Choose any one topic from the following, and write an analytic essay of 4-5 pages using MLA format.
Make use of the texts, selecting episodes, actions, and characters’ strengths and weaknesses in your discussions
Submit it into Canvas by the due date.:
1. Consider how the qualities of heroism are represented in The Odyssey and Medea. What causes the hero in each work to be separated from home and family; what concerns of power, loyalty, and love determine their actions and decisions? Offer some comment on the ideas of heroism you see in each.
2. Compare the women and their contributions, both positive and negative in The Odyssey and Medea. Consider if their roles are central or crucial to the actions and values in each. Overall, what ideas do you gather about their position in these works.
3. How is the cleverness, war strategy, and self-assertiveness in the male and female protagonists rewarded or dealt with in The Odyssey and Medea respectively? Do they produce good effects or lead to extreme actions? What impact does each work finally produce?
