Ajax

At this point, I looked over into the crowds, that was screaming my name and saw a CTV van and cameraman recording the game. I can't believe they sent someone from CTV to record me! This pumped me up I knew I had it in me to carry my team on my back and win us the game. Jason tried taking advantage of us while we were all distracted and he took a shot. I easily caught the ball with my hand and put it on the ground where I backhanded it at the net. The shot went right past the two diving…

‘Troy’(2004), the big budget hollywood movie, directed by Wolfgang Peterson, was based on the famous Trojan war that was waged against the city of Troy by the Greeks. It is considered the biggest and the most gruesome war of the Greek mythology and so far several poems and plays have been written by the Greek poets and authors describing the incidences and that took place during the war, the valour of some specific soldiers, the importance of Gods and their role during the war etc. One of the…

The hero’s journey is a theme that has prevailed in literature for centuries. Though it comes in many forms, the message it conveys is eternal. Homer, an ancient Greek author, is oftentimes credited with making the hero’s j ourney a popular skeleton for authors to follow. Specifically, in Homer’s epic poem the Iliad, conflict works to develop the various aspects of the hero’s journey and illustrates Achilles and Hector’s differing temperaments, values, and personalities. One of the most…

The day that Sula would have a child and settle down with one man, be a housewife and stop causing havoc, that day never came. She had a taste of it, she began to feel vulnerable to Ajax, or A. Jacks but in the end Sula was left alone and hurt. The one moment that really stuck out for me was when Nel asks Sula if she still believed that people in the town would ever love her again. Her answer was unlike anything I had expected, in…

Poseidon and his two brothers are known as the major gods in Greek mythology. Before Poseidon was one of those major gods, there was only one god, Kronos. Kronos was known as the Creator and Destroyer. As time passed on, Rhea, Kronos's wife had three sons: Poseidon, Zeus, and Hades. Kronos didn't like them, and as a result, he ate them. Other legends say that Poseidon was the only son eaten, but not all his brothers and sisters shared the same fate. Rhea had tricked Kronos to eat a bird. While…

Achilles’s sex slave. Achilles becomes mad because he did not understand why he had to be effected by this. Achilles responds by also seeking revenge. The strong warrior decides not to help out in the battle even though the warriors needed him very much. Ajax, Odysseus, and Phineas were even sent to beg Achilles to come back to help fight but he still refuses to come. Achilles also seeks revenge when his lover, Patroclus is killed by Hector. Achilles rage starts to build up and he goes to war…

disrespectful manner. This hubris is further compounded by both his initial refusal to act on the plague reckoning his army and his resolution of taking another prize in return, stating, “’but if they give me nothing / I will take a prize myself – your own, or Ajax’ / or Odysseus’ prize – I’ll commandeer her myself / and let that man I go to visit choke with rage!’” (82). Agamemnon’s inaction despite the plague on his army demonstrates a stubborn disregard for the well-being of his soldiers.…

When Achilles rejects the honor code he does it openly toward Odysseus, Phoenix, Ajax and a few other messengers whom were shocked by the news, so much so that Phoenix began to sob begging for Achilles to reverse his mind, showing unlightment with Achilles and the mens thoughts (9.443) (9.445) This event has a larger implication than…

To fully understand Sophocles’ play, the context must be explained. Oedipus the King takes place in mythological ancient Greece. In the city of Thebes, the events of this play happen all in a single day. In front of the Palace of Thebes, the people of this day are experiencing a famine in the land. An oracle tells that this famine is present because the murderer of the old king, Laius, has not been found and subsequently punished. In this age, it is important to note that the people of ancient…

In Medallion, as the people have kept the community spirit of the southern black since the slavery days of Bottom, they live as "neighbors" (3), taking care of each other, including even the prostitutes. They look after the children instead of their disappeared mother for 18 months (34) and the orphans. It is natural for them to cook and to clean the house of the solitary elder. All women participate in raising children and taking care of the old is a good aspect of the traditional value, which…