O-Homer's Relationship With Her Father Matsumoto

Chapter 12: “The Man I Killed” 1. How did the narrator react to the fact that he killed another human being? What evidence in the story leads you to this conclusion? The narrator was shocked and felt guilty. You could tell that he feels bad because he is thinking about all the stories and lessons the boy would have been taught. O'Brien is just staring at the dead body and not speaking, which shows he's traumatized. Kiowa

The relationships between parents and their sons in the Iliad are not relationships we expect to see in today’s society. The Iliad portrays the relationships between fathers and sons as something more than just physical and emotional. It is based on pride and respect for one another. The expectations of their son are more so to pass on their fathers reputable name and to follow in their father’s footsteps of being noble warriors. These relationships are the driving forces in the Iliad, making each son in the Iliad identifiable first by their father’s name. An outcome of the father–son relationships is ancestral loyalty among the characters which play a prominent role in war. Therefore, not only does the Iliad share a major war story, but

The theme of Revenge has been utilized in numerous works of art throughout history, including books, plays, movies, etc. Revenge is the result of one’s desire for vengeance, however, revenge is known to be implied under high emotions of anger thus not with reason concluding with a horrible outcome. Shakespeare’s play ‘Hamlet’ is no doubt a play about a tragedy caused by revenge; Prince Hamlet’s retribution for his father, King Hamlet’s murder and Laertes vengeance for his father, Polonius’ murder. The theme of revenge in Hamlet is portrayed through various literary techniques such as foreshadowing and irony.

Homer and Ovid are two of the oldest, most influential poets that have ever lived. Although they are both poets, they have several differences in their writings. Homer, a Greek poet, is most famous for his epic poems Iliad and Odyssey. Ovid, a Roman poet, is most famous for Metamorphoses a 15 book poem containing over 250 myths. To compare and contrast these two poets and their writing styles, I will use Achilles’ battle with Hector in Homer’s Iliad book 22 and compare it with Achilles’ battle with Cycnus in Ovid’s Metamorphoses book 12. The comparison of these battles will give us a better understanding of these poets different views on the Trojan War.

one character she makes me admire the most is Lily, the protagonist. I specifically admire her because of the way she overcomes every problem she experiences throughout the course of the book. Lily experiences the most problems while living with her father T-ray. She struggles with a lot of stuff including parental issues and appearance issues. The one thing that makes her struggle the most is her personal dilemma of killing her mother. Something that makes me relate with her is that she is

There are many reasons to believe that O Brother, Where Art Thou is a movie based upon the events that took place during Homer’s The Odyssey. The Odyssey is a story about Odysseus and his adventure home after the Trojan War. O Brother, Where Art Thou was about the journey of Ulysses and his two partners escaping from prison. Both Odysseus and Ulysses were trying to reach home so they could see their families again. The blind man on the railroad tracks toward the beginning represented the blind prophet Teiresias. Both prophets give bad news. Odysseus is told it will take him many years to reach home. Ulysses is told he will not reach the treasure he seeks. The cousin that turned Ulysses and his two prison mates Delmar and Pete in for the reward represents the Circe turning

1. Odysseus kept his true identity from Telemachus at first, because he did not want Eumaeus to know about his return. Since he would be likely be killed if the suitors found out about his return, he wanted as few people as possible to know about his homecoming. He did not tell his wife, Penelope, about his return, because one of the workers in the palace could share this information with the suitors.

Towards the end of The Odyssey, Odysseus finally returns home to find over 100 suitors staying in his old home. Even thought there were rumors that Odysseus was still alive, the suitors ignored them and continued to live in his house and court his wife. Because of this, Odysseus was

The great soldier Odysseus has had many relationships in his journey, as the epic progresses we meet these characters. Odysseus’ wife Penelope, and their adolescent son Telemachus play extreme and important roles in the decisions Odysseus makes on what seems like an everlasting journey. Odysseus' interaction with his loyal wife

I’m as deluded as my father. And it’s true. Her beauty and remoteness and resolve are one” (McEwen 15). The fetus recognizes the place of his father, and puts his father down, as he praises his mother out of love (I know this sounds awk I’ll change). It is through this praise which ultimately shows the fetus’s desire for his mother, and Freud can be applied. Jones writes of Freud’s theory “Of the infantile jealousies the one with which we are here occupied is that experienced by a boy towards his father… The only point that at present concerns us is the resentment felt by a boy towards his father when the later disturbs his enjoyment of his mother’s affection” (Jones 95). Ultimately, the fetus’s longing for Trudy triggers the competition he feels toward Claude. From the beginning of the novel, though the fetus is aware of his father’s death, he seems to accept it willingly (cite). While planning the murder of his own father, the fetus condemns Claude of any implications he has on his mother; however, the fetus continually reassures himself of the love he feels toward Trudy. It is through Freud’s theory which reveals that the fetus’s anger is solely directed at Claude for killing his father, not Trudy. The theory of the Oedipal complex, in turn, emphasizes the importance of the fetus as being male, as it is the male he wants to fight, and his mother whom he wants to earn the affection of.

honourably battles against her uncle's rule to bring justice to her slaughtered brother; her original intentions

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." The blood freezes in her vains. Her whole body freezes in shock as she could feel the barrel of a pistol against the back of her head. Hearing at the same time that significant sing-song voice. She holds her breath, it feels like her heart stops beating. The disbelieve and shock in her mistress´ eyes and the fear on the face of her son are making it even worse.

Opus After a childhood of adventures and promises, the present laid bare a fruitless future. When the character received a chilling call from the hospital informing him of his friend’s condition, hope diminished quicker than the pounds leaving her. He watched her transform from a healthy, vibrant woman to an infirm, feeble shadow of her former self. The character became driven to spare her of constant humiliation through chemotherapy. Character, who is a biochemist, began researching and consulting old textbooks on Herbalism. This led Character to discover a method of treatment which could become the miracle that will save her.

In this passage O’brien demonstrates his own character traits. As a writer, he has a strong ability to understand what others are feeling and sympathize. When he kills the young soldier, he creates a story around him, imaging the soldier as having similar struggles to his own. He deeply regrets the soldier's death because he feels that neither of them really wanted to be fighting in this war and relates his own life story to the fictional one he creates for the soldier.

HUM 300 - Classical Humanities March 1, 2013 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.