What do you know, or what can you find out, about Ulysses’s life that mayshed light on what is said here?
What will be an ideal response?
- In both the Homeric epics, Ulysses (Odysseus) is presented as wily, crafty, and endlessly resourceful. Especially in The Odyssey, he is also characterized by an unquenchable spirit of curiosity—as shown, for example, in the famous episode in which he has his crewmen stop up their ears and lash him to the mast so that he may hear the song of the Sirens without being lured to his death on the rocks. It is shown indirectly, but just as meaningfully, in his expression of contempt for the race of Cyclopes because they live in caves and simply eat whatever grows on their island, just as their ancestors did, without making any effort to build homes or till the soil or in any other way to advance themselves and improve their lives. His inability to pass any land without going ashore to investigate it leads to the deaths of many of his companions and extends his homecoming voyage by a number of years. It is this quality of his—and the willingness to brave its inevitable dangers— that Tennyson’s poem celebrates as the beacon light of human progress.
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What will be an ideal response?
INSTRUCTIONS: Study each group of related sentences. Choose the most general statement that could be a topic sentence for each group. (Remember that all the other sentences will support that one topic idea.)Topic sentence:
A. "Call waiting" lets a person talking on the phone know there is an incoming call. B. Telephones have become sophisticated. C. Answering machines can record messages so that calls are never missed. D. People can use cell phones to communicate while traveling to and from work. E. People can easily make conference calls. F. "Caller ID" shows people who is calling before they pick up the phone.
Amelie und Niklas sind ...
a. ein deutsch-amerikanisches Paar.
b. ein Ost-West-Paar.
c. beide aus Westberlin.
Insert all necessary commas in the following sentences. Now it has taken its place as a novel with universal appeal one that celebrates the quest of every person for human dignity.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).