The epic poem is a story of a journey home just as the movie is and both contain several stories evolving from the trips themselves. ... In the poem, Posidein (Cyclops's father) made Odysseus's journey harder by causing storms during his journey. ... The fruit and the faith makes them forget their woes and thus their journey. ... In the chapter of the Odyssey with Scylla and Charybdis, Odysseus had to choose the less evil of the two during his journey. ... They are both stories of a journey home. ...

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Athena tells him to take action and have the suitors kicked out and go on a journey to find news of your father. ... Telemakhos may have been scared in the beginning of his journey but become's brave. ... This is brave of him to go off on a journey all of a sudden at a very young age. ... Telemakhos is a loving man and this shows throughout his entire journey. A particular moment of this is when he is getting the provisions for his journey. ...

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In Virgil's Aeneid, the narrator (Aeneas) recounts on the story of his sorrowful journey during the fall of Troy. ... The narrator in Inferno (Dante) recounts on his fearful journey through hell in search of salvation (Heaven). By realizing the significance of epic poetry in Aeneid, I was able to better understand the purpose of Dante's journey in Inferno. ... In this case, Dante's journey through Hell reveals that God ultimately determines ones fate based on his sins. ... This comfort provides Dante the courage and motivation that he needs to continue on in his journey toward...

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Athena had Odysseus' back throughout his journeys and offers him assistance when he needs it most; Calypso and the Sirens attempt to taunt and entrap Odysseus and distract him from his goals; and Penelope is a clever and cunning woman who represents Odysseus' entire journey and what he is fighting for. ... Athena is just one example of the power women had over Odysseus during his journey home. ... Calypso and the Sirens represent escapism and have the power to control the journey of Odysseus and his men. ... Penelope has a strong impact on Odysseus throughout his whole journey; she...

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The gods have a different idea though what started out as a simple journey home turns into one that lasts 10 years and kills off all his crewmembers. ... Odysseus's thread is long and twisted through his journey. ... Is Fate the journey through life or is it the end? "Only the journey is written, not the destination" -Ardath Bay, Mummy Returns. ...

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As the story progresses, Odysseus is many things other than the average warrior on a long journey home. ... Throughout The Odyssey, Odysseus shows his leadership qualities while he overcomes many obstacles during his journey home. ... Odysseus makes another cunning decision during his journey after he learns about the possible fate of his faithful crew. ... Athena uses her powers as a goddess to transform Odysseus into a beggar for the last leg of his journey. ...

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Although Homer writes Odysseus as the focal point of his novel, The Odyssey, the role Athene plays in Odysseus" life is just as essential to the success of his journey as Odysseus is, himself. Athene's involvement in Odysseus" travels is arguably even more important and necessary to the epic journey than his own talents and abilities. ... Because Athene is kindhearted, she takes it upon herself to aide Odysseus and his son, Telemachus, along their separate journeys, in order to better their lives and help regain their kingdom, as well as reunite themselves as a family. ... It is evidence...

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Odysseus was willing to give his life for his soldiers at any type during his journey. ... Once the war was done he led them home through many distractions on the long journey home. ... After the war it was a long journey home with many hardships. ... Odysseus perseveres through a 10-year journey home and never lost sight of their homecoming to Ithaca. ... When Odysseus made his journey home Poseidon created harsh winds and unfavorable storms. ...

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In The Odyssey, Odysseus and Telemachus embark on parallel heroic journeys to unite their family. ... While they journey, the two protagonists receive aid from the gods and goddesses. Each receives aid at the beginning of their journeys, Odysseus from Calypso in helping him to escape and Telemachus from Athena in helping him to embark on his journey as helpmate and legacy. ... Telemachus' response to Athena's challenge becomes the starting point of his legacy because he journeys to unite his family in the same fashion as his father. ... Then, beginning his journey as legacy and helpm...

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Although she offered to make him immortal if he would remain, Odysseus spurned the offer and continued his journey. ... She delayed Odysseus by seven years on his journey home to Itaca holding him and his men on the island. ...

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Odysseus fought in the Trojan War and, after the Greeks claimed their victory at Troy, began his prolonged journey home. ... He believed it was all right to doubt himself because he knew that Athena would always be there to brush the doubt away and encourage him on his journey home. ...

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Odysseus fought in the Trojan War and, after the Greeks claimed their victory at Troy, began his prolonged journey home. ... He believed it was all right to doubt himself because he knew that Athena would always be there to brush the doubt away and encourage him on his journey home. ...

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The Odyssey follows the "long journey" model, as it tells the chronicle of Odysseus' trek back home to Ithaca after fighting in the brutal Trojan War. ... Epic poets would journey to a city or town, and would perform their poem for an audience, sometimes over a number of days or performances if the poem was of a longer nature (i. e. the Odyssey, which had 11,300 lines). ... Pick up a copy and dive into the timeless journey with warrior-king Odysseus, along with the millions who already have. ...

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On this journey Jason takes with him a crew on the Argo, but on the way he encounters challenges which he must complete in order to achieve his goal. ... When the Argonauts saw a withered man on Bithynia, their next place of visit, they stopped to help him free of his unjust punishment from Zeus and then continued on their journey. ... He may have gone to Colchis in search of gold, and when he returned with his Golden Fleece, as the ancient method of collecting gold was by using a fleece, he may have exaggerated the tale of his journey in order to make it more exciting, as one often does...

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As Odysseus relentlessly continues on his journey home, Athena showcases metis by using the leitmotif of disguise when she transforms Odysseus into different forms. ... Even much later in the text, as Odysseus journeys to the underworld, he learns from Agamemnon how "Aegisthus hatched [his] doom and [his] destruction, so [he] died-a wretched, ignominious death" (11: 462,466). ... The Odyssey tells the story of a journey. ...

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It's true that Aeneas' wanderings in the beginning of the poem are reminiscent of the same perils that Odysseus faced on his journey home to Ithaca, such as Aeneas' encounter with the Harpies (3:245) and the Cyclopes (3:760). ... Virgil seeks to reveal the true reason for the Trojan War and Aeneas' journey to Italy to found the predecessor to Rome. ... This fate is the reason for the Trojan War and Aeneas' journey, a fate that Homer could not have possibly known during his time but is able to be explained by Virgil now that it has come to fruition during his lifetime. ...

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Homer wrote about the Trojan War, in which Odysseus took part in, in the Iliad, and about Odysseus" long journey home in, The Odyssey. ... Also, at the end of his journey had he not been handsome, Calypso would not have taken him in, fed him and gave him shelter, and he would have died on her island. ... Then in his journey home, Odysseus bests the son of a god, the Cyclops, Polyphemus. ... And upon completion of his journey home Odysseus achieves the greatest task of all. ...

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However, he becomes distracted from this goal at several points along his journey by three women, each more beautiful than his wife and having a definite romantic interest in him. ... The first woman Odysseus meets on his journey home is the beautiful, talented, bewitching Nymph, Circe. ... The final significant female figure Odysseus meets on his journey is the beautiful princess, Nausicaa. ... Odysseus experiences three relationships with female figures as he journeys home to Ithaca, all three women as beautiful as goddesses. ...

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Through female characters in The Odyssey, Homer suggests that women are intelligent and strong, and uses many of their facets to help or delay Odysseus' journey to his home, Ithaca. ... As mentioned before, all these manipulation and temptations make Odysseus's journey to his home slow down. ... To illustrate, she convinces her father, Zeus, to order Calypso to free Odysseus and permit him to continue his journey home. ... Odysseus was told from Nausicaa to ask the Queen for help with his journey home. ...

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In The Odyssey, Odysseus encounters a one-eyed giant on his journey named Polyphemus in the land of the Cyclops. ... They are willing to assist the Greek and take him with them on their journey rather than kill him. ...

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The Odyssey covers Odysseus's difficult journey back home to Ithaca, which, unfortunately, takes ten more years. ... The success of his journey has led several to argue whether or not Odysseus is an epic hero. ... Odysseus makes himself a legend because of his part in the Trojan War, and his determination and success of his journey home to Ithaca. ...

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The use of a protagonist and following this protagonist on their journey through the action of the play is another structural element of the play and is interesting to look at from a historical perspective. ... Yet, she has ended the tragedy and her journey has been completed. ...

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According to Aristotle, a tragic hero is someone who creates his or her own downfall, whose fate is not deserved, and whose punishment exceeds the crime. In the play "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles, the main character Oedipus is a perfect example of Aristotle's tragic hero. In the play, three main theme...

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Like Batman, Odysseus requires strength, not in the physical sense, but the emotional and mental sense because "the Land of the Dead is a place marked by emptiness and despair " (Powell, 1990, p. 67) that only a heroic man can encounter on his epic journey. ... Batman's decision to avoid lethal force is an act of courage because it is easy to kill the enemy, but it is another to incapacitate temporarily the enemy that may return to face him on his journey to keep Gotham City safe. ...

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A True Vet It isn't hard to explain why Odysseus is such a good character. He is a very realistic one. Vietnam was a war that lasted close to fifteen years and many men lost their lives there. Some of those men who survived have never been the same since they have come home. Homer knew what it felt...

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