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    Esmeralda Frias Jim Schrantz English Composition I February 27‚ 2010 Copyright Law The copyright form is a type of protection that the law of the United States provides to the authors of original work‚ such as literary‚ dramatic‚ musical‚ and artistic‚ composers‚ poets‚ and other intellectual work. Even for the published or not published works the protection it’s available to them too. Piracy is used mostly comes from the United States. That is why the United States decided to make a Copyright

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    The begin of the moving-picture; Penelope is bearing Odysseus’ child‚ Telemachus. Later‚ the rulers (Agamemmon and Menalayes) make Odysseus leave Ithica for war against the Trojans. He was meaning to bring his bow with him on his excursion‚ however‚ his mom instructed him to keep the bow in Ithica in this manner once he returns home he can demonstrate his child the best approach to utilize it. Before leaving his home‚ Odysseus prays to the Goddess Athena to help him through this war. At that point

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    In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus’ Nostos‚ return home‚ is more theatrical and elaborate than it should be. His return home‚ however‚ is not as glamorous as he thought it would be‚ with all of the suitors trying to win over his wife. He spends a great deal of time plotting vengeance of the suitors. Odysseus is determined to purify his home of all unloyalties and regain control over his kingdom. This results in a barbaric slaughter of innocent foreigners and citizens of Ithaca. Odysseus’ central goal is to

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    that Odysseus serves to be a hero. He is a great example of a heroic person. In the book It states that Odysseus is very clever and one of the most important heros in the book. It says in the book “Odysseus is the cleverest of the Greek heros because he is guided by the Goddess of wisdom‚ Athena.” -Page 660. It states right out of the book that Odysseus is the cleverest out of all of the Greek heros. This shows that Odysseus is a very smart and heroic god. Although It proves that Odysseus is very

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    Analysis of Odysseus At the heart of every good story is a character that engages the reader. In the case of the Odyssey by Homer‚ this character is Odysseus. Throughout the epic Odysseus makes several fatal decisions which results in the death of his crew and the length of his journey being extended by several years. However‚ is all this excusable? Do the aspects of Greek society make his actions forgivable? While the answer is left up to the reader‚ it is important to scrutinize the character before

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    summoning Hermes to retrieve Odysseus from Calypso‚ Odysseus is offered the almost irrestible abiloity to become immortal and live forever‚ for as long as he chooses never to return home to his family. With this offer Odysseus’ only desire are to return home home to his family‚ therefore rejected the offer of Calypso. Odysseus‚ knowing the despair and troubles that await him upon his return home‚ is adamant in his decision. The point that Homer was trying to make with Odysseus’ decision was that of true

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    Odysseus‚ relieved Ithaca’s normalcy returned‚ was furious upon discovery that Polyphemus‚ the wretched Cyclops who kept Odysseus and his men prisoner in his cave‚ was attacking Ithaca. Twenty years after having returned from his journey‚ Odysseus had managed to rebuild Ithaca and return it to its former glory. Until that day‚ when he heard rumors of a mammoth beast attacking a village near the coast. When Odysseus first glimpsed Polyphemus‚ the monster exclaimed‚ in a terrifying voice‚ “Odysseus

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    In the poem by Homer‚ Odysseus struggles to get home to Ithaca. He never gives up no matter what tries to stop him; he is determined to 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

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    Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activists and is well known as “the mother of the freedom movement. She is know as a hero today. Another person that we consider as a hero is Odysseus‚ an epic hero in the story the Odyssey who overcomes many dangers and obstacles to get home. Although Odysseus‚ an epic hero from the Odyssey‚ and Rosa Parks‚ and african

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    (462)” with the purpose of hearing the fate of his journey home from Tiresias. The scene that Homer outlines through the mouth of Odysseus is one of absolute sorrow heavily laden with the imagery of blood. This underworld is described as unable to be permeated by light saying “the sun never shines there‚ never climbs the starry sky to beam down at them‚ nor bathes them in the glow of

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