The Name of OdysseusGeorge Dimock,
Jr.
In a way, the whole problem of the Odyssey is for Odysseus to
establish his identity
Autolycus words (p. 521; Book 19, ll. 442-48)
In Greek, odyssamenos (one who is angry and gives cause for
anger), close in sound
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Running Head: Joseph and Oedipus
Joseph in the Bible compared to Oedipus
Joe Smith
Liberty University
ENGL 221
Prof. Schmidt
10/21/16
2
Running Head: Joseph and Oedipus
Sometimes it is easy to forget that some stories in the Bible are more than just sto
Joe Smith
ENGL 221
10/10/16
Joseph in the Bible compared to Oedipus
Sometimes it is easy to forget that some stories in the Bible are more than just stories.
The story of Joseph is one of those stories. Movies have been made, and it is such a crazy story
Joe Smith
ENGL 221
9/18/16
The role of gods
Religion plays a big role in literature. It has influenced many important and famous
works plays, novels, and poems. The thing that makes it such a wide influence is the impact
religion has on society, especiall
The Prince and Utopia:
Two Different Views of Power
Liberty University
ENG 221-D01
Critical Research Paper
Bonnie Kuhns
December 18, 2015
2
The Prince and Utopia: Two Different Views of Power
Machiavellis The Prince and Thomas Mores Utopia present two ver
A COMPARISON OF THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH AND THE BOOK OF GENESIS
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
BONNIE KUHNS
ENGL 221-D01
NOVEMBER 23, 2015
2
A Comparison of the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Book of Genesis
In todays society, it can be difficult to decipher what is truth a
The biggest theme I have learned in this class thus far is that of life and death.
Everything we have read so far has either been about how life started or how life
ends. It is very interesting to realize that people have been pondering these concepts
sin
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Two works with countless lessons
Throughout the ages great thinkers and writers alike have spent countless hours
transcribing their brilliant thoughts and lessons and paper. These timeless works have
been passed down from generation to generation teachi
Between friends there is no need for justice, but people who are just still
need the quality of friendship; and indeed friendliness is considered to be justice in
the fullest sense. It is not only a necessary thing but a splendid one. This passage
from Ar
The Role of gods
The Role of gods
Joe Smith
Liberty University
ENGL 221
Prof. Schmidt
9/26/16
The Role of gods
Religion plays a big role in literature. It has influenced many important and famous
works plays, novels, and poems. The thing that makes it suc
1001 Nights: Shahrazad and the Moral Authority of Stories
March 30, 2017
Starting point in oral studies transmitted sometime between 3 rd and 7th centuries AD in Persia
Written work complied first in 13th and 14th centuries
Common, ordinary prose used-no
James 1
Hannah James
Dr. Stephen Bell
ENGL 221-001
1 March 2017
Odysseus Verse Aeneas:
Odysseus and Aeneas are looked at as two of the greatest heroes in Greek Mythology.
They are both on a journey with a purpose of returning to their homelands or in Aene
My Big Fat
Greek Tragedy
Class
Tragedy originated in 5th c. BC as part of
religious cult to god Dionysus
Started as choral performances, then
evolved into full plays
Greek Drama as contest: 4 plays by each
playwright (3 tragedies, 1 comedy)
3 writers
Epic
Defined as A long narrative poem on a
serious subject or action involving heroic characters
and told in a formal and elevated style.
Epic of Gilgamesh Standard Version compiled ca.
1700 BCE by Sin-leqi-unninni
Iliad Homer (~8th Century BCE)
Odyssey H
To take the old walks alone, or not at all, To order one pint
where I ordered two, To think of, and then not to make, the
small Time-honoured joke (senseless to all but you); To laugh
(oh, onell laugh), to talk upon Themes that we talked upon when
you wer
The Aeneida work nearly
Christian?
Virgil fills a significant, a unique
place, at the end of the pre-Christian
and at the beginning of the Christian
world. (T.S. Eliot)
For years they wandered as their
destiny drove them on from one sea
to the next: so ha
Black Death (Bubonic Plague) killed off
between and of European population
Minority populations held responsible for
spread of plagueJews scapegoated
Communal life of Florence much more
responsible for spread of plaguelack of
quarantine
Decameron (of
Bernini, Apollo and Daphne, 1625
And yet Apollo loves her still; he
leans against the trunk; he feels the
heart that beats beneath the new-made
bark; within his arms he clasps the
branches as if they were human limbs;
and his lips kiss the wood, but still
Of Feuding Monsters and Dangerous,
Transgressive Women: Beowulf and the
Dynamic of Projection
He who fights with monsters should look to it
that he himself does not become a monster. And
when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also
gazes into you.
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The following quote is from The Metamorphoses by Ovid. . Yet there was no
animal capable of higher thought that could be ruler of all the rest. Then humankind
was born To the ancient Romans reading this account of creation this particular
passage likely c
ENGL 221-B02
Sep. 14,2015
Writings I have selected: Antigone and The Apology
Thesis and introduction:
Since the beginning of time great minds have been working and transcribing their
thoughts on stone, bark, clay and paper. Sophocles Antigone and Socrates
Gailehault or Agent of Redemption: Dantes Sensationalist Portrait of Hell
Dantes bio:
Dante Allighieri born in Florence in 1265
Dante enamored with Holy Roman Empire in Virgils daylonging for conditions of Pax
Romana to be revived (Virgil as height of r
Against the Pretensions of Nobility and the Church: Boccaccio and the Ascendancy of the
Merchant Class
Black Death (Bubonic Plague) killed off between and of European population
Boccaccio as liminal figure, straddling feudal world of the Middle Ages and
Nostalgic vision: All Arthurian texts are haunted by a sense of the realms pastnessa
persistent, almost elegiac note of ideal worlds under threat in their own time and long lost
by the time the artist recalls them
Authorship: anonymous contemporary of Ch
Shahrazad and the Moral Authority of Stories
Starting point in oral stories transmitted some time between 3rd and 7th centuries AD in
Persia
Written work compiled first in 13th and 14th centuries
Common, ordinary prose usedno recourse to courtly, forma
The Renaissance
God authoritative, sovereign
o Man contingent on God for his creation (not self-existent)
Idealized humanity
Free will (gap between fingers)
Historical Periods
Medieval
Renaissance
Reformation
AD 500-1500
1350-1650
1500-1650
Classical A
Alexander Vogel
Stephen Bell
English 221-002
2 October 2013
Tragedy Exposed
When the word tragedy is stated, often the literal definition of the word comes to mind.
Merriam-Websters online dictionary defines tragedy as a very sad, unfortunate or upsetting
Alexander Vogel
Stephen Bell
English 221-002
4 December 2013
Love Displayed
As human beings, we are much more than just flesh and bone. This is not a new subject
being brought to light. Certainly this is a realization that has been made even from antiquit
The Beauty of Consent:
Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real (Iris
Murdock)
Lope de Vega
1562-1635
Wrote approx. 1500 plays in his lifetime
Comediastheologically orthodox and generally pro-monarchic drama
