Reappearing historically in the poetry of numerous writers, Ulysses is a classical figure. Written in 1833, and revised for publication in 1842 in the two-volume "Poems", Tennyson creates his idea of an old Ulysses by using the ancient hero of Homer's Odyssey, and the medieval hero of Dante's Inferno. ... Ulysses has uncovered many different people and societies during his travels. ... Dante's Ulysses is a tragic figure who dies while sailing too far in an insatiable thirst for knowledge, and ends up in Dante's Inferno when he knowingly uses wit to satisfy his worldly e...

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Tennyson's "Ulysses " draws aspects of two existing tales of Ulysses, one by Dante in his Inferno and the other by Homer in his epic The Odyssey. ... Ulysses just wants to make the most of what he has left. ... Ulysses then proceeds to introduce his son Telemachus. Telemachus is heir to Ulysses' thrown and it seems that Ulysses believes that his son is a good fit for the next King of Ithaca. ... Tennyson's "Ulysses " was written in iambic pentameter. ...

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Some examples of this are "Ulysses- and "The Lotos-Eaters,"" in which Tennyson explored the mythological past. ... One of Tennyson's sources for his poem, "Ulysses- was Homer's "Odyssey."" ... Tennyson also referred to Dante's "Inferno."" In "Inferno- Ulysses gave an account of the final journey. ... Neither the "Odyssey- nor the "Inferno- described Penelope as being old, nor did they state that Ulysses had lived in Ithaca for a long time before he left for the final voyage. ...

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Greg Young The Inferno of Dante A.P. English August 26, 2003 In the beginning of The Inferno of Dante, by Robert Pinsky, Dante builds a great deal of tension between the objective of God's justice, and Dante's human sympathy for the souls that he sees around him. ... In the eighth section Dante encounters Ulysses, the hero in Homer's stories. Ulysses is in Hell for spiritual theft for his role in Trojan Horse. ...

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