Circe

“A man who has been through bitter experiences and traveled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.” (Homer, The Odyssey). Imagine standing in front of a one-eyed, ten-foot tall Cyclops, or turning into a pig, or even traveling to the underworld after being away from home for twenty years. What a crazy thought! Odysseus experienced difficult adventures like so, in the book The Odyssey, by Homer. Throughout our lives, we withstand many struggles and distractions. This results in straying off…

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison explores the toxic relationship within a family living on “Not Doctor Street” in Michigan during the early 1950’s and 60’s prior to the Civil Rights Act and end the of segregation. Even though they were no longer slaves, they were treated as if they were not a meaningful part of society. Blacks worked in low paying jobs and lived in all- black neighborhoods. Throughout the novel, there is a theme of the irrelevance of black lives. The very name “Dead” was given…

Alcohol drinking is also part of this festival culture where adults used to celebrate by drinking beer made from different places. This famous culture and tradition of wide variety of food is no longer appreciated during festivals like mardi gras due to alcohol. McDonalds and Subways are the options for people are getting freakishly drunk. Even though Louisiana has so many places where one can get such beautiful and delicious food. The significance of these food culture that brings out the unity…

Q if and only if ‘m’ is perpendicular to QP. Because it states ‘if or only if’, the theorem works both ways. The students then get out their notebooks to do a few practice problems using this theorem. For the first two problems, the radius of the circe is given and they have to determine whether the segment show in tangent to the circle. To do this they have to prove the segment and the radius are perpendicular. They use the Pythagorean theory to show that angle ’t’ is a 90o angle, which proves…

identity, Marlowe subverts the conventions of the blason trope. Marlowe continues the same allusions to Greek mythology when describing other parts of Leander’s body. He mentions his neck, shoulder, breast, belly, and back, while referencing gods like Circe and Pelops. When he reaches Leander’s fingers, Marlowe describes them as “immortal” as they imprint a “heavenly path” (67-68). The continual comparisons of Leander’s body parts to gods and immortal beings serve a similar purpose to…

Introduction to the Iliad, the Odyssey and the Aeneid It is suggested that the Iliad and the Odyssey were composed as an oral composition perhaps in the late eighth century BC (Kirk 1) whereas the Aeneid, a literary composition, was perhaps composed in the last half of the first century BC (Quinn 2). Despite the many centuries between them, the epics are built around the story of the Trojan War fought around 1200 BC. The Iliad focuses on a short period in the penultimate year of the war whereas…

The Two Types of People (An Analysis of the differences and similarities between Odysseus and Achilles) There are only two types of people in this world; people like Achilles, the epic hero from The Iliad (Homer 800-700 B.C.) or people like Odysseus, the epic hero of The Odyssey (Homer 800-700B.C.). These two epic poems have the greatest heroes from Greek culture are the groundwork for all other heroes who came after them. There are traces of Achilles’ the straightforward mindset in many of the…

Aeneas’ journey compared to Greek heroes in epic, is distinctly bigger picture. His story doesn’t fall into the confines of bigger happenings, like a moment in the Trojan War or the end of a ten year journey home. Aeneas’ journey is the founding of Rome. It’s not as personal a journey when comparison to the Odyssey where Odysseus makes his voyage home to his wife and son. While there is no doubt that Vergil has created a story about Aeneas and his experiences, the end result is about much more…

The next discharge came at him from seven o’clock. Rex side-flipped out of trajectory, dirt and dried grass flying up around him as the blast hit hillside. He was ready when Gatlocke flew through the dust cloud at him, the telltale glow of heat lighting up his cannons. Rex spun his legs to propel himself away as another wave of red plasmic heat grazed his clothes. He came out of the motion with a punk buster ready and swinging. The spikes off his toes caught one of Gatlocke’s arms, causing it…

People are results. They are shaped by their past; some are stronger than their impulses, not letting them dictate what they become, others are far too inexperienced to know better than to let themselves get shaped by tragedy. Raven is one of those people. From a young age, there were expectation thrust upon her and all of her siblings; generation after generation, there was a lot of history attached to the Faulkner name and Raven and her other four siblings were expected to live up to those…