Part one of term paper
Women play different roles in early literature. In The Illiad, Gilgamesh, and Oedipus Rex, their roles determine the different amounts of power they possess and how they use the powers to influence the events that occur. In The Illiad, the women throughout the story are treated as prizes. Homer expresses this when he writes: I refused that ...

Part two of term paper
... is no strong bond of love towards Agamemnon’s wife. He is very easily willing to trade in his wife for another woman. Second, in Gilgamesh, women are viewed as a powerful temptation who is able to easily control any man. The trapper’s father speaks: Go to Uruk, find Gilgamesh, extol the strength of this wild man. Ask him to give you a harlot, a wanton from the temple of love; return with her, and let her woman’s power this man (3.14). This shows how the women were used as ...