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    Some people in this world were born for greatness and some have to climb their way up the totem pole to achieve it. This is the case in the two stories “The Odyssey” by Homer and “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens. Throughout these two stories the reader is able to follow the journeys and mistrials of the two protagonists. Some of the many elements that these two stories have in common include the character traits of the two main characters, the people they encounter throughout their journeys

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    novel and graphic novel were talking about today is The Odyssey. The Odyssey is about this man and his crew, they just got to land. The crew goes against him, eats his cows, crazy bad things happen. The crew dies, and Odyssey gets to have a good life after! Anyways, that's a brief summary of The Odyssey from both versions. I really think that the section from the book XII of Homer's The Odyssey, is better than the graphic novel segment of The Odyssey by Hinds. I think this because Homer's is the original

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    Odyssey is one of the famous ancient greek epic written by homer. The Odyssey is an enjoyable story following King Odysseus' adventures during the ten years he spent returning from the Trojan War to Ithaca, Greece.There were many differences between this version in movie of The Odyssey and Homer's original story. In the movie they include the facts that encounters with Sirens, Laestrygonians, Lotus Eaters, and cattle of Helios are omitted. In my opinion, the ending of the Odyssey is predictable.

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    Compare and Contrast As I read through Homer’s The Odyssey, and J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit, I immediately noticed several similarities between the two. Of course not only were their things that they both shared in common, but also things that set them apart from each other. I mean what kind of authors would they be if they wrote the same exact story. I hope that by reading this essay you gain a better understanding of both books as well as what they have in common and what is different between them

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    Compare and Contrast: In The Odyssey it seems that Penelope has lost all hope. She prays: “O honored goddess Artemis, daughter of Zeus, strike now I pray an arrow in my breast and take away my life this very instant…” (Homer 250). Her prayer sends off a chain of events. Odysseus wakes up and also prays, but he prays to Zeus, who thunders although there are no clouds (Homer 251). A woman outside then foreshadows the end of the suitors. These are crucial events in the story that warn the reader of

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    yourself or leave your family for a while. How would you feel? How would you feel when you got home to see them again? The book Ender’s Game is very easy to compare and contrast to The Odyssey because of the themes, characters, and the plot lines. Three of the characters in Ender's Game are Ender, Valentine, and Colonel Graff, and in The Odyssey there was Odysseus, Penelope, and Athena. They have something in common with each other. Ender and Odysseus both went to battle, but Ender came home after

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    The Odyssey Writing: Prompt #3 Prompt: Compare and contrast the role of women as portrayed in The Odyssey. Consider how they are loyal, strong—or weak, hospitable, etc. The Odyssey includes many women characters, differing from strong, powerful women to women that don’t have a meaningful role in the story. Some women in the story include Penelope, Athena, and Leucothea. These women play a role in Odysseus’s journey and life. Athena and Leucothea, two of the most influential women in the story

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    Beowulf and The Odyssey. Although no two poems are exactly them same, Beowulf and The Odyssey do share a few similarities. Between Beowulf and The Odyssey, the most salient similarity they share is the way the monsters from the epics are symbolic and challenge

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    Essay 1) Two famous epics known by many in the modern world were written by Homer. He was an ancient poet who wrote The Odyssey and The Iliad. In one of his writings, he tells the story of the great Persian wars. On the contrary, Homer was not born during the time era of the wars. The stories were passed on to him, the outcomes possibly differentiating on the individual. Whether the storyteller was a family member, teacher, or friend, the stories were all combined to create one big sequence. It

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    PART 4 –CALYPSO( Ulysses-James Joyce) VERSUS CALYPSO(Odyssey-Homer) Name: ALEXANDRU CORINA II, R-E , 4073 Chapter 4 - Calypso ( pg.45-pg.57) This chapter i am referring to is called Calypso because it has a certain correlation with the chapter that has the same name from the Odyssey written by Homer. In this paper i have tried to point out the main similarities and differences between the two chapters named

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