Analysis Of Homer 's ' Snap The Whip '

The theme that there are dangers in temptations plays a massive role in the Odyssey, in which Odysseus and his men are always encountering situations where they are tempted to accomplish what is risky. Homer uses figurative language in his story by developing the theme that there are Dangers in Temptations of one that does not follow the rules.

Elbert Hubbard once said “Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that. In Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club, Homer’s The Odyssey translated by Robert Fagles, and Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, hope and expectation illustrate the thin line between success and utter destruction in which hope and expectation are found. Characters such as Junior, and Penelope have begun to master the art of hope, while characters such as June have people around her that lower her standards. Success is found in a perfect happy medium where the people that are surrounding the main character raise the standards of life. Through the analysis of a multitude of characters, it is prominent that when

Faith Ringgold composed this piece by using oil paints on a 31 by 19 inch canvas. It is depicting the struggles that her community and herself were facing while trying to gain equal rights from the majority of white American culture. She uses line, shape, color, value and texture

Sappho’s poem, entitled Fragment 16, is of the lyrical style instead of the epic style we are used to in Homer’s Iliad. The lyrical style of poetry got its name because it was usually accompanied by a lyre while it was recited. It also was used to express more emotion rather than telling a story. This form of poetry seems to be more artistic rather than the story telling of epic poetry of the time. In this poem we are able to use the comparison of different imagery to understand a common theme within the poem itself. The reason for the interesting title of the poem is because most of Sappho’s poetry is now only found in fragmented forms. Most of Sappho’s writing is from 600 B.C.E.

The main subject in this portrait are the slaves that are in chains.The facial expressions of the slaves are subdued and defeated. The only lookers of the slaves have very nice clothes and the slaves are in rags. This portrait takes place in an outdoor setting and the slaves appear to be walking through a field in order to be sold. One of the onlookers are laughing and another one of the onlookers is clutching a baby in her arms. Jacob Lawrence is showing the

1-1. “Before me and Neeka started asking D about her life, we were erasers too—she got to step into our world, with all the trees and mamas calling from windows and kids playing on the block, and forget.” (18)

Within the masts of ships, the tests of loyalty, and the authority of the social pecking order lays the similarities and differences among powerful female characters. The Odyssey by Homer was written as a sequel to his previous work The Iliad. These books follow The Trojan War and the events following this massive war. Specifically, The Odyssey follows the journey of war hero Odysseus on his way back home to Ithaca. On his campaign filled with trials and tribulations, Odysseus received help from many important women. Bright-eyed Athena, the goddess of strategic warfare, serves as a mentor throughout Odysseus’ journey to his homeland, Ithaca. Calypso, the nymph with the human voice, houses Odysseus on his journey home. Eurycleia, the nurse in his placae, provides care and support to her superior, Odysseus. These three women can all be compared and contrasted to one another because of their close relationships with Odysseus, master of tactics. Odysseus would not have been successful on his journey home to Ithaca if it were not for women such as Athena, Calypso, and Eurycleia.

“I got thinkin’ how we was holy when we was one thing, an’ mankin’ was holy when it was one thing”

Throughout the Odyssey, by Homer (translated by W.H.D Rouse) it is clear that he uses stereotypes to show that men and women are not equal. In the beginning of Book 1, the minstrel begins to play a song, and Penelopeia complains that it is too sad. Telemachos responds, “My dear mother, why won’t you let the worthy minstrel entertain us as he likes? Go to your room and see about your own business, loom and distaff, and keep the servants to their work; talking is always the man’s part, and mine in particular, for the man rules the house”(12). This statement makes it very clear that women are the ones taking care of household jobs, and that they have no power in society. It also makes it clear the men always have the power over the women, and

1. “I no longer thought God was the creeks rising from the wood floor. I knew God was found in prayer, not in the sudden closing of the hallways door just as you stepped from the bathroom. But when I was a boy with squares of black space instead of baby teeth when the door closed with a sigh, I thought, that God. God made that happen.” (Page 2)

The painting on the right with group of African American getting ready for some kind of festival is called Dressing for the Carnival and it was painted by Winslow Homer in 1877.

In her illuminating commentary, “The Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Heroes, and Athletes,” Judith M. Barringer introduces Olympia and sets the scene of the famous ruins in ancient times. She forces you to imagine the reverence one would feel by simply visiting the Temple of Zeus.   When peering into the temple, many would have first focused on the labors of Herakles that were portrayed before turning their attention to the magnificent, gold and ivory adorned statue of zeus, implying that these representations were quite exceptional for their time. When viewed, they gave off a sense of being larger than life.

While both poems of the sirens portray the creatures as enticing, admitting to the deadliness of the song they sing (PrPP), Atwood’s rendition, with its perspective entirely from that of a siren herself, paints the sirens as more deceitful in their malevolent (SAT Vocab) coaxing of men, while the sirens of Homer’s classic tale rely more on their beauty and “ravishing voices,” (Homer, 19) utilizing rhetorical appeals to attract sailors (PrPP Parallel Structure).

Homer compares the milk to the blood of Sarpedon in order to communicate the striking contrast between the two. Line 674 in the Iliad uses “brimming milk pails” to describe the overflowing blood from Sarpedon’s body (Homer 16). Although the milk and blood act as a similar idea in their situation, each situation gives the reader an opposite feeling. While milk shows pureness and innocence, Sarpedon’s blood presents a violence and sin. The word, “dairy farm” relates to the war because dairy farm produce milk while war is bombarded with dead people’s blood (Homer 16.675). However, dairy farm provides a picture of lively milieu while the war displays a sense of revulsion. Homer uses the phrase, “how flies cluster about the brimming milk pails”

The next question we usually ask ourselves is “why?” why the color, why the worn out look of the farmhouse, why the surroundings, in general why is the painting depicted like this? That brings up the need to analyze the work of art at hand. When focusing on this painting, you can see a few birds soaring over the farmhouse. They’re quite small so there’s some difficulty telling if they’re flying towards or away from the farmhouse. It is still very probable that they flew over it at some point in time though. The lines in the painting are mostly depicted in the trees, and outer walls of the farmhouse. Standing firm the trees look, and or represent strength and dominance. It makes you wonder if there’s still hope for the dead looking environment surrounding the farmhouse. When first observing this painting; the thoughts were generally negative such as; sad, abandoned, lonely, and depressing, etc. The painting is indeed centered, and the focal point is obviously the farmhouse.