The Trojan Women

Outline Is Odysseus a hero According to Maya Angelou a “Hero is any person really intent on making a better place for all people.” In other words, a hero is someone that makes sacrifices, and contributes to others. In the Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus must defeat supernatural obstacles such as gods, and cyclops to return home to his son and wife after 20 years. Although Odysseys is quickly perceived as a hero through its narrative perspective, He is ultimately an antihero which is explained through…

The Iliad In the epic, The Iliad, in Descendants of Troy, by Sergio La Porta, Agamemnon, the King of the Greeks, and Priam, King of Troy, embark on an embassy with the intent to change Achilles’ mind, all while the Trojan War is taking place. Agamemnon’s goal was to convince the demi-god, Achilles, to continue fighting alongside the Greeks; Priam was only looking to recover the corpse of his son and Troy’s best warrior, Hector. Achilles, prideful as he is, had reasons to reject both kings, but…

Written by Zachary Mason; The Lost Books of the Odyssey was originally published in 2008 by Starcherone Books and then later republished in 2010 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. The book is made up of 228 pages with 44 chapters. Mason tries to show that the last 44 books of the Odyssey are new stories about Odysseus that show new points that are not in the Odyssey as well as a different way of thinking about the people that appear in this book. Mason wants to show that in these 44 books the…

doesn’t has the godlike strength of Gilgamesh. Therefore, while Gilgamesh usually fight alongside his comrades, Agamemnon does the job of rallying. Moreover, after the fight with Enkidu, Gilgamesh makes Enkidu his brother and stops forcing sex on women. Agamemnon, on the other hand, would steal Achilles’s prize, beauty Briseis, away from him, and the action was carried out by his comrade, not himself. Lastly, Gilgamesh develops as a king after the arrivals Enkidu. After acquiring “The Old Men…

The Odyssey is a famous epic poem written by Homer. The main character, Odysseus, is a suffering wandering hero, “a man of constant sorrow”. After spending ten years away from home fighting in the Trojan War, he spends the next ten years trying to return home to his family. Along the way he is put through numerous trials by the gods and faces hardship after hardship, before finally returning home. O Brother, Where Art Thou? Is a movie set in Mississippi during the great depression and it is…

The word hero can have multiple interpretations depending on whom is asked: an inspirational teacher, a great leader, or long dead philosophers. By definition, a hero is someone, through their achievements, is seen as a role model or someone who would be looked up to and admired. Although, heroes are anything but by the book, so extraordinary, that using a written definition only boxes in these incredible people. A few traits that many heroes possess are generosity, being adventurous and…

Annotated Bibliography “Women in the Military.” Issues& Controversies. Infobase Learning, 6 June 2003. Web. July 12, 2016. This article expresses the supporting and opposing views of women in Combat. Supporters say that women are fully capable of being in combat, while the opposition is women in combat is less effective to the military because they are not as physically capable. This is overall a good source to use in the introduction because it gives both view points and basic information to…

that Helen was the most beautiful woman in the world, but with that, she also got much hate from fellow women, which would not be very fun to deal with. Evelyn sees Helen as a woman that only thinks about herself, while Christopher sees Helen as a woman that was lusted after and never did anything wrong. So even though she was happy being beautiful, she probably felt lonely not having other women to talk…

believes is right and isn 't afraid to speak up to authority, and Hektor in the way she is willing to die for her values and her family. One major difference she has with is the heroes is that Antigone is a woman and a strong existing prejudice against women made her impact much worse in the eyes of authority. In battle, Antigone’s brother Polyneices, had died but was left to rot. As family,…

Odyssey, which was written by Homer. This novel is believed to be composed near the end of the eighth century. However, the Odyssey became modified by the film writer Andrei Konchalovsky, into a famous movie. The Greek hero Odysseus and conqueror of the Trojan war, attempts to return home to Ithaca with his men. After battle, he finds Poseidon, god of the sea angry at him. Poseidon curses Odysseus making their journey home nearly impossible, lasting ten years with many difficult…