I Will Not Bow

chance to string the bow. When he asks this the head suitor Antinoos says, “The sweet goad of wine has made you rave. Here is the evil wine can do to those who swig it down” (Book XXI 303-304). Then he goes on to tell of the centaur Eurytion, and how wine ruined him. The queen steps in and defends Odysseus. At this point Athena steps in and cast a sweet sleep on Penelope. Telemakhos orders that the bow is to be given to the old man. In no time the old man strings that bow that only…

As I make my precarious way into the wood, it seems my cautious tip toeing is pointless, for with every step a twig or a leaf snaps underfoot. Nevertheless, I continue on, the sound of my footsteps reverberating with an impossible loudness through the surrounding foliage. I gaze upon the towering trees around me, noting that the mottled skin of their branches bear a pleasant resemblance to my own flesh; the burn scars which race up and down my whole body a constant reminder of my task. The wind…

happiness and beauty. The illusion was that, the more the consumer possessed, the closer they were to achieving this image. The economy of the 1920’s depended on consumer demand, one advertiser says, “without imagination, no wants. Without wants, no demand to have them supplied.” This means that if people didn’t have the capacity to desire products, then there would simply be no demand for them. Everything celebrities wore, ate, drank, used, and drove, were soon picked up by the public…

gets the bow of Odysseus and tells the wooers that whoever will easily string the bow and shoot the arrow through twelve axes will be rewarded. The reward is he will become her husband. Odysseus asked the Queen if he could participate being he was an old beggar. Everyone was surprised that she agreed. Odysseus wins the contest much to everyone’s surprise. Odysseus after shooting the arrow kills Antinuous with an arrow in his throat. He continues to do the same to the 108 wooers one by one. I…

The Bronze bow is a very religious and political book written by Elizabeth George Speare. The Bronze Bow takes place in Palestine where you are introduced to Daniel bar Jamin who is the main character and a Zealot. Daniel has a lot of conflicting emotions throughout this entire book. You see him battling with himself trying to figure who he is. He has a lot rage, impulsive decisions, but he is also brave too. The reason why he is battling with himself is because when he was a Zealot he wanted to…

Narrative is verbal or nonverbal interpretation used in storytelling to construct the “story of our lives”. For example, one narrative I have constructed is transferring schools and how that has affected my college experience. I think narratives are important because it tells the story of our values, our beliefs and truly showcases our identity. Without narratives, we would not be able to fully understand and empathize with another person because we wouldn’t know their story or their experiences…

What is an epic hero? What makes them so “epic” in the first place? This is a question that many find themselves asking themselves before they read through Odysseus’ journey. Epic heroes can be defined in many different ways, but they all mention the challenges they go through, the fame that they achieve, and the abilities that they have. Throughout Homer’s “The Odyssey,” the concept of the epic hero’s journey and the evolution of Odysseus’ character traits as an epic hero are referenced subtly,…

find thyself in a predicament.” Hansel was not happy about this, as he had found a very tempting gold 5-pound piece resting on a rock. He said to Grethel, “Fear not, dear sister. I shall only have to reach as far as my arm will go.” As Hansel reached for the piece, his arm was grasped by a man who said, “Come, child, for I shall be eating you in time.” When Grethel heard this, she attempted to run away, however, she was stopped by a second man and also captured. Screaming, they were both…

As Nietzsche declares in The Birth of Tragedy (1872), “What a shame I did not dare to utter as a poet what I had to say at that time; perhaps I might have been able to do that!” : The “Epode” of Beyond Good and Evil (1886) concludes the book as it should not have been written as it was but as it should have been chanted. The reader might be surprised towards this unexpected lyricism that concluded the book, thus seen as an Orphic culmination of Nietzsche’s enterprise to drive forward the above…

On Friday, February 6th, 2015, I was sitting in class listening to a Music History lecture, when my teacher, Dr. Jamie Weaver, played a recording of “La Quarte Estampie Royal”, from Le Manuscrit Du Roi, an instrumental piece from the 14th century France. I was intrigued. As a fiddler throughout my high school year, studying a variety of genres, I recognized much of the ornamentation as similar to Celtic tradition, namely Cape Breton tradition. The first things I noticed about the recording…