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Whenever reading a poem you can never really understand what the poem is trying to portray. To understand the poem, most often it needs to be read multiple times. When reading any poem, paying close attention to the grammar and rhyme schemes plays an important part in the understanding. In this essay I will be comparing the poem writing by Dylan Thomas, “Do not go gentle into that good night” and Andrew Hudgins “Elegy for My Father, Who Is Not Dead”. These two poems can be found in our lecture book

Jacqueline March Dupont Challenge Agriscience January 26, 2015 Fighting Hunger As Penelope Cruz stated, “We need to stop the dying and start the living; stop the hunger and start the hoping.” At this moment there are approximately 842 million people worldwide that are hungry. This is about 1 of every 8th person you see. That’s over 2.5 times the population of the United States. In 2012, more than 18,000 children younger than 5 died every day; most from preventable causes. It’s estimated that nearly

English 271-80 Monday, March 24, 2014 The Flaw of Odysseus in the Odyssey and how he overcame his flaw After the Trojan war all of the Greek warriors had made it home, except for Odysseus and his men. For them the journey home had many twists and turns that caused them to be away from home for more than 10 years after the war. Their delay was caused because of their inability to follow direct orders and resist the temptation of disobedience. It was for this same reason why none of them made it

in The Odyssey when Odysseus repeatedly engages in unfaithful acts towards Penelope, in an attempt to mimic Zeus, the king of the gods. The Odyssey, by Homer, an epic of Odysseus ' 10 year journey to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. While Odysseus combats mythical creatures and has to face the unsupporting gods, his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus have to fend off suitors, attempting to take Penelope 's hand in marriage, and Ithaca 's throne long enough for Odysseus to return

Ulysses in Hell The two epics The Odyssey, by Homer, and The Inferno, by Dante, both works have two different perspectives of the character Ulysses. The Odyssey is told from the ancient Greek perspective around 700BC, and The Inferno is told from a Christian point of view in 1300AD. Both epics are written nearly 2000 years apart from each other. What set apart the ideals of both epics are the Pagan warrior perspective in Homer’s epic and the Christian Europe perspective in Dante’s epic. The controversial

Vincent Probst Classical Mythology Professor Barefield Odyssey Final Paper 5/4/2015 Topic #1 Epic poems are being interpreted as immense drawn-out stories which often encompass an emotional plot with a historical context. Epic stories also need to be written on a serious influential subject that requires an overall goal, which the protagonist needs to pursue and accomplish. Granted, while there are many modern epics, The Odyssey composed by Homer in the eighth century B.C, is indisputably one

Although Odysseus manages to escape a fate of death, he causes the deaths of the rest of his men who survived the Trojan War, however will not survive the trip back home. It’s also quite ironic how Odysseus’s men die among returning to their homeland of Ithaca, rather than dying with their comrades who died in the war. Due to Odysseus’s poor decision making, due to his addiction to fame and glory, casualties make way for the men, who take the heat for Odysseus’s mistakes. In the incident on the island

Arle 'chia Nisby Professor Parker World Literature Sept 24,2015 Telemachus: Test of maturity In Homer 's heroic poem the Odyssey,Telemachus is an important character because will be the one to become king of Ithaca if his father 's Odysseus does not return home. However during this time he is not only protecting his mother from a suitor 's hand in marriage,but is forced to mature within a year 's time. Telemachus share strong physical characteristics of his father and based of the knowledge of his

Telemachus has varying relationships with his mother, Penelope, the suitors, and his nurse, Eurycleia; a mother and son but also head of household and subordinate member of the household, a young boy and superior men, and a son and mother but also a master and servant. In the poem, Telemachus must find out what became of his father, Odysseus, who never returned home from the Trojan war. Meanwhile suitors from various places try to force his mother, Penelope, into marriage while they deplete all of Odysseus’

sign from their captain. Odysseus finally sets foot on Ithaca after two decades. He reconciles with his wife, Penelope and his son, Telemachus. With the help of Athena, he regains his reputation and returns as the chief of Ithaca. Odysseus knows that one more journey still awaits ahead of him. After all the years he has spent away from his home, he decides to leave once more. Penelope must express all of her thoughts, obviously, she knows this may be the last time she sees him. Odysseus, I’m