Odyssey Compare & Contrast

Introduction Odysseus or Ulysses appears both in Sophocles Philoctetes and Homer’s Odyssey; however, the character is presented in quite a different way in the two works. The difference between the two can be seen in a variety of ways. The scope, length, and intensity of the task assigned to Odysseus, in…

             The Odyssey is an epic poem attributed to the Greek poet Homer. Together with the Iliad, another Homeric work, it is considered as the paradigmatic model of Western literature (Schein 1996 p 3). The Book of Job, on the other hand, is one of…

Homer’s Odyssey and David Ives Sure Thing plays present a similar and contrasting view on love. They are in tandem in showing that love is an important aspect in the lives of humans. The plight of the characters in Odyssey and Sure things shows that love is significant in shaping…