Circe

conflict that arises in Hesiod’s Theogony as Gaia establishes herself as a force of nature and a threat to male dominion because of her parthenogenetic abilities. Following this, I observe two other representations of feminine monsters, Scylla and Circe, to discuss first how monstrous representations of female sexuality can be depicted in Greek literature in a way that is impure and undesirable. Lastly, I will explain how men in stories like Herodotus' Histories and the Odyssey attempt to use…

Although Gilgamesh and Odysseus are different on the outside, even live different lives but they have similar traits and doing. To discuss their differences would be like when they went on their long journeys they had reasoning’s behind why they had to conquer what they was facing. Gilgamesh reasoning behind why he went on two journeys was because he was for one to get to cedar forest to kill Humbaba, second was a personal journey which he seeks out to talk to Utnapishtim to figure out the…

wanders both physically and sexually. He spends eight whole years with Calypso before he decides to return back to his journey back to Ithaca even though the goddess offers him the chance of immortality. He also falls into this same temptation trap with Circe, but again returns to his…

In every piece of literature, there is an underlying theme or message, that blankets over the story. Throughout the story, the theme is brought up by clues and hints. As readers, our job, is to find the clues the author leaves, to discover the theme of the story, and the lesson to be learned. The Odyssey is a timeless piece, studied all over the world for its story of a hero’s travailing journey home, and the gurganious trials he overcomes. Many movies, tv-shows, and books have the theme and…

rather the idea of having an irrational amount of pride in oneself. In the book The Odyssey, it illustrates the hardships a king named Odysseus goes through to get back to his home in Ithaca. Trapped by a Cyclops, hearing the Sirens sing, and having Circe turn his crew into pigs all prohibit him from coming home, but could it have been avoided? In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus is haughty. Primarily, Odysseus is seen as egotistical by how he wants his victories known. In book nine it states,…

Realism Edna, from The Awakening, is an example of sexuality being treated directly in Realist literature. In past times sexuality would be only alluded to or unused altogether as a way to show the purity of the women. Edna has three men that are potential sexual partners; one she is married to, one she loves, and one she has no more than a shallow interest in. After the one she has little interest in, kisses the back of her hand and leaves “She felt somewhat like a woman who in a moment…

Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 15 million individuals worldwide from mild to severe. (Lilienfeld, 2006). It is a progressive and irreversible disease that leads to full dependency on a caretaker due to the decline in cognitive function and ability to perform daily tasks (Richarz, Gaudig, Rettig, & Schauble, 2014). Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and normally occurs within individuals 60 years of age or older (Lilienfeld, 2006). Every twenty years the number of…

He had a time well spent with the enchantress Circe, with whom he spent many nights and received help from, the nymph Calypso, who he spent many years with and wanted him as her immortal husband, and even the Phaeacians. Who received him with open arms, showered him with gifts and game him everything…

clear that human beings are easily enticed to do things that we do not need to do. In Book 12 of The Odyssey, Odysseus is trying to get back to Ithaca when he is warned about an upcoming danger in their travels, the Sirens. Odysseus was instructed by Circe to give his crew earplugs out of wax and to have himself tightly tied to the mast. At the time when Odysseus and his crew encounter the Sirens, we are shown how becoming consumed by greed and losing self control in immersing oneself in a…

Polyphemus’s dad just conveniently happened to be Poseidon, god of the sea. Polyphemus uses that to his advantage, cursing Odysseus, and Poseidon, as well as other events, knock out all of Odysseus’s crew excluding Odysseus. However, the enchantress Circe gave a prophecy that Odysseus didn’t believe in: that the entirety of Odysseus’s crew was knocked out, and that Odysseus would struggle to get back to his homeland,…