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    Thesis statement: The book Till we have faces by C.S Lewis talked about Orual, a ugly and sinful princess eventually saw the truth and become beautiful and sinless by her sister Psyche’s sacrifice. Topic Sentence: The old Orual never understand her need for redemption, and she is full of sin. Claim from Part 1: Orual can not see the truth because she pushed all her fault to Psyche, her beautiful and sinless sister, and never wants to face the truth. Integrated support from Part 1: When Psyche

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    Eurydice Research Paper

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    Eurydice to show that it is almost impossible to grow up. Eurydice makes Orpheus turn around because she thinks she isnt important to Orpheus, misses her father babying her, and because she realizes she made the wrong decision. Eurydice makes Orpheus turn around and look at her so she can go back to the underworld because Eurydice thinks she isn’t important to Orpheus. One day Eurydice and Orpheus were out playing around Orpheus asked Eurydice if she tells has his melody he made for her. Eurydice points

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    “Eurydice” is a rewrite of Ovid’s “Orpheus and Eurydice” in which the focus shifts over to Eurydice, where readers get a different perspective of the much older story, with Eurydice having more of a say and achieving her goals. Ovid’s poem shows Eurydice as a damsel in distress who needs to be saved. Duffy’s rewrite shows Eurydice being an independent woman who does not want to be a muse. After being silent for so long, Eurydice finally has a voice to give her thoughts on Orpheus. Duffy’s rewrite gives insight

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    Orpheus Research Paper

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    The Greek legend I have picked is Orpheus, the legendary poet and musician. He was known to enchant almost anything with his beautiful music. The most famous story about Orpheus is the story of his wife, Eurydice. After her death, Orpheus was greatly distressed. He was so saddened by his wife's death he decided to do something about it. He traveled down into the underworld and used his music to persuade Hades to let Eurydice go. Hades gave Orpheus one condition, that he was not to look back to

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    Orual, the sister of Psyche, is used as the first person narrator of the story, who is writing a book to the gods. Orual is writing the book in response to what the gods have done to her. Hood says “The stated purpose of her entire composition was to “accuse the gods” and prove them guilty of mistreating her and giving her a wretched life” (2009). From the very first page of the book, this broken relationship between Orual and the gods is shown when it says “I will accuse the gods, especially the

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    Part One: The story of The Cyclops Polyphemus was the most intriguing story in the first part for me. In the story, Odysseus and his crew ventured inside the home of a cyclop named Polyphemus, which was built inside of a cave. When Polyphemus came home, he found the crew and immediately killed and ate one of the men. As Polyphemus shut the door, Odysseus and his men were trapped inside the cave. During the next day, Odysseus and his men took a piece of timber from Polyphemus’ house and sharpened

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    WHAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SPARAGMOS AND OMOPHAGIA IN DIONYSIS RITUAL? Dionysus is the god of wine and fertility, however also became considered a patron of the arts. Along with the variety of things Dionysus was associated with, he is associated with some important concepts. These are, being able to bring a dead person back from the underworld, rebirth after death represented through the symbol of his tending to vines to bear fruit for the making of his wine. There is also the feeling of being

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    desolation. A lover, family member, pet or sentimental possession. It 's the feeling one receives unintentionally from someone else. To feel both sympathy and realizing it 's ominous undertone. Ovid: Metamorphosis is an eloquent hymn about Greek Orpheus succumbing to depression following the loss of his wife. Along the way, he loses himself in suffering and impromptu his death. The interpreter of the original hymn uses his poetic language to give just to this classical. Ovid: Metamorphoses by

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    In The Metamorphoses, Ovid depicts an entire range of human nature in his myths, such as love, hatred, jealousy and pride; each of which lead to reckless and illogical behavior. Many different forms of human nature are displayed, but the outcome is always consistent. The transformations that result are not unpredictable, but serve to reveal the true character of the persons involved. Ovid’s view of human nature is one where humans and gods alike succumb to their emotions, which then leads to a transformation

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    The poem Eurydice by Ocean Vuong, is constructed off the famous Greek Mythology legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. The many similes, metaphors and allusions to the story, represent the famous story in a more ambiguous style, that conveys Ocean Vuong’s occurring theme throughout his poem as the many different sides of love, including happiness, sacrifice and hurt. The abundant metaphor and simile represent and emphasize the feelings present throughout the poem, as well the transition from radiant happiness

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