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Ali Eken 20009500 Midterm Paper DANGEROUS WOMEN The Odyssey and the epic of Gilgamesh are male-centered works but nonetheless, female characters play important, fundamental roles. They both use women from all backgrounds to reiterate the fact that a “heroic” women is a loyal wife and mother respected in public, strong for her husband or under the power of male heroes they become helpers. Firstly, starting with the Gilgamesh, at the beginning of the story we see that Gilgamesh sleeps with all the women in the city of Uruk and takes away children from their families. ... Homer uses a vast range of women in the Odyssey, both human and monstrous, in order to define the role and importance of women in heroic society. ... Although Calypso offers Odysseus immortality he chooses instead to risk a dangerous journey home to his wife Penelope. ... Women play a major role in both Odyssey and the epic of Gilgamesh. ... Women in the Odyssey and Gilgamesh are really dangerous as they are tempting to men cleverly and have mysterious powers than no men can understand. ... One of the most dangerous things about women appears to be their beauty and desirability. ... The dangers of these women in both epics add tension to the story and demonstrate the mysterious power that various men felt women had by showing women entrancing the heroes in the story with new dangers and wonders. |
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