Ithaca, New York

Young pirate and explorer Selkirk, who was left for dead on a desert island by his captain and fellow crew, was found alive this past week. Although all the odds were against his favor, Selkirk managed to last months on the remote island before a ship sailing by saw his smoke signals and came to his rescue. While on an expedition in the south seas scouring the ocean for treasure, Selkirk brought up the boat’s alarming condition to their captain, Stradling. He believed that the boat would sink…

In The Odyssey, Homer shows the reader that disobeying orders can lead to fatal endings. When Odysseus disobeys Circe’s orders, he cost six men their lives. Since he disobeyed orders, he lost the trust of his men who slaughtered the Sun’s cattle. The series of disobedience cost Odysseus to loose his men, his ship, and became a broken man. Even though this is an Epic Poem, these types of scenarios happen all the time. When people drink and drive they put their lives and other people’s lives in…

the Odyssey, when closely analyzed, help paint a picture for the reader on how Odysseus’s journey through epic proportions shape the context of the story and greatly affect his journey home. The journey of Odysseus begins when he leaves his home Ithaca to fight the Trojan War. The Trojan War last 10 years and Odysseus’s spends an additional 10 years…

In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus is a celebrated king and hero who is tragically lost at sea for 20 years, tirelessly defeating every obstacle him and his crew stumble upon in attempt to get back home to his wife and son in his kingdom of Ithaca. Although Odysseus faces many temptations along his journey, he doesn’t stray from his goal to return home, by always keeping his family in mind. Despite being written centuries ago, this novel holds strong connections to modern day, and our education…

The word hero is a countable noun that can be defined as “a person who is admired for having done something very brave or having achieved something great” or as “someone who you admire very much” . For example, Malala Yousifizai is a great hero she fought for the right for girls to study. The word has its roots in the Ancient Greek hḗrōs meaning is a person or a character who in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness. A champion is a synonym for the word hero it means…

A hero is an individual who is admired for his or hers brave acts or for their fine individual qualities. The Odyssey and The Epic of Gilgamesh’s main protagonists are heroes. However, one of the main characters falls short from being a true hero, making him unworthy of the title. The Epic of Gilgamesh begins with a long exaltation about Gilgamesh—the epic’s main protagonist—¬hero attributes. The author uses direct exposition describe Gilgamesh, as a hero and a godlike character. He does this…

For centuries we humans have been telling and retelling stories so the generation to come would be aware and entertained by them. However, the majority of stories isn’t always told the same way. For instance, famous Greek myths and gods such as Thor have been retold in different ways. Now other than Thor, the poem “The Odyssey” by Homer has been retold in numerous of ways, too. For instance, the writers of O Brother, Where Art Thou, adapted the poem “The Odyssey.” Although the movie doesn’t…

what these Ithakas mean” (Cavafy 32-37). It’s because of the journey that one was able to do all these different things that one can learn from, making a person tougher and more tenacious. If there was no trek before a destination, no one would meet new people, make stupid mistakes to reflect from and correct, and nothing to learn…

A difference in caliber Generic yet decent introduction paragraph The Macedonian empire fell quickly following the untimely death of its leader, while the Mongolian empire persisted and grew after the death of the Genghis Khan. As stated by historians “his empire crumbled shortly after his premature death”. This displays how Alexander failed to establish any form of succession that could have saved his empire. The Mongolian empire had such an effective form of succession that it actually peak…

will not hold back while punishing the suitors. He has plotted this slaughter since his arrival in Ithaca and the time has finally come to kill the men. Odysseus is malicious in this book because he goes to extraordinary lengths, such as staying with the servants to plot his revenge and hiding the weapons, to harm the suitors when he just as easily could have forced them out or banished them from Ithaca. The true evil in this scene is Odysseus’ warped sense of justice. Odysseus, as a hero,…