Essays Tagged: "Ulysses"
The Cybernetic Plot of Ulysses
the sending, carrying, and receiving ofinformation. My thesis is that there is a cybernetic plot to ULYSSES -- a constellation or meaningful pattern to the novel'smany images of people sending, carryi ... and augments the novel's more central journeys, its dangers encountered, and its successful returns.ULYSSES works rather neatly as a cybernetic allegory, in fact, not only in its represented action, b ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
End of a tradgedy. The road to appomattox
than enough to lose in comparison to the South. General Grant became known as the 'Butcher' (Grant, Ulysses S., Personal Memoirs of U.S.Grant, New York: Charles L. Webster & Co.,1894) and many wan ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
"The Largest Planet" This is a research essay about Jupiter. It includes unmanned missions to Jupiter and the general characteristics of the planet. It has 6 references.
ostly fly-bys over the years. The fly-bys include; Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and Ulysses. Most of these missions were launched to investigate the outer solar system and served doubl ... ound Jupiter.-And many other highly technical things that are not understood by the average Joe. (4)Ulysses was launched in October of 1990. It first did a Jupiter swing by in February of 1992 and now ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Astronomy
Ulysses.
ions we think will be shunned in an effort to fit in. When James Joyce stepped away from this norm, Ulysses was seen as perverse. Although it was banned in the United States and Britain for what criti ... life affirming plots with grace and freedom. When American critic, Judge John M. Woolsey, claimed: "Ulysses is no doubt emetic to some readers, but not aphrodisiac," he was almost right. For what he d ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
She Said: How Molly's Monologue Revises The Understanding Of James Joyce's Ulysses - The essay question is revealed in the title of the essay
Throughout the text of James Joyce's Ulysses the reader is primarily presented with a male point of view towards the day's events, whethe ... in the unfolding of Bloom's day.Molly's uninterrupted monologue, which acts as the final chapter in Ulysses, serves a variety of purposes. For one, it revises the idea of women that is presented throu ... f Molly, who creates the only trustworthy picture of Bloom. This reversal allows the reader to read Ulysses not as a book of suffering, but as a celebration of life. It may be simplistic to say that t ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Women in Joyce's Ulysses
woman.' What do you think of his achievement in that respect?Close analysis of the role of women in Ulysses reveals something of a dichotomy. The aggressive, promiscuous Molly Bloom appears to represe ... , uninhibited 'new woman.' In many respects, Joyce's presentation of 'woman' is ahead of its time - Ulysses provoked outrage on its release for the frankness of Molly's sexual thoughts in the final 'P ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
On Inman, Ulysses McGill and Candide
ee his true love.Inman is, unlike the intellectuals and almost con man personalities of Candide and Ulysses McGill, a simple man. He does not pose to be anything he is not. He is a man who only talks ... rd to returning to on his return home. The main character of "O Brother, Where Are Thou?" is Ulysses McGill, a character loosely based on Homer's Ulysses in his quest home to his true love. McG ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Dilsey's Easter Conversion in Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury
ury follows the Modernist "mythical method." Much as the Odyssey gives form and sequence to Joyce's Ulysses, episodes and images from the Christian Holy Week provide an external framework to Faulkner' ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Ulysses: The Wandering Rocks
Ulysses: The Wandering RocksJoyce introduces some of Stephen's family members in the "Wandering Rock ... sentiment seems to be yet another comparison between Bloom and Dedalus as the artist.Joyce, James. Ulysses. Vintage Books: New York. 1934
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Tennyson vs Homer Ulysses Vs Oddyseus
Although Ulysses and Odysseus share similar traits, Homer would not agree with Tennyson's portrayal of Odysse ... seus share similar traits, Homer would not agree with Tennyson's portrayal of Odysseus in the poem "Ulysses". Whereas Odysseus wishes to complete his journey and find relief, Ulysses seeks to continue ... ey and find relief, Ulysses seeks to continue on a never-ending one.Homer's Odyssey and Tennyson's "Ulysses" have different desires and their desires lead them on contrasting quests. The hero in Homer ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Identifying Degrees, about Shakespeare's The History of Troilus and Cressida.
roughout the passage from Shakespeare'sThe History of Troilus and Cressida, it becomes obvious that Ulysses comes from medieval point of view based on his description of the world in degrees. This is ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
O brother where art thou, and the Odyssey Prompt: Creatures encountered in the film and the text- how are they similar/ different?
ir ancient Greek counterparts. As Odysseus encountered many monsters, mystical creatures, and gods, Ulysses (the main Odysseus like character in O Bother Where Art Thou) had many of his own encounters ... that he had to deal with to get home, the sheriff was the character who was making it difficult for Ulysses and his "crew" to get home. Poseidon and the sheriff were also introduced in a similar manne ...
Subjects: Art Essays
Show How Poets You have Studied this Year Develop Universal Themes Through Simple Images
e poems 'London', 'Beach Burial', 'A poison Tree',' The Garden of Love',' Journey of the Magi' and 'Ulysses' by Blake, Slessor, Eliot and Tennyson, simple images of objects, actions and ideas are used ... oth use simple images to express the speaker's human journey to despair. 'Journey of the Magi' and 'Ulysses' both explore a reflection of a journey and it's impacts on life through images. 'A Poison T ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Poetry
Comparison of "The Odyssey" and "O' Brother Where Art Thou"
e Odyssey", the main character's name is Odysseus. In "O' Brother...", the main character's name is Ulysses. They both are on a journey to their home. Odysseus is headed to Greece, because he was in a ... ome. Odysseus is headed to Greece, because he was in a war with Sparta that was away from his home. Ulysses is headed back to Mississippi because he escaped from jail. They both encounter unusual obst ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Compare how effectively the 3 dramatic monologues use the form to explore a particular milieur
The three poems that we will discuss, "My Last Duchess", "Ulysses" and "The love song of J.Alfred Prufrock" are called dramatic monologs because it consists e ... n that the Duke may have murdered her when hr says 'all smiles stopped together'.On the other hand, Ulysses is written in monolog interieur, it is merely the utterance of a kind of dream that takes pl ... log interieur, it is merely the utterance of a kind of dream that takes place on Ulysses death bed. Ulysses had become dissatisfied with the life as king of Ithaca and has spent his life trying to ret ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
"Ulysses" by Alfred Tennyson - poem
Ulysses is a poem that shows the struggles and triumphs of a man that has suffered, endured and conq ... an see his character building as he reminisces on his life and what he would like his future to be. Ulysses finds himself and who he wants to be, and learns how to use that towards his future goals. U ... son when he passes away, but he is willing to leave them to go on adventures and explore the world. Ulysses exploring doesn't just have to do with exploring the world but also with exploring himself; ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
An Ancient Gesture
incent Millay and ¡§The Sirens¡¨ by Donald Finkel. The poets use the legend of Ulysses as the background of the poems. The rhyming schemes are very obvious in the poems and they c ... §An Ancient Gesture¡¨ and ¡§The Sirens¡¨ allude to the story of Ulysses, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Donald Finkel use allusion differently. ¡§An Ancient ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Joyce
was one of the most influential writers in the 20th century. His two were the novels Dubliners and Ulysses. The setting and both works play an important part in his novel.Joyce's themes and style are ... rtainment and depression of people. These stories have excellent details of people and their life's.Ulysses is deemed to be Joyce's greatest achievement. There are 18 chapters in Ulysses. This book de ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Human comedy 2
em deal with their own problems themselves. She has the experience and wisdom to guide her children.Ulysses Macauley: This little boy is everyone's friend He is content with simply watching the world ... uley: This little boy is everyone's friend He is content with simply watching the world around him. Ulysses adds humor to the novel and gives the novel a sense of calmness.Marcus Macauley. He is the o ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Odyssey And O Brother, Where Art Thou Compared
hows a great similarity in both of these stories. Odysseus, the main character of the ?Odyssey? and Ulysses, the main character of ?O Brother, Where Art Thou?? are taken from of state of tranquility a ... es Odysseus and his men relaxing and enjoying a feast. Quite similar in ?O Brother Where Art Thou,? Ulysses was enjoying a picnic when the savage Cyclops attacked him. When Ulysses and Odysseus were a ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature