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Question
In what ways were Ulysses and his mariners alike?
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Solution
Both Ulysses and his fellow sailors are now old. They no more have the strength they possessed in the olden days moving earth and heaven. They are made weak by time and fate but strong in will “to strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.” They share the heroic temper and undying quest for knowledge and adventure.
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