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Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Date Abstract Comparative mythology involves comparing myths from either similar cultural setups or diverse cultural settings in an attempt to reveal or rather expose the shared themes as well as the characteristics of those myths. This means that during the analysis of the literary works, one is likely to meet some similarities or differences between the pair of pieces of literature that are being compared or contrasted. It is, therefore, the purpose of this essay that the pair of work written by the ancient Greek poet Homer, “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” are explicitly analyzed to bring out the similarities in their stories as well as the differences in the plots of the two stories. The first paragraph of the essay covers the introductory statement as well as the thesis statement of the essay. Subsequent paragraphs make the body of the essay where numerous similarities and some differences between the two stories are discussed. The last paragraph of the essay is the conclusion and does confirm the thesis statement. Compare and contrast “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” by Homer “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” can be said to be two of the ancient European and Western literature that still has space for survival in the current modern transformed world. Apart from being authored by one writer, Homer, “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” are so similar that some analysts argue out that "The Odyssey" is the sequel to "The Iliad." However, the former is a great improvement in numerous aspects and its story is explained vividly without much support from the latter. Despite the fact that the two
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