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    The Odyssey by Homer is a literary classic that presents many themes about the natures of both man and god. Although the characters of the book display characteristics relatable to those of the people today, one of the most prevalent differences between the two eras and their people is the intense violence that takes place throughout the entirety of the epic. This violence serves several functions in the work as a whole. The violence that is enacted upon the characters of The Odyssey serve as a device

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    Chapman's Version of The Odyssey and the Iliad This poem is an expression of how the poet John Keats felt after rediscovering Homer's "The Odyssey and the Iliad" when he read Chapman's English translation of this Greek classic. To express this he uses the form of a sonnet, with fourteen lines, every set of two lines rhyming. The first four lines are one long sentence consisting mainly as metaphors to summarize his full meaning in whole. "Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,

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    Humanity In The Odyssey

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    Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall, How Does Odysseus Compare To Us All? (A Reflective Essay) “You are what you love, not who loves you,” is a from the song Save Rock and Roll by the American band, Fall Out Boy, tying closely with the themes of life and humanity explored in The Odyssey. The main character, Odysseus is the truest expression of humanity, and the challenges that we all face in our lives. Learning in the end that he is formed by those he loves, Odysseus is able to overcome mountainous obstacles

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    The Odyssey is the tale of the Greek hero Odysseus, written by Homer around 8th century B.C. about his journey home at the end of the Trojan War. Odysseus spends ten years of his life on this voyage, guided by the Greek goddess, Athena. While Odysseus is battling Poseidon and attempting to free himself from the grasp of Calypso’s influence, his wife and son, Penelope and Telemachus, struggle to maintain his kingdom in Ithaca. He is pronounced dead and his faithful yet weakening wife is overwhelmed

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    called the Hero’s Journey, invented by Joseph Campbell. It allows the hero to start at a status quo, go from an ordinary world to an imaginary world and then come out in full form. The hero's journey allows to compare characters' paths and the lesson that they learned . In the book Odyssey, written in the 8th Century BC by Homer, Odysseus follows a similar journey to a more modern heroine, Moana in the movie Moana, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. Odysseus, a mighty but unfaithful soldier

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    never more evident than during conflict. In the Odyssey, Odysseus is forced to find his way home and his character traits both save him and cause him great hardships, and throughout the Epic Poem he is forced to use his incredible wit to get out of a situation mainly caused by his own thirst for glory. However, it is also noticeable that Odysseus is learning his ways and he changes his glory seeking ways by the end of the poem. Throughout the Odyssey it is evident how the strengths and weakness of

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    Comparing Two Heros - Beowulf and Odysseus Reading through Beowulf I began to compare it to the last great epic I read, Homer’s Odyssey. While the Odyssey and Beowulf are each examples of both historic and modern ideas of heroism, the acts of Beowulf’s hero seem to fit better within its context. Beowulf exhibits many obvious heroic qualities, such as his strength and confidence in battle. These along with more subtle diplomatic actions serve to define him as both a great warrior and leader

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    The Odyssey is an epic poem about the king of Ithaca, Odysseus. Odysseus gets sent off to fight in Troy and is gone for 10 years. Odysseus then leaves Troy with his crew and try to return home but, they encounter many obstacles and enemies and is gone for another 10 years. The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem about a selfish king that looses his only friend. After Gilgamesh’s friend dies, he goes on a journey to gain immortality. On his journey he encounters many enemies and obstacles, just as Odysseus

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    In Virgil’s Aeneid and Homer’s Odyssey we observe two opposing views, the defeat of the Trojans and the victorious Greeks. Nevertheless, we get parallel plots in the form of the hero’s journey. Each hero faces many obstacles to reach their fate. With both heroes having the ultimate goal of reaching their homeland or in Aeneas’ case finding a new home. There are many similarities such as both Odysseus and Aeneas sailing the same sea, and visiting some of the same location such as; the underworld

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    Odyssey Architype

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    They Odyssey rough draft Centuries ago "The Odyssey," was written, yet people still find architypes that they could relate to. As I read through "The Odyssey," I came across many different examples of architypes. The main three to me was the monster architype, the hero architype, and then the quest architype. Homer wrote "The Odyssey" somewhere between the fifth century and the eighth century A.D. "The Odyssey," shows how ancient Greeks thought if something were to happen that they didn't understand

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