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    The sirens have chosen Sirens that sound lovely to the ear, might be deadly to the soul. In the epic poem, The Odyssey, Homer describes that temptation might lead to death by the song, “Siren Song.” Homer tells the story of a man who is very clever and is knowledgeable enough to apply wax to his ears to survive the beautiful voices. On the other hand, Atwood’s song illustrates a siren who is waiting to trick men onto her island and lead them to their own death. Homer and Atwood both…

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    The poem Siren Song written by Margaret Atwood has a theme of sirens that are bored of singing them to death, and it works every time. The sirens song is a cry for help and the men are special because they are the only one that can help them. They end up killing the men once they are lured in. It has a tone of sadness and harshness. The song as a whole is a cry for help but has imagery of death. This poem is written out a unique way because it is the so to speak “song” the sirens sing. It tells…

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    lethal or deadly, much like Sirens. Sirens are mythical creatures that lure men with their captivating singing, ultimately forcing them to jump to their deaths. Their appearances are usually found in greek poetry like The Odyssey by Homer, or poetry with a more modern take on them, such as “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood. Both poems however, introduce readers to the Sirens with similar and different perspectives even though they are centered on the same subject. “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood…

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    The poem “Siren Song” is written by Margaret Atwood in 1976. Poems have more meaning to them when you break apart the words. Analyzing a poem is an easier way of breaking down the the poem. It is a way that you can break apart the poem and find out what the poem is really about. If you don’t understand a poem a great way to understand the poem is to break it apart. This poem establishes that a siren is the subject of the poem. It begins with a siren telling us about her song. She explains to…

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    Both Homer’s epic The Odyssey and Margaret Atwood’s poem “Siren Song” underscore the enchanting but deadly temptation of the alluring, mythical Siren’s. While both poems incorporate first-person points of view, their perspectives, as well as their tones, differ drastically. The former, making use of aggressive diction, and the latter, making use of subtle diction, shows the difference between objectivized and humanizing women and men. Although the tones of the passages are thoroughly different…

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    choices, filled with sugar, spice, and just about anything you could dream of. So how did they do it? There’s a lot more to this company than most of us care to understand. However, if you dig a little deeper, all the pieces will come together. Like a siren calling you to crash, your coffee will do just the same. It all started in Seattle, Starbucks wanted to capture that attention of all the business the seaports brought. So, the company looked for an appeal, something nautical. They stumbled…

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    However, instead of complaining about everything wrong, he takes on the situation and finds a way to solve the problem; or at least make it simpler. For example, while Odysseus and his men are on their voyage to Ithaca, they come across the Sirens. Sirens are mythical creatures who lure sailors to their deaths by singing. Odysseus takes charge with the temptation by having his men stick beeswax in their ear to prevent them from being injured. To prevent him from doing the same, Odysseus has his…

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    A mermaid is a mythological hybrid creature that is half human, and half fish. In legends there are both mermaids, which are females, and mermen, which are males. Mermaids have the torso of a fish and the upper body is all human. Mermaids are often interchanged with water nymphs, fairies, as well as selkies and succubuses. Mermaids are usually reflected as beautiful and awfully attractive in looks, but in other tales, mermaids are known to have the lower body of a bird and are not attractive at…

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    in with promises of hope and then drag you into the great unknown. The idea that something so beautiful could end so horribly could horrify people of any century. I hope that these facts of Sirens throughout history will be both horrifying, as they were interesting as they were for me. In many stories Sirens were once beautiful women, and while their parentage can be argued many stories will agree that they were companions of Persephone. When she was taken by Hades they are said to have prayed…

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    favor of choosing what is best for herself over others, Lou’s, feelings. Similarly, sirens are creature who use a ‘vocal façade’ to lure innocent and genuine prey with promises of anything they could hope for, though they only want to eliminate them. The Sirens sing, “the song that is irresistible: the song that forces men to leap overboard in squadrons even though they see the beached skulls” (Margaret Atwood, Siren Song, lines 2-5). A…

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