Calypso

of 1954 and 1955 Angelou toured in a production of “Porgy and Bess.” Angelou also appeared on television variety shows dancing with Alvin Ailey and also studied modern dance with Martha Graham. In 1957, Angelou recorded her first album called “Calypso…

drowning him, but thankfully Odysseus makes friends with a mermaid, Nausicaa, and King Alcinoos. All of them help to bring him home. To illustrate, Odysseus describes his journey to Scheria to King Alcinoos, “There I was stranded for seven long years. Calypso wanted to keep me there forever, make me immortal - but I wept…

In the third place, there is a character backstory similarity. In the movie Ulysses is a prisoner who escaped from jail with two prison colleagues (O, Brother Where Art Thou, 0:58-1:02) and Odysseus was also a prisoner that escaped from the nymph Calypso (Homer, The Odyssey, p. 61-63, Book V) and various other monsters. Actually, the connection it is not only that both of them were convicted, but both were also trying to find their way back home with their wife. Therefore, in the movie Vernon T.…

Dogs are much closer to humans than one may think. Their loyalty is often reflected and expressed in a person’s daily life. When one first thinks of the definition of ‘loyalty’, the first thought that comes to mind is the undying loyalty of a dog to its owner or the loyalty promised in a wedding vow. However, loyalty is often expressed in many different mannerisms that are not always as severe or endearing and are usually not recognizable until the consequences reveal themselves. Usually, these…

The Odyssey is filled with many great worriers, kings, gods, and heroes. Great gods like Zeus and Athena who helped Odysseus get back to his homeland. Great heroes like, Telemachus, Odyssey’s son who went out and looked for his father even though he did not know if he was still alive or not. Heroes like, Eumaeus, a shepherd who helped Odysseus reclaim his throne after returning back to Ithaca. The greatest of all the heroes is Odysseus, but is he really? Is Odysseus the hero that is…

A prominent and recurring topic throughout Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey is the interaction between the gods and the mortals. One of the main questions that arises from this observation is: Do the gods help the mortals for a mere entertainment purpose or do they actually have an interest in the lives of said mortals? This topic can also lead in to analyzing how the mortals feel about receiving help from the gods and if they always embrace help from them. Some of the most important events in these…

In the Odyssey, this is done by Calypso, who keeps Odysseus as her lover on her island until he is rescued by Hermes, who also represents the aid of an outside force, another aspect of the Hero’s Journey. In The Lucky Ones, temptation is shown as both the rich woman that Cheaver had sex…

When you think of a great worldly leader, does someone like Abraham Lincoln come to your mind – a man whom overcame many failures in his life, which led to him becoming the President of the United States or someone like Martin Luther King Jr. – a man whom was well known for the stand he took against American inequality, which led to him being the face of the Civil Rights movement in the United States. Although, both would be classified as great leaders I chose to write this Legacy Leader’s paper…

Qualities that good leaders should have are courage, trustworthiness, and wisdom. Odysseus in the Odyssey and Samuel, Saul, and David in the Books of Samuel, all display these characteristics. Most people think that a leader is supposed to be perfect and have no flaws but that is not true. Odysseus, Samuel, Saul and David all had their own faults while leading but they still managed to lead victoriously. The first quality that a good leader should have is courage. Courage is the ability to do…

The Odyssey, written by Homer, is an epic that revolves around Odysseus and his men overcoming many obstacles while trying find their way back home to Ithaka after being lost for 20 years after the Trojan War. Back in Ithaka, Odysseus’ wife Penelope is struggling to keep up with her marriage due to the suitors forcing her to marry one of them. Telemachus, his son, who has been fatherless for a very long time now, will not give up on the idea that Odysseus will soon come back and embarks on an…