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. ... Numerous themes in The Odyssey are conveyed through the character of Telemachus, however, Odysseus" son especially represents the cultural importance of hospitality. ... (Odyssey 54). ... (Odyssey 5). ... (Odyssey" . ...

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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. ...

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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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There is no home-coming for the man who draws near them unawares...for with their high clear song the Sirens bewitch him, as they sit there in a meadow piled high with the mouldering skeletons of men, whose withered skin still hangs upon their bones" (Odyssey, Book 12, ll. 39ff trans. Rieu/Jones) This is a warning to the great adventurer Odysseus from the mythological epic poem by Homer called the "Odyssey." ... Each stanza of the poem contains a certain theme that will have the power to persuade in a different way, thus the reader's attention is grabbed with the various emotions disp...

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The second book, The Sea of Monsters, is based on Odysseus' story, The Odyssey. ... It means that it covers the intrinsic elements of the work such as character, plot, theme, setting, atmosphere, etc. ...

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