Micaela Walker Dr. Reznicek English 120 12 December 2014 Comparing and Contrasting Feminine Autonomy Within Ancient Greek and Victorian culture, there are many standards that must be upheld especially through a family within political power. This essay will attempt to prove that although these women are married, when accused of scandalous infidelities, they have the ultimate autonomy to chose how they wish to be portrayed within their society. Throughout Shakespeare's Hamlet, Hamlet’s mother
Essay question: Show how your chosen texts engage in debate over the distinction and hierarchy of genders. In the patriarchal setting of classical literature, strong and complex female characters are often hard to find. Some texts, however, are known as quite misogynistic to the general public but, with a better attention to details, can be read a proto-feminist. Taking the example of Homer’s Odyssey and Euripides’ Medea, I will attempt to demonstrate how these texts engage in debate over the distinction
Through its almost three millennia of existence, Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey , has been a source of insight into the principles of Ancient Greek civilization and culture. The poem’s themes reveal different traditional values that make up the foundation of Ancient Greek society. One of the motifs which The Odyssey examines is the nature of thumos , or heroic courage. In this essay, I will argue that the Iliadic goal of glory through thumos is slowly overcome by a newfound Odysseadic objective to
Literary Analysis Essay 1 – The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Odyssey Who doesn’t love a good tale with the elements of a hero, a quest filled with trials, and a good ending? The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Odyssey bring all of those elements into play throughout their stories, adding in a few elements not quite as common, but no doubt enthralling and captivating to their audience. These literary epics introduce us to quests besought with trials and tribulations that could easily make the heroes surrender