him. Roger is madly in love
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deeds of three major Norse gods or goddesses Odin: Odin was the king of Asgard and the ruler of Aesir he was also the lord of war‚ death and knowledge. Odin had two ravens Hugin and Munin‚ everyday he sent them to gather information. Whenever Odin travelled he rode on an eight-legged horse named Sleipnir and two wolves Geri and Freki also accompanied him. Odin had a throne in the hall of Asgard; here he observed all that happened in the nine realms. Odin had great power he could cause a war on earth
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fight and protect his land. When he kills the love of his life‚ it is rather unexpected and therefore may be claimed as a tragedy. In contrast‚ Odin from the movie “O”‚ is a young male trying to find true love. Having been raised in a poor area without proper love from his family‚ Odin is seen as a more sympathetic character than Othello. Also‚ when Odin kills Desi‚ he is under the influence of some sort of drug which may alter his sense of mind thus making it a bit more ‘acceptable’. Iago and
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Basketball Courts :Modern century Warzones. Gone are the days when sports were the best extra curriculars and doing exceptionally well in them reaped innumerable benefits.As sports in highschool become increasingly competitive‚ they start bringing more harm than benefit.The movie "O" which is a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s "Othello" deals with similar issues .It shows Hugo as a character obsessed with succeeding in basketball and winning his father’s attention by fair or unfair means.While
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computers were able to help both in office and at home (Odin). Even though computers were very expensive at that time‚ many middle class families could afford to have one at home. Therefore‚ the personal computer industry started in the 1970s. J. Odin‚ a professor of University of Hawaii at Manoa‚ writes: “With the development of Random Access Memory (RAM) and invention of microprocessors‚ the personal computer industry took off in the seventies” (Odin). The idea that computers could be used not only
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plot‚ and sequence of events‚ but he set his movie in modern times. It takes place in a primarily white high school where Odin‚ playing the part of Othello‚ is a basketball star who leads his team to many victories. His right-hand-man‚ Michel (playing Cassio) is always there for him‚ helping in any way he can. Hugo plays the part of Iago. He shows a lot of jealousy towards Odin and Desi (playing Desdemona) being in a relationship as well as all of Odin’s skills. The characters that create this
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Traditional Viking Religion The Vikings’ religious beliefs were constantly changing and evolving. They had many different ways of worshiping‚ and viewing their gods. It was dependent completely on where you lived‚ in what era‚ and what your social class was‚ though the Vikings weren’t very strict on this. Most of these beliefs were recorded after Christianity had already taken hold of the Viking culture. But‚ it seems that under their outer appearance of ‘good little Christians’‚ they were still
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"Othello" written in (1603) by William Shakespeare and "O" a transformation of "Othello" which premiered in (2001) by Tim Blake-Nelson are both texts that explore the concept of jealousy. However‚ What is Jealousy? Jealousy is the desire for another’s advantages which typically results in suspicion and violence - This definition rings true with the representation of jealousy in both texts Both texts represent the concept of jealousy in different ways. However‚ both Shakespeare and Blake-Nelson explore
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References: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology retrieved 2010-11-02 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki retrieved 2010-11-04 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin retrieved 2010-11-05 4. http://www.mythicalrealm.com/legends.thor.html retrieved 2010-11-05 5. http://www.norse-mythology.com retrieved 2010-11-28 6. Silja Aðalsteinsdóttir. 1992. “Orð af Orði”. Reykjavík. Mál og menning.
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Sacred Places A sacred place can be interpreted as many things that can and cannot be seen or visited. The majority of all mythologies have some sort of sacred place that is associated with it. A sacred place doesn’t have to be a heaven or hell. It can be an altar‚ ruin‚ place of sacrifice‚ ritual spot‚ burial site‚ cultural migration lines‚ pictographs‚ and any other place that could be essential to a culture. (Leonard & McClure‚ 2004‚ "Gulliford ’s Nine Categories of Sacred Places"). One of the
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