What is love? Some say love is attraction; a bond between two people romantically involved. Some say love is passion, or a need to have something. You cannot function without it. Love flows like a river, endlessly drifting until it expands to the everlasting sea and, although it may be changed, it still remains. Some dare to dip their toes in. Some fear the current taking over them and drifting them to a lost and lonely world without it. Love surrounds us in everything we do. How could we live without love? With all the passion, all the mouths of this river, how do we know if this love is unconditional? How do we know how the things we love feel about us?.
When you think of love, do you think of two people who never leave each other's side? Two people bound by an eternal force that compels them to stand by their partner. Think of The Odyssey. The focus of the story revolves around Odysseus trying to return to his wife on Ithaca. Penelope waits, patiently, desperately, anxiously. It could take over one's entire thoughts to be separated from a lover. Days, months, years, all pass by like eons slowly moving as if they were snails coated in a thick layer of salt. On Ithaca, Penelope receives opportunities to forget Odysseus and to move on. Suitors from across the land line up at her door with their odious smiles, begging, pleading for her to acknowledge that they're alive. Alas, she cannot give up on her love. She sits in the shadows never giving up that Odysseus will make his way back, because she loves him. She knows in her heart that no one could ever measure up to Odysseus and that she could not live with another man knowing that Odysseus was still out there. But, how is she to know of his determination to get home? Does he really want to come back to her, or, rather, does he want to return to his life as a rich and lavish lifestyle as king of Ithaca? Penelope may love Odysseus but he portrays actions that side against the mutual feeling.
These two epics show their characters to be human by showing the fears, happiness and the love of life that each has. ... No matter what he encounters, the love for his wife is consistently with him. The Odyssey is a true love story. The Odyssey celebrates the love of a husband and wife. ... Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey in the eighth century B.C. ...
But The Odyssey is truly identified as one thing, an epic. ... The hero in The Odyssey is obviously Odysseys. ... Odysseys conquers this characteristic in several ways. ... Odysseys travels far and wide just ti return home. ... The Odyssey is packed with them. ...
The gods in The Odyssey are who held Odysseus captive for over eight years. ... In The Odyssey both free will and fate occur. (Sparknotes) The Odyssey represents free will in that it gave choices. ... Works Cited Odyssey. ... (teacher) 2001 Odyssey Class Discussion Odyssey Plot Summation. ...
Hospitality in the Odyssey Hospitality has played a large role in ancient Mycenaen society and is even evident in the writings of the time, as witnessed in Homer's Odyssey. Hospitality reveals itself as a domineering factor in the way characters act and the way characters are treated in the Odyssey. One instance of the role of hospitality in the Odyssey occurs early on in the epic when Telemachus secretly set off to find Nestor. ... In the Odyssey, the good offered hospitality, and the bad fed off of the hospitality of others. ... Among all cultural elements of ancient Greek so...
In the ancient Greek society, like the society present in the book "The Odyssey," hospitality is exactly what was anticipated from the people. You can say that hospitality is kindness and hospitality is an important part of Homer's "The Odyssey." Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey" contains a reoccurring theme of hospitality. ... Not everyone is a gracious guest in "The Odyssey." ...
Odyssey vs. ... The Odyssey and O" Brother each start with an obstacle that keeps the main characters, Odysseus (Odyssey) and Everet (O"Brother), from their homes and their wives for many years. ... The next morning Everet and Delmar wake up to believe that the sirens "loved up" Pete and turned him into a horny toad. Odysseus's men are loved up by the goddess Circe and are turned into many different animals from lions to monkeys to bears. ... The Odyssey is the well-known story of a hero's long journey home. ...
"THE ODYSSEY" AS A HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATION OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND THE GODS AND GODDESSES OF MT. ... I believe that more than anything, Homer's "The Odyssey" is an exercise in the meaning of story telling through song and other aspects in "The Odyssey," including lying and the lore, as I shall explain. ... In the very first line of "The Odyssey," Odysseus is described as "the man of many ways." ... For example, "The Land Of The Lotus-Eaters" are representative of such mythological realities in "The Odyssey." There is also much importance given...
The Odyssey: Faithfulness vs. Unfaithfulness In The Odyssey, Homer presents a double standard to the reader. ... Even when he knows he will be returning home the next day, he spends the time with Calypso, " .and now, with drawing into the cavern's clear recesses lay in each others arms they lost themselves in love... The Odyssey: Faithfulness vs. Unfaithfulness In The Odyssey, Homer presents a double standard to the reader. ...
The Odyssey vs. ... The Odyssey, translated by Fitzgerald, is about an epic hero trying to get to his home after twenty long years. ... In The Odyssey women were treated as slaves. ... A difference is that in The Odyssey the women were known as whores. ... In conclusion, The Odyssey and Beowulf focus on the themes of women, character style, and religion. ...
