Director: Steve McQueen Genre: Drama‚ Biography‚ and History Release Year: 8 November 2013 Describe: The 12 years is a film that is very sadistic. Since this movie is about slavery‚ the movie is not showing the human right. Treating people differently because they are black not white. Plot: 12 years of slave is based on a true story. It’s about an African American freeman‚ Solomon Northup who was taken in Washington and was sold to be a slave in 1841. Solomon Northup used to work as a violinist
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the way to become the "creator" and play that role really well. Odysseus plays the role of the creator very well in the odyssey. By creating instantaneous lies when encounters with people that question him or he gets in trouble. Odysseus is a creator in the Odyssey by getting his men out of rough situation and as his journey back to Ithaca become more challenging he find the courage and inner guide to get himself back home. Odysseus is the master of schemes but it gets to his head and thinks that
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island of the Cicones. At the island of the Cicones Odysseus and his men stormed the beach but didn’t press any attack on the people there. The Cicones rallied back up and prepared for an attack on Odysseus and his men‚ from horse back. In a large battle that Odysseus inevitably lost‚ six rows of Odysseus’s men were killed and Odysseus had to flee the island The Lotus-Eaters When Odysseus and his men landed on the island of the Lotus-Eaters‚ Odysseus sent out a scouting party of three or so men who
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Have you ever been immature at the start of a big event then at the end become very mature? If you have then you are just like Odysseus in the Odyssey‚ very immature and made lots of mistakes at the beginning but then at the end lets go of his major pride and submits to the gods’ wishes. One summer my Mother and sister went to Romania on a mission’s trip‚ so my brothers were sent to stay at a friends and I flew to Arizona from Wyoming to stay with some other friends. I was twelve years old and thought
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Breanna Manlick 4-26-2014 CLAS 342 Paper Assignment #2 Character Foils for Odysseus The Odyssey is the epic that has been read time and time again‚ by varying ages‚ digging its way into our hearts‚ becoming an instant classic. Odysseus and the adventures of his homecoming create a much different tale than Homer’s other work‚ the Iliad‚ provided. The epic is not about bloodthirsty men trying to get their hands on kleos anymore; it is about the homecoming of a man who uses his wits‚ not his weapon
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Robert Fitzgerald the hero Odysseus goes through struggles‚ in which he nearly gives up on his fight and somehow resurrects himself. The amount of challenges that Odysseus’ had to face on his journey home were grander than most men would ever face. One example of Odysseus’s feelings of great defeat‚ happens on Odysseus’ way home and his crew lets the winds out of the bag which were supposed to be kept in the bag as a guide home. These winds created a hurricane‚ which Odysseus’ ship was thrown into it
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noble qualities. In my opinion‚ I believe Odysseus is considered a hero. According to The Odyssey by Homer‚ hero’s are described as people who are loyal‚ brave‚ and smart. Odysseus had all these traits‚ and appears numerous times throughout his journey. Odysseus is a hero because he is loyal‚ brave‚ and clever. He is a loyal man in more than one way. On his ninth year journey home‚ he and his crew encounter a Nymph known as Circe. The Nymph and Odysseus begin to have a disagreement‚ Circe transfers
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Odysseus: A Hero Odysseus is a strong man and cares about his family which he needs to get back to after The Trojan War. Odysseus is strong and he leads his men with confidence. He also is a hero because of the amazing and brave deeds that he has performed. Also‚ Odysseus has supernatural strength‚ with the help of gods‚ and is very intelligent. Odysseus shows these traits by completing tasks that were ahead of him. He also had to trick many to get back to his family. Odysseus defeats many who
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Relationship between Athena and Odysseus By looking at the epic The Odyssey by Homer‚ there are a lot of contacts between human and immoral‚ the relationship between Athena and Odysseus‚ which make me interesting‚ also this is important for the story. The relationship between Athena and Odysseus is the key for the story‚ because Odysseus had received a lot of help from Athena‚ their relationship is the reason to explain why would an immortal Athena who never interesting or attracted by any male
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In order to be a good leader you must have good traits‚ but sometimes they might have some flaws. Such as Odysseus‚ even though Odysseus is a good leader and has good characteristics he does have some flaws in which I’m going to explain you. First what makes Odysseus a good leader is his strength‚ courage‚ and determination. In the story Odysseus shows strength when he has his men tie him up to listen to the Sirens. “Therefore you are to tie me up‚ tight as splint‚ erect along the mast‚ lashed
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