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Walt Whitmans Song of Myself A Review of Critical Evaluation Literature Essay

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Walt Whitman’s ‘Song of Myself,’ the free verse poetry in which he celebrates “Mother Nature” and “his own nature as a representative of all humankind in its endless variety” [Loving, p. XI] is considered Whitman’s best poetry, containing the “essence of nearly all his poems” published in 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass [Chase, 58].

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Comparison of the Roles of Characters in Pride and Prejudice Literature Essay

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The essay presents Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, which is one of her best-written novels. It is demonstrated that success of the novel could be identified from the realistic way of characterisation and the situations that drag the characters into the scenes. No wonder, she has a fantastic ability to give a shade of reality in each step of the novel.

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Paul Levines Poetry Literature Literature review

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While it is clear that Levine is writing about a personal, single experience gained by his mother and related to him perhaps in bedtime stories, it is also clear that he intends for this story to apply universally to any individual embarking on a new adventure, whether that adventure be moving to a new land or even starting a new career.

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The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Literature Essay

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Gathering together as if by accident in a war-torn villa in the Italian countryside, Hana, Kip, Caravaggio and The English Patient share their stories of grief and loss while they attempt to come to new understandings of themselves in the aftermath of their various experiences and the damage this has caused.

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Dickens's Treatment of Education and Social Mobility in Dombey and Son Literature Essay

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This essay analyzes the novel Dombey and Son and represents the ways Dickens chose to focus on a single man, Mr. Dombey, painting his failures as being the direct result of emerging societal shortcomings, such as the concerns of ‘elite’ establishments and the constant societal jockeying for position and power among the social classes.

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The Formal Analogue to Peruvian Despair in Vargas Llosas Literature Essay

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A systematically complicated character will generate a large number of other protagonists who react against or with him in a syllogistic manner. I say Agenerase, because the heroes seem to create the worlds around them. They are like those people in real life who A project,@ ascribing fictitious personalities to those whom they meet and live with.

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The Poem I Sing the Body Electric by Walt Whitman Analyses Literature Essay

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Whitman was a great admirer of democracy. The theory of radical unity and equality is evident in his poem: in the body, the different parts like the arm and armpit, the belly and the bowels are considered equally important contributors to the fullness of identity as the seemingly more important parts of a body like heart and brain.

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One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest Literature Essay

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The author feels that the Nurse character represents the whole community who might also have a similar outlook on the mentally affected people. This might also be considered as a miniature model of the social problem, which remains for a very long time. In the sense the inhumane tendency of certain people towards the vulnerable in the society.

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Critical Hamlet Analysis Literature Essay

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Rather, he argues that the play as we know it today has been altered significantly through various means and interpretations to such a degree that there is probably no definitive text existing that we can claim was Shakespeare’s actual intention in terms of explaining or not explaining the discrepancies in Hamlet’s behavior throughout the play.

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The Supernatural in Beowulf Literature Essay

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This essay describes how the poem captures its readers then and now by the creative imagination applied to an absorbing subject – a heroic battle between human good and supernatural evil, a subject which transcends cultures. It also follows the main events of the poem, discusses it's supernatural side and characters.

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The Cheese and the Worms by Carlo Ginzburg Literature Essay

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Throughout history, people of all races have attained and maintained power through language and communication. Menocchio’s exceptional character that distinguishes him from the rest of his contemporaries becomes most evident by the manner in which he adapted to the transition from the oral communication culture to the written mode.

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Chin by Gish Jen: Lack of Communication Literature Essay

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If we meet a family that comes from a different nation, we may be eager to know all about that family. In the short story "Chin" the narrator tells about what he knew about Chin from watching him from day to day. Though the narrator’s family and the Chins had different cultures and their own household problems.

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Quicksand by Nella Larsen Literature Essay

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The author explores the way in which social and economic influences impose certain pressures on the mind of a marginalized dark skinned person in 1920’s America according to the Nella Larsen's "Quicksand". In the 1920’s consumerism was becoming the new wave in social circles and the trend extended beyond gender and ethnic boundaries.

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Ann Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi Literature Essay

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The 1969 book is an account of her youth in rural Mississippi growing up on a plantation as a child of sharecroppers, followed by her work as civil rights activist and eventual flight from the South. Although she published a collection of short stories entitled Mr. Death in 1975, it is her autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi for which she is most recognized.

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Poetry Comparison the Poems of William Blake Literature Essay

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Despite this, poems such as “Infant Joy” in Songs of Innocence and “Infant Sorrow” in Songs of Experience can be seen to share many characteristics despite their vastly different perceptions.

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The Mote in Gods Eye and The Left Hand of Darkness Literature Essay

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There are similarities in both the fictions, they are [1] science fictions, [2] planned on circumstance with future connotation, in the sense the focus had been on a future human race and society. The argument is whether both the authors have treated the concept justifying what opinion they had over the issues of the contemporary society, for example Le Guin’s analysis and treatment of the gender roles and human relationships and Niven and Pournelle’s ideologies over the Cold Wars.

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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas Literature Essay

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According to the findings, it can, therefore, be said that the poem “Do not go gentle into that good night” was written for his father who was dying of cancer. It is ironic, considering the message of the poem, that Thomas himself did not take his advice – he drank himself to death a few days before his 40th birthday.

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A Time To Learn by George H. Wood Literature Book Report/Review

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This book is about the work to reinvent our high schools, moving them from institutions to communities. The author’s own experiences as an educator in the college as well as high school certainly add to the value of the book since the readers understand that the writer has been an active participant in the education process rather than an outsider looking in to act as a researcher or consultant. Wood’s work does not include any research since he worked for more than a decade as a professor of education which certainly entails its own requirements for research and experimentation.

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The indigenous people in Shooting an Elephant Literature Essay

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The author states that when he says “when the white man turn tyrant, it is his own freedom that he destroys” he means to say a lot. First thing is that the impression Burmese have on British people. He meets a situation where his mind stops him from shooting the elephant, but the circumstances force him to shoot.

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Chivalry Among Men in the Novel The Three Musketeers Literature Book Report/Review

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Through the characters of D’Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, Alexandre Dumas was able to eloquently capture the ideas of chivalry that had taken hold of society as it made its transition from the feudal organization of medieval times to the more modern society inclusive of the bourgeois middle class.

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French literature in the 1800s Literature Essay

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The paper tells that France has always been the headquarters of literary movements, starting with romanticism. The idea of this research emerged from the author’s interest and fascination in why France remained as an almost singular force with the exception of Germany, in its influence to the world literature.

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The Nature of Aestheticism in The Picture of Dorian Gray Literature Essay

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This essay aims to analyze and helps to understand both how Wilde’s book emphasizes as well as differs from the established thought of Victorian society of his day, it is necessary to understand the aesthetic heritage to which he was exposed. The questions of not only what designates beauty, but also what values should be included.

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Oedipus the King and Death of a Salesman as Tragedies Literature Essay

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The tragedy is used for many reasons; to foreshadow the upcoming events, make conflict in the play, to show the reader the consequences of the different actions, to arouse the emotions of pity and fear, wonder and awe, to explore the questions of the ways of God to a Man, and to purify the emotions.

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Joan Hoff Wilsons Herbert Hoover: Forgotten Progressive Literature Essay

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Hoff Wilson’s Herbert Hoover: Forgotten Progressive seeks to shed light on Joan Hoff Wilson, his career, and also on the evolving nation that rejected him.

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Mark Helprins Views on Life Literature Essay

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With technology is moving more than with the pace of light, the human beings are clearly moving away from nature. They are losing their ability to understand the nature. The common belief is that this beautiful land, pristine climate, other creatures and whole the earth are for the men and women only

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The Connection between American Language in Literature and Melting Pot Literature Essay

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The “Melting Pot” is a metaphor for the way in which homogenous societies develop, in which the ingredients in the pot (people of different cultures and religions) are combined so as to lose their discrete identities and yield a final product of uniform consistency and flavor, which is quite different from the original inputs.

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T.S. Eliot And The Objective Correlative Literature Essay

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The paper tells that the objective correlative is defined by Eliot as being a set of objects, a specific situation or chain of events that can then be used as a formula to recall a particular emotion; “such that when the external facts, which must terminate in sensory experience, are given, the emotion is immediately evoked”

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Distinct Characteristics in the Two Stories Literature Research Paper

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The Seven Days Story begins with, “In the beginning God…..when the earth was without form…” on each day God adds to his creation and each time He commands, “Let there be light…let there be firmament….” and so on. This shows God was in total command and is omnipotent as the creator. He just created living beings.

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Analysis of LeGuins Book The Lathe of Heaven Literature Book Report/Review

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Every time George dreams, the world shifts to a new reality. As long as the overall control of the dream lies within George’s power, the world is able to continue on without a hiccup under its new assumptions. However, Dr Haber’s involvement in the control of the dream begins to show signs of strain as things begin to come unordered.

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Contrasting two Literary Novels as to how Sex is used as a tool in Literature Literature Essay

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This essay discusses that in the novels sex is used as a dominating tool. The idea of sex in this second novel initially begins with an idea for revenge for Esteban Garcia, an outlet of expression for Esteban Trueba’s secret emotions, self-gratification for Jean de Satigny, and love for Pedro Tercero.

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Lewis Carrolls Classical Childrens Novel Literature Essay

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Carroll discusses how Alice, a representation of the middle-class child in Victorian England, provides a perfect example of the Victorian mindset which required proper etiquette and rules. Drawing from his own childhood experiences, Carroll aims to show that childhood is as much a time for learning as it is a stage to understand “who you are”.

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Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Literature Essay

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This paper analyzes "Mrs. Dalloway", written by Virginia Woolf in the context of modernism. A massive change swept over the world especially in the superpowers like England and America. It is an age of science since it affected the lives of the people in every field. In the twentieth century people were in search of employment and comfortable life.

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Toward a New Consciousness; Three Protagonists Journeys into Self-Awareness Literature Essay

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From this research, it is clear that each protagonist makes their way to self-awareness from a very different point. For Emma, the journey to self-awareness is not an easy one. Throughout the novel, there is clear coming to consciousness theme, in which the peak of the novel marks the change in the protagonists’ understanding of themselves.

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Evolution of the characters portrayed in the Poisonwood Bible Literature Essay

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The book beautifully explains the ideology, that contrasting personality can co-exist within a family and adjust their lives in an unknown country. "We Barbara came from Bethlehem, Georgia, bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle," says Leah. Life is tough in Africa and the unbearable heat worsens their attitude towards others.

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Central Themes in Shakespearean Tragedies Literature Assignment

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Speaking about Shakespeare’s tragedies it is worth defining the tragedy as a literature genre: tragedy is a big form of drama, drama genre which is opposite to comedy. Tragedy solves the dramatic struggle in a special way - unavoidable hero’s death and is marked by a special character of dramatic conflict. Tragedy is based on the deep ideological conflict and conflict of interests.

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Religion in King Lear Literature Essay

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The author of the paper states that the Gods clearly do not defend anyone – which is, in brief, the answer to the question “Why does Cordelia die?” It is the ultimate cruelty in a cruel play. The worst can, and does, happen. It is a world without justice, nor any convincing sense of meaningful moral order.

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The Theme Of The Desperation In Literature Literature Essay

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They wonder about the changes (“subdivisions are spreading across western Kentucky like an oil slick”, and, “farmers who used to gather around the courthouse square on Saturday afternoons to play checkers and spit tobacco juice have gone. It has been years since Leroy has thought about the farmers and they have disappeared without his noticing.”)

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An Analysis of Doe Season Literature Book Report/Review

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In Doe Season, the main character was situated around a young girl named, “Andy” who decides she would like to go on the hunting adventure with her father, his friend “Charlie Sun”, and the son who is 11 years old. She has never actually witnessed her father hunting nor has she seen a doe killed before.

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The role of religion in the development of Jane Eyre Literature Essay

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The paper describes how critics have attributed a multitude of religious attitudes to the fact that Bronte herself had experiences with several Christian ideologies, from her Anglican father to her Calvinist schooling. Jane’s first experiences with Christianity in the novel begin with her schooling under the awful guidance of Brocklehurst.

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Which Is the Real Monster Literature Essay

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The first will be enshrined in the Carmen Funes Museum in Argentina. The latter will be incarcerated in the Admiralty West Prison in Singapore. Which is the real monster? Literature and cinema have attempted to answer that question; from Beowulf's Grendel to Charlize Theron's Aileen Wuornos, the definition of the word has been shaped and reshaped.

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Two Novels George Orwells Animal Farm and F. Scott Fizgeralds The Great Gatsby Literature Book Report/Review

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Napoleon has the pig Squealer convince the other animals of this, by saying such things as, “…remember how… when Mr. Jones and his men had got inside the yard, Snowball suddenly turned and fled?” Soon the other animals also blame Snowball for anything that goes wrong. This is what Napoleon wants because he is the antagonist.

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The Awakening by Kate Chopin Literature Essay

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The author explains that while many of the symbols used throughout, whether childbirth, motherhood, food or the displacement of identity, language and culture, as represented in the Creole theme, support the mentioned interpretation, this paper shall focus on the bird symbolism used throughout.

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Experimental Narrative Strategies Literature Essay

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The paper clearly shows that Morrison’s approach in "Beloved" expresses an experimental narrative approach that affords a variety of reading levels while still telling the difficult story of a woman who kills her child rather than allows it to live a life of slavery. In this sense, narrative figures as both a primary technical resource and as part of a theme.

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Setting in The Great Gatsby Literature Essay

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The author states that the structure of the book as a narrative allows the setting to be largely described by the character Nick. He delivers this description in language and tone that instills everything with a cynical point of view that serves to add to the decadent and otherworldly nature of Gatsby’s life.

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Learning from The Learning Organization Literature Essay

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Bob Garrett proposed theories for changing the organizational structure which was a new idea at that time and outlines reasons for the need and methods for its implementation in this book.

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August Wilsons Fences Literature Book Report/Review

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Troy and Rose got married. At the time, Troy had a son from a previous marriage. He never spends time with this son, because he was in jail. After they were married, they wanted to have a son. (Adams, Robert M., 1988) Cory, their son, was born. Troy thought that he was a good husband to Rose because he provided her with food and a house.

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Extraordinary Poetry to the Literary World: John Keats and Samuel Taylor Coleridge Literature Research Paper

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A poem that provokes thought and arouses questions worthy of further exploration, is a poem well written. Since the beginning of time, love and torment have been a prevalent theme in poetry, lending a true look into the poet’s soul. Romanticism was born into literature during the years of 1785-1830.

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Satellite Technologies as the Subject of the Broker by Grisham Literature Book Report/Review

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While electronic enhancement has empowered terrorist outfits and provided them increased opportunities to send out anonymous threats with a tremendous capacity to cause damages through the mere click of a button or a mouse, it has also worked to the benefit of intelligence agencies who have access to the same ethnological arsenal to fight the terrorist threat.

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M. Butterfly is the Perfect Woman for Gallimard Literature Literature review

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After receiving Song’s attention, Gallimard gained more confidence. Through this confidence, Gallimard began doing a better job at work. His better performance meant a promotion. Gallimard gave Song credit for his promotion. Since he was a romantic, Gallimard took the promotion as a sign.

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Relationships in Odyssey Literature Essay

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Family plays a central role in Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey, as almost every action throughout the story supports the idea of a strong, well-balanced, loyal and dedicated family. There are many examples of good families that prosper, enabling their associated kingdoms to also prosper, and examples of bad families in which the kingdom languishes, struggling in contention and strife.

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