... Calypso's island, Odysseus says, "Nevertheless I long- I pine, all my days- to travel home and see the dawn of my return"" (Homer 159). The diction like the words long, pine, all my days shows how desperately Odysseus wants to go home even though he's spent about ten years with Calypso. Odysseus's perseverance for ... this quote, when he uses nobody's name," shows his wit. He was able to trick the Cyclops into thinking that nobody was killing Polyphemus. The diction or phrases in this quote allow us to know what kind of desperate situation they are in "life at stake, monstrous death sta...

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• Grade Level: High School

... narrative poem, relating a subject of great momentous importance for mankind; great adventures, fierce combats and bloody battle. Everything is elevated to the greatest heights, thus requiring a grand style and elevated diction. It usually begins with an invocation that is addressed to one of the Muses. Technically speaking, it must consist of single fable or action which has its beginning, middle and ... . Hence, it would not be wrong to conclude that 'Paradise Lost' will always be appreciated by the readers, cities and great writers for its grand style, superb technique, sublime d...

• Word Count: 1662
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• Grade Level: High School

... his father!' (6.568-571). Hector is depicted not only as a great warrior, but also as a man that is devoted to his wife and son. The reader can see by Homer's diction that Hector is willing to sacrifice his life to ensure that his family remain safe, even if that means losing his life protecting the city of Troy. He serves as ... ...

• Word Count: 1579
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• Grade Level: High School

... shown when he 'rallied all his comrades' and had his 'men clustering round' and all that before 'they all rammed it (olive stake with embers) hard.' The diction of words like 'comrades', 'men' and 'they' all display that Odysseus and his companions were a close-knit group and that his men followed his orders. Furthermore, Odysseus ... ...

• Word Count: 1007
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... truly a hero to the Trojan people. Literary heroes have been important to stories and poems throughout history. Each author develops his hero through a different writing style, combining use of detail, diction, tone and other techniques to outline a hero's personality. Homer, in this epic poem, The Iliad, develops two heroes who are distinctly different at first glance, but upon closer inspection are ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... that the code of hospitality, particularly in Homeric literature, follows a pattern which includes "arrival, reception, seating, feasting, identification, bedding down, bathing, gift giving, and departure, all composed in highly formulaic diction and arranged in a relatively fixed order" (5). Reece is quick to say that not every element is found in every story dealing with hospitality, but "the sequence into which these elements ... ...

• Word Count: 1892
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School