In the stories Lanval by Marie de France and The Odyssey by Homer, women are portrayed very differently, and yet they still play significant roles within each plot. Throughout The Odyssey women are continuously considered inferior to men, yet in Lanval women are shown respect. ... The Odyssey is an epic poem, written by Homer, which illustrates the god-like Odysseus' returning voyage from the Trojan Wars back to Ithaca. ... However, in this passage, Homer, has arranged the words so that the responsibility would fall on Circe. Once again, the first sentence within the excerpt reads, &...

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In Homer's two works the Iliad and Odyssey there is a special importance put on the women; the stories would not be the same without them. ... In the Odyssey Homer actually tells the reader very little about the physical appearance of the women. ... (Odyssey, 5:180). ... (Odyssey, 6:15). ... (Odyssey, 22:460). ...

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Homer's epic poem The Odyssey was written after his Iliad which told the tales of the Trojan War. This Odyssey told of the wanderings of a prominent warrior and ruler, Odysseus. ... At times throughout The Odyssey Odysseus didn't think about the consequences of his actions and depended on guidance from the gods to help lead him in the right direction. ... Odysseus' crew was killed because they overlooked the greater vision of making it home. ... Odysseus was tested throughout his journey home even though he was a man of rank. ...

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The Odyssey is a Greek epic myth supposedly written by Homer, a famed blind poet, who also wrote the Iliad. ... The Odyssey is said to contain 24 books as the Iliad. ... Pylos, home of the Greek king Nestor, whom Telemachus interviewed in the epic, was found by C.W. Blegen in 1939 therefore strengthening the belief that Homer might've wrote history as he heard it told. ... Some parts of the epic also took place in Pylos, Nestor's home; Sparta, Menelaus" Kingdom; and Ithaca, Odysseus" kingdom. ...

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In reading Homer's The Odyssey, in order to answer the question of how Homer portrays the women in this epic, we must first determine exactly what the roles of women were and discover Homer's portrayal of them. ... The women in The Odyssey are never presented as individuals, but as dependents. ... In The Odyssey, women do not have jurisdiction over their own lives. ... Homer shows how an ideal wife should feel toward her husband. ... It appears that women do not have much power in The Odyssey. ...

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Escort to visitor's next destination (Source: Reece, 6-7) In fact, Steve Reece notes that Homer's Odyssey contains twelve elaborate hospitality scenes and the Iliad has four (5). ... Homer then describes the second element, the reception. ... In Book IX of Odyssey, a sudden shift from upholding the hospitality code to violating it occurs in the story of Polyphemus. ... This element is made significant by Homer because it is "the only Homeric hospitality scene in which the host is not found at home" (Reece, 131). ... Inversely, Odysseus and his men enter the cave without being ...

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Homer's The Odyssey shows various aspects of the ancient Greek culture (such as their history, source of pride, and achievement) through characters, plot, and prose. ... The attribute of perseverance appears to be a strong theme contained within The Odyssey. ... Homer emphasizes Odysseus's perseverance in the repetition of the phrase "long for home". ... The strength of family relationships in the face of adversary is therefore another major theme that supports the characteristic of perseverance in The Odyssey. ... Throughout The Odyssey, Homer constructed Odysseus as a cha...

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In Homer's centuries-old masterpiece, "The Odyssey," Homer portrays the story's protagonist, Odysseus, as an epic hero through the extraordinary way he responds to the call, challenges, and return. ... In "The Odyssey," hunger is a main cause of temptation. ... "(Homer 227-228). ... (Homer 443). ... Many parts of the Odyssey enables us to see Odysseus as the epic hero. ...

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The Golden Rule of Civility In the epic of The Odyssey, Homer explores a variety of different themes that heavily influence Odysseus" quest to return home and re-claim his throne as the rightful King. ... In the insecure world of The Odyssey, hospitality, or lack of it in some cases, prove to be essential to not only Odysseus" return to Ithaca, but to the welfare of all members of Homer"s world. ... (Odyssey 54). ... (Odyssey 5). ... (Odyssey" . ...

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In comparison to Homer's Iliad, the idea of family and the development of that relationship are concepts more central to the Odyssey. ... The first moment where Penelope suspects Odysseus will be coming home is in book 17. ... She comments that if he does perhaps return that he will avenge the outrage that has become her home. ... Does the bed, my lady, still stand planted firm (Odyssey xxiii.326-327)?" ... Even though the blood feud is not as apparent in the Odyssey, it remains hidden below the surface. ...

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The episode that I decided to pick from The Odyssey as my example of tragedy is the story of Agamemnon's death at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra, and Aegisthus and his son Orestes avenging his death by killing his mother and Aegisthus. ... Although this is a short story that is only told verbally to Telemachus, it resonates powerfully to the overall theme of the poem, The Odyssey, about fate, betrayal and loyalty. ... The story of the episode will start after the conflict which is Agamemnon leaving for the war in Troy, winning and returning back home. It opens on the day that Agamemn...

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and that of Homer's " Odyssey" are similar. ... Many of the characters were adapted from The Odyssey; Sirens, a one-eyed man, Penelope, and Lotus-eaters to name a few. ... The Odyssey the main character's name is Odysseus and in the film it is Ulysses. ... The prophet character in the Odyssey was Teiresias, whom Odysseus asked in the underworld when he needed information on how to get home again. ... They were now on their journey to find a way home. ...

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Odysseus, the hero of The Odyssey, was born into royalty and ruled the city-state of Ithaca when he was older. ... His duty fulfilled, Odysseus could now begin his journey towards his home. ... Odysseus encompassed this quality and proved it throughout the story of The Odyssey. ... At the beginning of The Odyssey, Athena was convincing her father, Zeus, to send a messenger to order Calypso to allow Odysseus to return home. ... After Calypso allowed him to leave, Odysseus built a wooden raft to return home. ...

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Taking elements from The Odyssey and The Once and Future King, this pattern can be spotted. ... For him the mighty sire of gods assign'd " (Homer 279). ... Odysseus faces many trials on his journey home and has multiple chances of proving his hero-like leadership qualities. ... In The Odyssey, Odysseus meets a woman as a temptress, who although, protects him on her island, later forces Odysseus to stay with her. Calypso is seen as the temptress because she is one of the distractions from his quest of returning home. ...

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Odyssey Essay The Odyssey is an epic story that has been a significant piece of literature since it was first written and will remain so for ages to come. ... He gave Odysseus a bag full of the bad winds that would keep them from their home of Ithaca. ... With the present role in the story of Odyssey, the gods can be seen as an important role in Odysseus life. ... (78) Athens finally got Zeus to let Odysseus go and have him sail home. The catch of it was that Zeus would let Odysseus go home, but at the mercy of his brother, Posiden. ...

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Throughout the first five books of the Odyssey we hear little of Odysseus the hero of the poem, instead we focus of his son Telemachus and his journey to seek information of his father. ... Homer makes this apparent when; at the end of book I Telemachus is going to bed. ... Telemachus is leaving his home, crossing water. ... The wanderings of Telemachus, often called the Telemachy for obvious reasons, enhance the Odyssey using a technique, which is also used in the Iliad. ... It also serves as a purpose to link the Iliad and the Odyssey together by employing the same characters. ...

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The odyssey is the continuation of the Iliad in which the Trojan war took place. ... When the war was over and they had won Helen back, many of those brave warriors died and never went back home, Yet Odysseus didn't die but stayed there longer SECTION 1 - Starts off with the narrator bragging about Odysseus, the main character of the Odyssey "the man skill in all ways" - Odysseus is in the island of Ogygia, trapped by the goddess Calypso who is in love with him and doesn't let him go home. ... MAYOR THEMES: Will: Telemachus wants to find his father and bring him back home....

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It could also be argued that Odysseus cried because he escaped death once again and may still see his home. "One is no longer at home anywhere, so in the end one longs to be back where one can somehow be at home because it is the only place where one would wish to be at home: and that is the world of Greece." ... Homer intertwines the divine once again in that Athena also showed empathy in the outset of the Odyssey. ... The trend continues in Homer's work, as Achilles empathized with Priam, and Odysseus with Andromache. Without this extreme compassion for others, Odysseus" labors were...

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Odysseus and Achilles In Homer's epic poems "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey", Achilles and Odysseus are two characters that greatly encompass the human nature idealized by ancient Greeks. ... For example, as he discovers the women of Ithaka to be servicing the suitors that raid his home, rather than kill them, Odysseus remembers his loss with the Kyklops and says to himself "Down; be steady. ... For instance, he is patient on the island of Ogygia, "while he alone still hungered for home and wife" so as not to upset the immortal nymph that craves him (209). ...

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Throughout The Odyssey, Odysseus" gained authority due to the aid and power of others, which resulted in three phases of understanding: self-determination, courage, and having a greater vision in life. ... Odysseus" journey towards home was now going to have the chance to come to and end. ... When the Phaeacians returned Odysseus home, he couldn't figure out where he was. ... Even now, perhaps, he is at home, sowing the seed of ill for all the suitors"(145). Helen, Menelaus" wife, predicts that Odysseus has returned home. ...

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