eye blinding him. The next morning Odysseus led his men secretly out of the cave. Odysseus had 2 choices. He could stay immortal with calypso or go home to his kingdom. Odysseus stayed with Calypso for 7 years. She wanted him to stay with her forever. That all changed when Athena demanded Zeus to tell Calypso to let Odysseus go. Hermes sent the message to Calypso but she had a plan. She gave Odysseus a choice‚ to be human or immortal. Odysseus chose to go home because his heart is with Penelope.
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see his family and get back to ruling his island. Whatever Odysseus has to do to get home; he will do. Odysseus experienced different obstacles and two of them such as Circe turning his crew members into pigs and another obstacle Odysseus faced was Calypso keeping him captive at her island. Odysseus’s Journey to get home relates to the struggle of a soldier in the 21st century by people in the military struggling to get home to their families. One of the many obstacles Odysseus faced was that Circe
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The term Latin American as used here encompasses the Americas south of the United States‚ as well as the entire Caribbean. The musics of this vast area are perhaps most efficiently discussed in terms of ethnic components--European (especially Iberian)‚ Amerindian‚ African‚ and mestizo ("mixed" or acculturated). Amerindian Background During the colonial period in Latin America (16th-19th century) many Amerindian populations were decimated‚ and much traditional Amerindian musical culture was destroyed
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The Odyssey is a story about a Greek God named Odysseus. His journey is to make it back home to Ithaca to his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. But through his journey‚ Odysseus gets himself stuck on an island for seven years‚ which makes his journey back to Ithaca longer ways away. While Odysseus is away‚his home was getting invaded by suiters‚ and if Odysseus didn’t arrive home before his son Telemachus had a patch of facial hair‚ Penelope had to marry one of the Suitors.But after twenty years
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committed suicide because she missed Odysseus and believed he was dead. Mothers need to look after‚ nurture‚ and protect their sons and husbands. I’d say Penelope is the most complex woman I have ever read about. She is both a mother and sometimes a seductress. She leads the suitors on and makes them wait. She is not ready to marry again. “It is your mother’s fault not ours‚ for she is a very artful woman. This three years past‚ and close on four‚ she has been driving us out of our minds‚ by encouraging
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ea. Odysseus is trapped on the island Ogygia by the goddess Calypso who wants him to be her husband. b. Hermes is sent to tell Calypso to release Odysseus and she eventually complies. i. Calypso helps Odysseus build a boat and stocks it full of everything he will need. c. Poseidon creates a storm and nearly drowns Odysseus but a goddess gives him a cloak that allows him to swim to a nearby shore. i. Up a stream into nearby woods d. Odysseus wakes up in the woods and sees the princess of the Phaeacians
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Odysseus that the Lotus Eaters drugged the other men. This reveals Odysseus’ theme of fate because he did not go with his men to see if the Land of the Lotus Eaters was safe. In book five of The Odyssey‚ Odysseus reveals the theme of fate because Calypso wants to keep him all to herself and marry him. However‚ the gods tell her she has to set Odysseus free so he can continue what fate has brought him. In the
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hero because he is courageous‚ intelligent‚ and cunning. Odysseus is a hero because he is cunning. When Calypso is telling Odysseus that she is letting him go she wants to know why he wants to leave her. He replies “My quiet Penelope…/ would seem a shade before your majesty/…Yet‚ it is true each day/ I long for home‚ long for the sight of home.” (5.114-118). Odysseus does not tell Calypso he misses his wife because she will be jealous and not help him get home. Instead‚ he pleads with her that
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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 to rescue Odysseus from Calypso‚ even though Poseidon holds a grudge and wishes to keep him there. The gods send a messenger‚ Hermes‚ to tell Calypso to release Odysseus. Zeus instructs Hermes to tell Calypso that she is to let Odysseus go. Odysseus shall not have the help of gods or any men. He must build his own boat‚ and then after twenty days at sea‚ he shall reach
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one being poetry and the other being essays. These two illustrative literature artists both included nature in their writings. They say that poetry and essays are completely different but on the other hand they have similarities. In the essay "Calypso Borealis" written by John Muir he compared his life and his feelings to the world around him. The nature around him explained how he felt if you look deeper into what he was saying. His feelings showed through the plants flowers and fruit all around
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