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    Struggles In The Odyssey

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    The Struggles of All Single Mothers Can you imagine what it is like to be the ruler of the island while also trying to raise your children alone? Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey shows the life of a single mother, Queen Penelope. She must rule Ithaca while raising her son Telemachus in the absence of her husband. She has no one to rely on, she is on her own, and the responsibility weighed heavily on her. King Odysseus has left for the Trojan War for the past 20 years. Penelope is doing everything…

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    Cyclops In The Odyssey

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    Odysseus and his crew hike up to the Cyclops’s cave and help themselves to the cave full of sheep and crates of milk and cheese. Assuming that the cyclops would follow the greeks Xenia, Odysseus decides to wait for him to return and see what the cyclops would offer to his visitors. After the cyclops ordeal, as Odysseus and what remains of the crew he lead in these are sailing away, Odysseus shouts out to the blinded Cyclops his name, so he could be the one credited with blinding the cyclops.…

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    Obstacles In The Odyssey

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    Running Towards Ithaca All people are heroes that have a quest, but only true heroes know what that quest may be and strive to fulfill it. Odysseus, son of Laertes, set for sail twenty years ago for the Trojan War. The war lasted ten years, and after a clever plan of his to invent the Trojan Horse, the Greeks sailed for home in triumph. Little did Odysseus know that it would be another ten years home. In this quest, he faced many obstacles in his path, but managed to make it through. Athena…

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    Commentary On The Odyssey

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    The Odyssey: How Book 9 really happened Oh, silly Odysseus. Bragging, and Bragging about how he defeated the primitive Cyclops Polyphemus. Well, that isn’t fair, to hear only one side of the story. This is how it really happened. We, the Cyclopes, are known to be peaceful, unlike the barbaric men. They go to war, and don’t even trust themselves. They need laws, and rules. Bah! They wouldn’t need laws if they were naturally kind, but they go to wars, and they last for years. A woman, that is what…

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    Temptation In The Odyssey

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    Homer’s The Odyssey follows the tale of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his journey home ten years after the fall of Troy. This epic poem has many themes like hospitality, perseverance, loyalty and piety, but one topic or theme that comes up almost as often as piety is temptation. The main character Odysseus faces many temptations in his quest to return to his home of Ithaca: Calypso, Circe, the Sirens, and the princess Nausicaa. Given his portrayal in the epic, the temptation that Odysseus finds…

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    The Odyssey By: Homer I can compare the Odyssey to the Illiad because they are both epics about the Mycenean or the Bronze age. The Iliad tells the final chapter in the story of two major Bronze Age “Greek” alliances battling each other. The Illiad is also a turning-road kind of epic and like the Odyssey, is very long. It ended when the Greeks defeated the Trojans while the Odyssey concentrated on how Odysseus can go back to his family, while his family struggles after the war. Both are seminal…

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    that is mentioned throughout The Odyssey. Loyalty is so important because it reflects how characters trust in each other. In The Odyssey, the theme of loyalty can be seen in characters such as Odysseus’ family, Odysseus’ crew, and even Odysseus’ dog Argos. With the theme of loyalty, these characters are able to flesh out their true purpose in the story. Telemachus and Penelope are the first to show the theme of loyalty just in the first few books of the Odyssey. For example, Telemachus sets…

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    The picture I chose reminds me of a guy from the Odyssey. This essay is about how- the picture at the bottom of the page relates to the Odyssey. They are both alike, both different but only one represents a hero. I am going to write about how they are alike, how they are different, and who is a better hero. The Odyssey is about god's. This picture reminded me of a god, such as Odysseus. The dude seems strong like a god. There is a Centaur in the background and that reminds me of Greek gods.…

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    Pride In The Odyssey

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    Imagine knowing everything about the earth, including why there are natural phenomenon. Now imagine knowing nothing, not a single concept about the earth. In Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, a father has to encounter several natural phenomenon to get back to his family. This is extremely difficult for Odysseus to accomplish, being his greatest weakness is pride. Odysseus has only met his son once, in addition, he hasn’t seen him for about twenty years. He hasn’t been there to witness his child…

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    to expose the Hero’s vulnerabilities and highlight their strengths. The Hero uses knowledge that he gains from these tests, and he enacts the skills he has required from the events leading up to these trials. In The Martian by Andy Weir and in The Odyssey translated by Alexander Pope, ‘The Road of Trials’ is portrayed in the same manner with a few…

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