Need help on a paper topic and the actual paper. The readings include Ovid's The Metamorposes, Euripides's Bacchae and Medea, Sophocles's Oedipus The King, and The Iliad and Odyssey. The paper needs to compare and contast only two as per the instructions below.
Humanity's relationship to the divine is a recurring theme and subject in myths the world over. But different cultures, and even different sources within a single culture, characterize that relationship differently. Using the material we have studied in this class compare and contrast the relationship of mortals to immortals in at least two of our assigned texts. Things to consider:
How do different writers understand the mortal relationship with the gods? Why is this relationship represented this way?
Do you find that specific genres attend to this issue in different ways? Why might, say, a heroic epic show a different understanding of the gods from tragedy?
Don't forget to craft a careful and specific thesis statement around which you build your argument. This essay is not a place simply to list similarities and differences between books. Examine the issue and provide analysis to prove your central argument.