In Homer’s Odyssey and Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song”, they are able to portray the Sirens as deceiving creatures. Homer’s use of Odysseus’ point of view and Atwood’s use of the Siren’s point of view demonstrates the persistence of the Siren’s luring song to divert Odysseus’ men, which both authors reveal a tempting tone. Through the character Odysseus, Homer is able to portray Odysseus’ willpower to not allow the seducing sea creatures seize him into their trap. Homer, with Odysseus point of view, describes the Siren’s song as “thrilling and ravishing”.…
Somewhere in 8th century ancient greek, Homer, a greek author and poet wrote one of the greatest adventure stories of all time: The Odyssey. From then on, The Odyssey has been told, revamped, and reimagined a thousand times over. O Brother, Where Art Thou? A 2000 adventure film was produced based off the great old greek tale, receiving several awards.…
Apollodorus’ Library is a reference work in which authors and poets can obtain information about Greek mythology to discuss in a paper or poem. Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a work of literature which contains many poems about Greek mythology. Ovid’s Metamorphoses would be a work of literature in which the author would get the small details of the god or goddess’s life from Apollodorus’ Library.…
Darkness is displayed in many ways, including hopelessness and death, but the Great Depression shows the finest of it. This horrible time had a negative effect on people’s thinking, such as actual depression and the feeling of loss. Sounds can remind people of death as well. On the contrary, even reading words can scare anyone to death. O’brother…
More than three thousand years after its composition, Homer’s Odyssey is still celebrated for having captured two of the innumerable stories and poems that were passed on from generation to generation very much in the same way that amber petrifies a bug, preserving an ephemeral memory, a decision which could not have been any more fortunate in such a pivotal time as when those stories had already began to fade away into obscurity as something of the far, distant past. Homer beggins by assuming an in medias res. form of narrative, in which, ten years after the Trojan embroilment, in which many of the Achaens return to their home to find that most everything has remained the same as just when they had left off, but in the case of Agamemnon and…
O Brother, Where Art Thou? is an adventure Movie that came out in 2000 starring actors George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson, and John Goodman. Set in 1937 rural Mississippi during the Great Depression, the film 's story is a modern satire loosely based on Homer 's epic poem, Odyssey. The famous Coen brothers who produced, edited, and directed the movie decided to base the plot of the movie compared to the story the Odyssey. Although the movies main character, Ulysses Everett McGill and Odyssey’s main character Odysseus share similarities, the movie adapts many of Homer’s plotlines and charaters. Occasionally leaders can become inattentive, surprisingly even the prominent ones, nevertheless it is their responsibility to perceive…
The Odyssey is regarded as one of the greatest written Epics, O Brother, Where Art Thou? was nominated for the best motion picture in the 2001 Golden Globe Awards. The Odyssey follows the journey of the greatest hero ever written, Odysseus, home. The movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? explores Everett, Pete and Delmar’s journey as they search for a similar hidden treasure. The Odyssey and the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou have very similar elements yet both have their versions of the story: the similarities/differences are: both epics explore how sometimes trickery can overcome brute force and sometimes it does not, similarly the book and movie illustrate how temptation can triumph over common sense yet some can control their temptations while…
These two poems are both called an epic due for this very reason here given it is a “long, stylized narrative poem celebrating the deeds of a national hero is known as an epic. Scholars sometimes distinguish two types: the folk epic, reflect- ing the customs, rituals, and ideas of a tribal society and an oral poetic tradition, and the literary epic, written in a more advanced civilization. The epic is typically didactic with teaching”(.…
Wynona Ryan The Odyssey The Odyssey, an epic poem written by the blind poet Homer, is the story of the resourceful Odysseus, king of Ithaca. The Odyssey tells the tale of Odysseus’ years of hardship in trying to return home to his wife and son after victory over the Trojan war, with the interference of gods and goddesses. The epic poem was then adapted into a film, also named The Odyssey, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky in 1997. This essay is the discussion of the differences and similarities between the epic poem and epic film.…
In William Faulkner’s novel, As I Lay Dying, the Bundren family makes a journey to the town of Jefferson to bury their mother. However, this is not the only journey taking place. Darl is slowly going mad and Addie is making her journey to the afterlife. In the poem The Odyssey by Homer, similar events unfold with Agamemnon who is also making his trip to the underworld.…
Throughout The Odyssey-an epic by Homer-we learn of all the trials and tribulations King Odysseus faces as he fights to return home to his loving wife, Penelope, and growing son, Telemachus. While Odysseus is away, there are many young men attempting to lure in his wife, Penelope, and take over his kingdom. They plot to kill Prince Telemachus and King Odysseus if he ever returns to Ithaca. Once Odysseus returns home, he remains in disguise until he is certain it is safe for him to reveal his identity. He convinces Penelope to set up a contest for the suitors in which they try to string King Odysseus’s bow, which only he can string, and shot an arrow through twelve axe heads.…
The Iliad and The Odyssey The Iliad and The Odyssey are both texts written by the world famous Homer. These two text are quite popular in not only western literature but also is numerous classrooms around the world. These two texts provide different tools that are included in them to help teach many concerns and methods. Some believe that The Odyssey is the sequel to The Iliad mainly because it has some of the same characters and was written after.…
Both The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Odyssey are epic poems that portray protagonists’ journeys. While reading both epics, a reader can observe characteristics and situations that parallel one another in both of the poems. Although there are differences between the two characters and their voyages, there are similarities among them that ultimately lead them to discover their true purpose. Throughout the epics, both protagonists’ perspectives on the meaning of life change based on the obstacles and challenges that they face.…
Ancient Greece is today known in history for its impeccable development and prosperity in civilization. Although the ancient Greeks had their flaws, they were undoubtedly men and women of great achievement of many things, which was really what set the basis for what we know today as Western Civilization. Humans of great thought and divinity were shaped in these ancient times of Greece; however, none were quite as famous as the Greek poet Homer. Homer's works really did shape Western Civilization in many ways including: the art of storytelling, the ideas of respect and hospitality, and finally the moral development of a character. These elements may be traced in works such as Homer’s own Iliad and Odyssey, The Aeneid by Virgil, and Dante’s…
It is well known that Virgil was a creative genius. Although his creativity was evident, it is also understood that his works have been greatly influenced by the works of other writers, such as Homer 's, The Odyssey. The two epics are very similar in some ways, but also extremely different. A comparison between Homer 's, The Odyssey, and Virgil 's, The Aeneid, will show the different aspects of the Greek and Roman cultures.…