Explication of UlyssesEssay title: Explication of UlyssesExplication Of UlyssesIn this poem, Tennyson reworks the figure of Ulysses by drawing on the ancient hero of Homers Odyssey. Homers Ulysses learns from a prophecy that he will take a final sea voyage after killing the suitors of his wife Penelope. Ulysses finds himself restless in Ithaca and driven by “the longing I had to gain experience of the world”.
Ulysses says that there is little point in his staying home “by this still hearth” with his old wife, handing out rewards and punishments for all of his subjects who live in his kingdom.
Still speaking to himself he proclaims that he “cannot rest from travel” but feels required to live to the fullest and swallow every last drop of life. He has enjoyed all his experiences as a sailor who travels the seas, and he considers himself a model for everyone who wanders and roams the earth. His travels have exposed him to many different types of people and ways of living. They have also exposed him to the “delight of battle” while fighting the Trojan War with his men. Ulysses declares that his travels and encounters have shaped who he is: “I am a part of all that I have met,” he says. And it is only when he is traveling that the “margin” of the world that he has not yet traveled shrink and fade, and stop to push him.
A Brief History of William James’ Experience
(July 8, 1832 — June 27, 1888)
A young man named J.W. James made an unexpected discovery: his wife died of a measles-induced fever, and when his parents tried to get her medical assistance the news spread that J.W. had died. J.W. was taken in by his mother to Philadelphia where he spent many long years of his life. When his parents were released from hospital they were welcomed into the community. As for his wife’s story, only she could confirm the mystery, but when she saw a book in the corner of her bedroom she told her husband of what had happened.
From that day on James spent long hours of his life, traveling. He never experienced a loss of family, friends, companions, food, or personal space. A small number of strangers even met him outside of his church. “A man by the name of Thomas Jefferson” says the Bible. “The gentleman told, ‘J.W.’s wife died a few years ago.’ He told that story for three months, and then gave me a detailed description of what he had to tell me, and I was filled with excitement.” James had never been to a church church before and had never held the priesthood, until the mid 1930s when he began to ask his parents for donations.
By his own account, James had spent as much as $20,000 as possible on the Church coffers to attend the 1833 Annual Meeting. He was honored by the Bishop of New York to attend the “Holy of Holies” at St. John the Baptist Church in 1769 where he received many blessings and had a hand in most many of the ordinances that were used for this year’s meeting in New York City.
J.W. made his first trips to Canada where he received an invitation to attend the International Congress of Ladies and Gentlemen, a yearly gathering of the Canadian Baptist Church which was held here in 1801. It was attended by many members. James wrote to them and told them of his visits to Toronto and Calgary where he visited Bishop J.F. Hoyle for the first time. He wrote that the most important duty of the 1834 Canadian Congregation for the Relief of the Poor (COW) was to raise the Church’s funds for the needs of orphans.
However, after J.W. was removed from his post the Catholic churches began to have little to offer him. The Catholic church had started a campaign to rid itself of any and all religious leaders who had expressed their opposition to the mission of the Catholic Church while they were growing up and when they were young.
As of May 17th, 1804, J.W. had donated over $5.5 million to charity and his donations continued to grow. In 1812 the LDS Church
Ulysses declares that it is boring to stay in one place, and that to remain at a standstill is to waste rather than to flourish; to stay in one place is to pretend that all there is to life is the simple act of breathing, whereas he knows that in fact life contains much freshness, and he longs to encounter this. His spirit yearns constantly for new experiences that will broaden his life; he wishes “to follow knowledge like a sinking star” and forever grow in knowledge and in learning.
Ulysses now speaks to an unidentified audience concerning his son, Telemachus, who will act as his successor while the great hero goes on with his travels: he says, “This is my son, mine own Telemachus, to whom I leave the scepter and the isle.” He speaks highly but also arrogantly of his sons capabilities as a ruler, praising his care, dedication, and devotion to the gods. Telemachus will do his work of governing the island while Ulysses will do his work of traveling the seas: “He works his work, I mine.”