The diction of The Odyssey adds a sympathetic tone to the relationship between Odysseus and Calypso. ... Her love for him is "all on her part", suggesting that Odysseus" love for Calypso is subliminal, especially because he focuses on his longing for home and independence. ... Odysseus and Calypso individually deserve the empathetic mood that The Odyssey communicates to the reader. ... The assumption that Odysseus favors Nausicaa's plutonic relations more than Calypso's lusty affairs are told by the tone of The Odyssey. ...

• Word Count: 768
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Maya Deren's "Meshes of the Afternoon" and Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey," the directors creatively use distinctive techniques of ambiguous symbolism, montage editing, and mis en scene to follow the human experience of chasing and confronting uncertainty for the sake of retaining sanity and moving forward in evolution. ... If Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey alludes to expanding the human consciousness, Deren's "Meshes of the Afternoon" is about dissolving it. ... Deren switches the establishing shots between the paved road by the beach, the downstairs portion ...

• Word Count: 2216
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate