The diction of The Odyssey adds a sympathetic tone to the relationship between Odysseus and Calypso. ... The verbal expression of the characters sets an ambiance of grief for both sides of the relationship, along with Calypso's struggle of releasing Odysseus from her possession, which is why Odysseus expects "no kind send-off". 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's choice of having the settings be in and out of a house on the side of a beach gives t...

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