The Poseidon Adventure

Have you ever spent nearly 20 years trying to reach one goal? Have you’ve heard the great story of The Odyssey by Homer? This is a heroic story of a man and his determination to return to his homeland and to his family. Odysseus, the heroic man, that endures different obstacles that are in his way in order to return home to the life he once had. Throughout his journey, Odysseus loses friends and encounters Greek gods. Odysseus’ bravery and strength helped him overcome his arrogance in order to…

Wisdom and knowledge, fraternal twins imbued in Man since Creation, Romulus and Remus, Cain and Abel, one idolized, coveted, benevolent, and permanent; the other mundane, transitory, and potentially dangerous. A crashing wave of brine sweeps the sandy shore along, ever tumultuous: this is knowledge. Droppingly slow, stalactites and stalagmites coalesce into stony relics: this is wisdom. For wisdom is infinitely more precious than knowledge: he who knows, comprehends; he who is wise, empathizes.…

Many things can define a hero: bravery, cleverness, skills, strengths, and so much more. In Homer’s “From the Odyssey,” heroic actions are demonstrated in many ways. “From the Odyssey” is about a greek human by the name of Odysseus. Odysseus is a well known king from the kingdom of Ithaca. Throughout the blossoming of Odysseus being discovered, he does some pretty controversial things on his journey back home to Ithaca. At the same time, however, his actions demonstrated that overall he is…

For example, in the last stanza he specifically addresses these old friends of his, and speaks fondly of them, their past experiences together, and their adventures that wait ahead, “Souls that have toiled, and wrought, and thought with me - that ever with frolic welcome took the thunder and the sunshine, and opposed free hearts, free foreheads - you and I are old; old age hath yet his honor and his toil,”…

The features of the Homeric gods will be discussed in this essay. The gods being that of Homers’ found in the Iliad, books I, IX, XVI and XXIV. With the help of G.M.A Grube’s article The Gods of Homer in which he presents his ideas on the gods of Homer and how their features and actions are depicted as humanlike throughout the epic. The human nature of gods in Iliad is made visible from their weakness to act out their emotions. Homer portrayed the gods as manipulative individuals that caused…

Picture yourself stranded on a sinking boat in the middle of the ocean. Would you attempt to save yourself and everyone on board or completely give up on the idea of escaping this tragedy? Would you expect help to come for you or step up and try to lead everyone to safety yourself? Luckily, in the short story “The Open Boat” written by Stephen Crane, he answers these questions in his writing that is about four crew members on a boat that have found themselves faced with this exact dilemma. This…

The eleventh episode of James Joyce’s Ulysses "The Sirens," finds its Homerian equivalent in the twelfth book of the Odyssey, as Odysseus is leaving Kirke’s island. Kirke takes it upon herself to inform Odysseus of the many sea perils that he will encounter on his way home, specifically warning him of the Sirens, whose beauty has the power to bewitch men. Odysseus then recounts Kirke’s message to his crew. Odysseus instructs his men to tie him to the mast, telling them to ignore whatever he may…

In the epic, The Odyssey" by Homer, Odysseus must travel and conquer many traps that the gods lay before him to reach his goal of getting hoe to Ithaca. he and his crew maneuver their ship directly into the island of the one-eyed cyclops who will eat anyone in his oath. Odysseus must use his intelligence to outwit the brazen monster, and save his shipmates from death. Also, the team must overcome the trials that the great and cunning goddess who is own sister to the magician Aeetes, Circe, puts…

In Richard Connell's story “The Most Dangerous Game”, the setting is the most essential part of the passage. Meaning that the setting needs to be on an island. In order for general zaroff to do what he does best, he would have to be located on an island. General Zaroff specifically moved to an island for many reasons, one being that the island is the only place where he can kill the most dangerous game. As General Zaroff shows Rainsford how he catches his prey “Rainsford saw a flash of…

person that is afraid to speak up into someone braver with the courage to find his long lost father. Additionally, when Odysseus was finally freed from Ogygia, runs into problems at sea when Poseidon spot Odysseus attempting to return to Ithaca, Athena personally counter back the fatal violent attacks Poseidon sent towards Odysseus, and that save the hero’s life. By simply saving Odysseus’s life, the guarantee of Odysseus returning to Ithaca increases. Athena’s encouragement through her…