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A 3 page paper which examines confrontation with death as seen through Homer’s “The Odyssey,” Virgil’s “Aeneid,” and Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina.” No additional sources cited.
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Odyssey," Virgils "Aeneid," and Tolstoys "Anna Karenina" we are presented with Ulysses, Aeneas, and Levin (respectively) as characters who endure confrontation and death in different ways. The following paper examines
how these characters face these conditions. Confrontation and Death In Homers Odyssey Ulysses faces the deaths of his men. He stands as the only survivor of the journey thus
far, or the only one who is alive and has not returned home. When we first see him, on the island of Calypso, we see him as a very unhappy
man who has perhaps sought forgiveness of himself and seeks now only to get home and regain his life. He recounts some of the past, involving his guilt and the
men, stating that they had not followed his orders and wreaked havoc. He notes, "I wish I had died then and there in Egypt instead, for there was much sorrow
in store for me" (Homer XIV). But, it seems that a large part of him knew he had to return home and that he needed to be the true leader
he was, pushing on as best he could in order to really be a true king. In Virgils story Aeneas loses his
father and travels great distances until he comes to Italy where he holds games and celebrations for his fathers death. He is told that he must go to the underworld
where he meets his father again and clearly finds some peace with the loss of his father, as well as peace in relationship to his own future.
In this manner he deals with the death of his father that he loved. He tells Aeneas about his lineage and about his descendents to
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