In my Representative Masterpieces course, I conclude with Dante’s “Inferno,” where we see sinners creating their own hells.
Tag Archives: Odyssey
Homer, Virgil & Dante Visit the Afterlife
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Penelope Underrated (Like Many Mothers)
In an inspiring essay, a student draws on a long overdue appreciation of her mother to explore Penelope’s heroism in “The Odyssey.”
When We Yield to Inner Darkness
The Odyssey explores how violence can swallow up those who engage in it. Odysseus is heroic in that he can listen to religious checks when blood lust threatens.
Overcoming the Siren Call of Domination
A reader suggests that the island enchantresses in “Odyssey” help the hero in his quest for integration.
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The Hero and the Goddess
My reflections on the meaning of Homer’s gods “The Odyssey.”
Odysseus’s Emasculation Anxieties
“The Odyssey” is obsessed with a fear of emasculation.
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What Do Odysseus’s Monsters Mean?
My explanation for the monsters in “The Odyssey.”
