My favorite hero is Beowulf

After watching Movie Beowulf looks for me as Real Hero. This is a movie made in cartoon style, and we can see two separate phases. First is when he is young, and second when he gets old. And it is a time when he gets to different conflicts with monsters. They are Grendel, Grendel’s  Mother [...]

Pride is the Curse

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

Woodrow Wilson
 
In my reflection on the epic of Beowulf I would like to bring up the issue of consequences from being proud and honored after performing good and feat. Even though Beowulf is known for his heroism and unreal strength and power over [...]

Back to Inferno

Throughout the ages people tend to admire epics that involve action, complicated plot and variety of different characters. Apart from these kinds of epics Dante’s Inferno consists of no much action, but the horror of different creatures and souls’ suffering made epic the most popular among readers.
 
The plot of Inferno describes circles of hell, which [...]

Hell-Expression of Love.

The question was raised in class:
how would you explain that hell could be an expression of love from God?
I had to think about it for a good while before i could figure out and have my own stand point on this matter and now as i have done i will gladly share with some of [...]

Differences I Would Have with Dante

Reading The Inferno makes me think a lot about the afterlife.  I am not sure whether this would count for an actual post, but this is what has been on my mind concerning The Inferno.  I have three main aspects that I would consider to be rather big differences with Dante’s view of Hell.
We discussed [...]

Similarities of the Iliad and Books 7-12 of The Aeneid

Virgil had the intent of making the last half of his epic resemble the Iliad.  Aside from the obvious war and battle settings, the Aeneid has some major similarities to highlight.  Knowing that this was the intention, the fact that the two stories have similarities are obvious.  I simply wanted to share the similarities I [...]

Think About It!!!

Reading Dante’s divine comedy is very interesting and thought promoting. I would like to point out and share with the insight that i have got on some of the aspects from reading and studying this work so far.
I find it to be very interesting that Dante thought that without baptism a person [...]

The World of Underworld

Most of Greek epics describes underworld and illustrate a clear picture of it. The underworld in Greek epic adds to the content a lot and fulfills the meaning of certain events and actions and feelings of particular characters of the story. For instance, after the landing in Sicily, Aeneas’ fleet came to Cumae where Aeneas, [...]

Odysseus

Odysseus has everything for Homeric leader: strength, courage, nobility.  He is similar to other Homer heroes. Odysseus has sharp mind than the other heroes.  Odysseus’s quick thinking helps him out of some very dangerous situations, as when he escapes from the cave of the Cyclops in Book 9. As he is leader he can manipulate [...]

Unseen Danger!!!

“Beware of Greeks giving gifts!”
We all know what this statement is all about, what it means and what message it carries…..it teaches a great lesson to all!!!

As I have reflected and ponder on this matter there is one very well known quote that comes in my mind in relation with this:

” don’t [...]