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Homer Vs. 20th Century - College Essay

Homer Vs. 20th Century

One of the most widely known epics and acknowledged as one of the best, Homer�s Odyssey records the expedition of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, away from home and lost for ten years while in battle. He wandered throughout the world at the mercy of the gods, where strange lands and creatures helped to shape this great epic. Often great literary works are, in part or whole, changed or altered in the attempt of creating a "video version," as is the case with the Odyssey. Book IX in particular not only ends differently in both the book and video, but there are also certain aspects left out of the movie that are an important aspect of the book.
After raiding the land of the Cicones and suffering ...

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the most between book and movie. Very important is the fact that when Polymephus� cries attracted the attention of the other Cyclops, he responded that "Nobody" was responsible for what had happened. This remark alone saved the lives of the men in the cave, as the Cyclops assumed that Polyphemus was speaking about one of the gods, and merely wandered off. This scene of the movie does not have him speaking to any other Cyclops, and although he attempted to call for them, nothing happened. In Homer�s writing, it is after this encounter that Odysseus� adventures take on a specifically mystical character. He is a changed man, casting off the chains of his old identity, symbolized when he claims his name is "Nobody," referring to the previous adventure.
Their escape from Polyphemus, after he breaks down the stone block in blind rage, once again lacks constancy between the book and video. Odysseus and his men were clinging to the bellies of the sheep until they were safe outside ...

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