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- 6941: Odysseus: Traits of an Epic Hero
- ... Odysseus' twenty year journey, he uses many of his traits to get back to Ithaca. Odysseus and his men fight the Cyclops, the Sirens and have to resist the temptation of the honeyed plants. A great epic hero, like Odysseus, needs to have numerous traits. Odysseus' traits are strength, intelligence and self-confidence. Odysseus is strong in many different ways. He is strong in his mind, heart and physical strength. His ... to finish the rest of the trip. Since Odysseus believed in himself, his men showed more self-confidence in their selves and were able to finish the rest of the journey back to Ithaca. A great epic hero, like Odysseus, uses these traits to the best of their ability. For Odysseus to get home, he had to be strong, very intelligent and self-confident. These traits helped Odysseus and his men ...
- 6942: “A Christmas Memory”: Truman Capote
- ... three friends spend together. A boy of seven, Capote has but two friends: his “sixty-something” year old distant cousin and a loyal, happy pooch named Buddy. Although the age difference between the cousins is great, it is clear that the two are almost on the same level of intelligence. His old cousin is not ignorant or innocent by choice, rather, because of her frail condition she has been brushed off ... observant eye of a youth juxtaposed against wisdom only gained with age. An uncommon usage of colons is employed throughout his work to present different areas of text. Although mostly used for introducing lists or great excerpts of quotes, Capote uses colons for lists as well as for dividing lines of text to break the monotony. Even more so, they are used as directions for the reader to understand peoples’ movements ...
- 6943: Faust and Victor Frankenstein: Unconcerned With Reality
- ... continued a long time traversing my bedchamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep.(p.56) Frankenstein had partially realized his dreams, by finally completing his creation. Ironically, the attainment of his goal actually causes great stress and agony in his life, for the monster, unwanted and unloved, returns to his creator. Frankenstein loses his child, his servant and finally his wife to the monster. Neither Frankenstein nor Faust is able ... poem around the strengths and weaknesses of a man who, under a personalized definition of a hero, fails miserably. A hero is a person who can be revered by the masses as an individual of great morality and strength, a man or woman who never sacrifices their beliefs under adversity. Through his immoral actions and his unwillingness to respect others’ rights and privileges, Faust is determined to be a man of ...
- 6944: Dante’s Influence on Italian Culture
- ... opinions on politics were new and many of his ideas are seen in today’s politics (Holmes 23). These are the three key areas in which Dante was so influential. Dante’s writings had a great impact on Italian literature, both in the nature of the topics and the style of the prose. His writings have been hailed “the pillars on which the European literary tradition has been built” (Dante: The ... them with a very skeptical and negative viewpoint. “For the rest of his life politics was always to be an important factor in his attitude to man and the universe” (Holmes 26). Dante was a great thinker and had lots of time during his exile to reflect on his life and write the truth about the Middle Ages. It was during this time that Dante’s writings reflected many of his ...
- 6945: Odysseus: Metis Is His Most Important Quality
- ... in The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, interprets this word to describe a man who is “skilled in all ways of contending” (219). Thus, unlike Achilles in the Iliad, Odysseus is not famous for his great strength or courage, but for his keen ability to deceive and trick others. In the Iliad, there is evidence for Odysseus’ cunning ways. For example, Odysseus presents himself as a humble, commonplace man to enhance ... he would move neither backwards or forwards, But would hold it stiff, just like a man of no understanding; You would have thought him a nasty man and nothing but a fool. But when his great voice arose from his chest, And his words fell like the snowflakes on a winter’s day, Then could no other mortal man rival Odysseus. (III, ll. 210-220). In addition, Agamemnon expresses his anger ...
- 6946: "The Yellow Wallpaper": Decorating the Ugly Truth of Oppression
- ... of conclusion to her "hysteria". As there is no sense or ending to the designs in the wallpaper, there is no sense or ending to her "hysteria". When the husband feels he is administering his great skills as a doctor to provide his wife with the best care possible, he seems to provide her with nothing but a confined and stifling environment to which his great skills could not detect her further psychosis. In furthering the wife's psychosis Gilman tells how oppression can turn an otherwise sane person, given non-oppressive conditions, into a complete lunatic, given oppressive conditions. Since ...
- 6947: Voltaire's Candide: Satirical Literature
- ... money and diamonds. The reverends affliction with the church did not phase her at all. Not surprisingly, it turns out that it is the Reverend Friar who stole Lady Cunegonde's money and diamonds. Another great example of Volatires prejudice is shown when Cacambo is talking to Candide about Paraguay. Cacambo is going on and on about how wonderful it is and how they have a great government and how "the Fathers have everything, the people have nothing: it's a masterpiece of reason and justice. I don't know how anyone as divine as the Fathers...". This is how Voltaire sees ...
- 6948: The Odyssey
- ... denied at first by Nestor replying, “Ah dear boy…” (III, 117). Telemachus insists that Nestor inform him of all he knows, and with that Nestor shares his stories. King Nestor finally excepts Telemachus as a great man when the disguised Athena leaves. Athena transforms herself in to an eagle and flies away. When the King observes this he replies, “Dear boy- never fear you’ll be a coward or defenseless, not ... father, the king of Ithaca, to follow in the footsteps. The two are compared in the poem from every aspect. However, one may also presume that Homer had not intended for Telemachus to be as great a hero as his father had. This is due to the fact that, he never had a Trojan War to fight, his setting is in a time of peace unlike his father’s, and more ...
- 6949: Metaphors, Exaggeration, and Alliteration in Beowulf
- ... believe that the character of Beowulf would be able to kill a monster like Grendel with his bare hands. Exaggerating Beowulf's bravery makes the story more exciting. Another exaggeration used to convince us how great our hero is, is the passage, "Over all the world, or between the seas, / Or under the heaven, no hero was greater." (671-672). This dazzles the listener with Beowulf's bravery. His bravery is ... through the bones, / Gulped the blood, and gobbled the flesh, / Greedily gorged on the lifeless corpse," (558-563). This is the image of Grendel killing one of the soldiers before his fatal fight with Beowulf. Great descriptive passages are found about Grendel's swamp-home describing it as, " ^Åa dismal covert / Of trees that hung over hoary stone, / Over churning water and bloodstained wave." (926-928), " ^ÅThe water boiled in a ...
- 6950: Antigone: The Structure of Classical Tragedy and The Theme
- ... is wisdom, and reverence towards the gods." The audience is able to grasp what is truly important from Creon’s experiences. It goes on, "Proud words of the arrogant man, in the end, meet punishment, great as his pride was great." The loss of Creon’s son, wife, and essentially his own life result from his hubris. However, the punishment fits the crime, and Creon gets what he deserves. And the play ends, "Till at last ...
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