You see a more noticeable change when Odysseus is lost at sea. As his men die he becomes a more humble character and realizes that he needs the gods help to accomplish things. For example when he arrives back in Ithaca, he says that with Zeus and Athena on his side they can win. He also states that he couldn’t…
The engrossing story, The Odyssey, tells the tale of the heroic Odysseus’ journey to reach home after the Trojan War. In the first four books, the reader learns about Odysseus through other characters eyes. They follow the footsteps of Telemakhos, the son of Odysseus, and his awakening to save his father. Telemakhos’s house is being overrun by his mother's’ suitors, however dear Penelope can’t help change that. Telemakhos is then visited by Athena, in which she arouses him and gives him the confidence and steady mind to search for word on his father. Telemakhos and the reader can interpret from the stories told about Odysseus that he was an important warrior and is thought to be dead. Therefore he is held to a higher respect than most Trojan…
In a conclusion, Odysseus’s dauntlessness, cunning and allegiance led him to overcome the barriers on his journey to get home and kill the suitors that have occupied his castle. He showed archetypal traits throughout his whole journey. He got supernatural help and instruction mostly from Athena. He remained loyal to his wife Penelope however he was pleased from sleeping with Calypso and Circe, which was his weakness. Through his journey, Odysseus faced serious problems and tried to overcome them with the best solution possible. His bravery is a role model for people these days. All of the supporting evidences are enough to shows that Odysseus is the archetypal hero of the epic. Having all the traits and meeting all the hero criteria is not…
“Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” -Drake- This quote shows that a journey can change you and it isn't just about making it. Its how you got there. In The Odyssey, Homer uses Odysseus’s journey to show how ones journey can change them as a person. He had many temptations but his main goal was to get home. The whole experience made him a stronger man mentally and physically. Mentally he was already strong because he made his mind up that he was going to go home to see his wife and his son. He did just that but not as soon as he would have liked. It took him twenty years to achieve this goal. He spend ten years on the battlefield and ten trying to go home.…
Sometimes you have to go through the worst to reach the best. Describes all the hardships that Odysseus has to go through to eventually get home to his loving family. The text where Odysseus’s crew says “Captain, shake off this trance, and think of home-if home indeed await us, if we shall ever see your own well-timbered hall on ithaca. They made me feel a pang, and I agreed.”(pg.925)…
One of the most entertaining passages I have read comes from The Odyssey when Odysseus is required to change his mentality to fit his disguise as a beggar. Throughout The Odyssey, Odysseus exhibits limitless power and as a result demonstrates fearless behaviors by abruptly acting however he feels. Examples such as Odysseus choosing to take his men to sail through and explore the land of the Kyklops, staying an entire year with his men on Kirke’s island for his own sexual benefits, and his immediate urges to boast or taunt his foes, all demonstrate Odysseus’ unrestrained actions. This list goes on and on which is why this particular passage is so amusing.…
Life After Death in the Antiquities Through centuries of disagreeing philosophies and schools of thought there is one idea that is constant. Even today, through the world is beginning to seem like it is more divided than ever, there is one idea upon which people generally believe. Even looking back on the works of the most influential writers of the antiquities, this idea was present and seemed to drive their philosophies and their characters. This is the certainty, even the indisputable fact, that at some point in a person’s life, they will no longer have that life.…
The Odyssey is a story of Odysseus’ long journey home after the defeat of Troy. He leaves his wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, to go fight in the battle. The Trojan war lasted ten year and his journey to return home lasted even longer. Odysseus meets many characters that help him through his journey, as well as characters that bring him many challenges. Secondary characters in The Odyssey demonstrates values, challenges, and motivation.…
In the Epic, Odyssey by Homer Odysseus has to save his men and get them home. Odysseus is a modern day hero hero. He qualifies for the job because first he is brave, cunning, and determined. He made smart decisions and knows how to get out of sticky situations. Second he is brave and he is ready for whatever comes his way. Although the ancient greeks consider odysseus a hero epic hero, according Modern day to Ethos and Logos he fails to measure by modern standards.…
Rainer Maria Rilke once said that “The only journey is the one within.” This quote is a representation of the meaning of the journey that odysseus takes in the odyssey likewise the narrator in “The Journey”In The Odyssey by Homer, on odysseus’s journey he go to a few different dangerous place like an island of cyclops, there were also singing mermaids that would cause you to forget your goal of getting home. They go past the monsters then they arrived back home where Odysseus had to win a contest disguised as a servant to win his wife back. In “The Journey” by Mary Oliver the narrator goes on a journey to better her/his life and find people that can help her/him.The authors use details to convey that people embark upon journeys to discover…
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As Elijah Wood says, “The story ends up being a journey of self discovery”. His statement perfectly describes what happens to Odysseus on his journey home. Odysseus encounters many challenges on his adventure such as Lotus eaters and Cyclopses. Odysseus sets out on a voyage that will help transform him into a better person. In the Odyssey, Homer uses Odysseus’s journey to show how one’s journey can change them as a person.…
Odysseus is a man that is known as the most clever man on the expedition. He is the man that came up with the idea of the Trojan Horse when his plan worked, he then believed that intelligence was the key to life. While on his expedition, Odysseus changes moods and his way of thought.…
I survived and made it through the six months only to watch my husband walk safely through the air port terminal. I think this was one of the best times of my life because it was then and there that he decided he wasn't going to re-enlist because he didn't want to leave his family behind like that ever again. He left the military in 2007 when our daughter was only four months old. My husband and I have been together for seventeen years and married for fourteen of those seventeen years. We have had many up and downs in our life, but I think him being deployed in a combat zone was one of the most difficult parts of my life.…
• They were overtaken by a storm which drove them for NINE DAYS along the sea till they reached the country of the Lotus-eaters.…