Penelope hasn’t married someone new because she hasn’t given up hope on Odysseus coming home. She believes Odysseus is still alive and is coming home soon.…
Throughout Odysseus’s journey, he misses both his wife and son. This, however, is one of the first instances in which he feels he can do nothing to resist Calypso and return to his faithful wife Penelope. Furthermore, even when Calypso offers Odysseus immortality he declines because his true love is Penelope and a life surrounded by beauty would not change how much he loves his wife. Odysseus finally realizes that looks can be deceiving and even though Calypso’s Island is beautiful, it has brought him misery for seven years.…
Odysseus is the lord of Ethica, his wife Penelope gave him a son and he named it Telemachus. Odysseus needs to leave Ethica, his mother, his wife and his newborn son, to fight in Trojan War in Troy. Odysseus and his men built a Trojan horse to enter the kingdom Troy, and when they already entered the battle begin and they defeated the Troy kingdom. Odysseus declared that he defeated Troy himself without the help of other Gods, so that Poseidon got angry and punished him. Poseidon didn’t let Odysseus to reach Ethica, he gives Odysseus many obstacles, but Odysseus never stop to find way to get back to Ethica, he never surrender on whatever the obstacles is, even in sacrificing herself just to see again Penelope and his son and to get back to…
I just witnessed Odysseus slaughter lives and it was sick. He spared my life because I was loyal to Telemachus. Thank the gods. Anyways here’s what happened.…
When they were full the men asked to take more cheese and leave, but Odysseus refused wanting to meet their host and get a guest gift. They waited for the cyclops to return to his cave. When the cyclops returned, Odysseus and his men hid, but the cyclops saw their shadows in the light of the fire. Odysseus demanded a guest gift or else feel the wrath of Zeus. The guest gift they received was quite unexpected, the cyclops swooped down and grabbed two of Odysseus' men, killed them then ripped them limb from limb and ate them. Clever as he was, Odysseus offered the cyclops some of the finest wine he had. The wine put the cyclops to sleep after a few cups, then Odysseus stabbed him in the eye with a steak he had sharpened. Angered, the cyclops sat in front of the door waiting for Odysseus and his men to try to leave. Odysseus keenly hid his men and himself on the underbelly of the flock and waited until morning. When the flock left their pens to pasteurize Odysseus and his men left along with them. They ran back to their ship and set sail, Odysseus taunting the ugly…
After reading the Odyssey,I think Odysseus returned to kill suitors back our own country is very correct. Odysseus in waves and the struggle of monsters, also use opportunely ingenuity, bravely overcome countless disasters. Difficulties, he will not be intimidated by any wealth, or even love the temptation to shake him.Encouraged him to overcome difficulties is he to tribal group and the affection to his wife, so I think hero Odysseus is a justice.When Odysseus on exotic, Ithaca and neighbouring powerful deceives his wife weak young.Programs to his wife, Mr Nie roper (Penelope), forced the she remarried, Mr Nie roper tried various methods to delay.…
Odysseus’ wife, Penélopȇ, weeps every single day. When Penélopȇ expresses, “If he returned, if he were here to care for me, / I might be happily renowned! / But grief instead heaven sent me – years of pain” (19.151-3), she is conveying that she is in disorder because Odysseus is missing. Without Odysseus, his entire oikos crumbles merely because of the fact that he is the head of his household. He should be keeping it organized. This includes being with Penélopȇ to keep her content. Instead, he is absent from his duties as the head of the house. Odysseus’ household is in ruins without him. The suitors that exploit the fact that Odysseus is missing merely make the situation worse. They are able to live contently, especially when they take advantage of Odysseus’ servants in his absence. His servants become, “the suitors’ harlots” (22.483). The servants essentially betray him when they have sex with the suitors in his absence. The servants’ loyalty is required for an oikos to be considered organized. With their betrayal, the oikos is further ruined and put in disarray. Chaos for Odysseus and his household is only resolved when he kills the suitors as well as his treacherous servants. These events signify that chaos is no longer present for Odysseus. Only calm and peace remain for him. Vice-versa is also true in reference to the suitors. The tranquility in their lives disappears because chaos symbolized by their deaths replaces it. Since Odysseus is the Homeric hero, it is only right for him to end up as the party that lives…
Bastet was the goddess of cats, family, home, fertility and childbirth. She was originally a lioness goddess, but she later was turned into a cat. She has two forms : cat/human, and cat. She has the head of a cat and the body of a woman. She is thought to be the daughter of Sekhmet, another lioness goddess, and Ra, the sun god.…
Penelope has suffered in this story, for time thinking if her husband Odysseus will not come back from his adventure with his crew. With the idea of her husband, Odysseus, not returning, Penelope has been stressed out not knowing the answer of his return, leaving her going to sleep at night crying to herself.…
This caused the men not to be overpowered by the Sirens. Odysseus gave up his own safety to save his men's lives, showing a courageous act. Another example is, when odysseus and his men were trapped by the Cyclops, he devised a plan to free himself and the men. Odysseus put the plan into action because he, “... leaned on it [the spear] turning it as a shipwright turns a drill in planking,” blinding the Cyclops(316-318). Odysseus came up with this because he did not want to kill him, or his men would never escape. Therefore, his plan was to blind the cyclops by stabbing him in the eye. This effected the rest of the journey because again, he saved his men from death. Finally, he is courageous when he goes to kill the suitors for his wife. After he reveals himself to the suitors, Odysseus starts shooting arrows to kill them. Then he says to Telemachus, “when they are all gone if I’m alone, they can…
Homer states, “When he awakens, he fails to recognize his homeland until Athena appears and tells him that he is indeed home. She disguises him as an old man, so that he can surprise the suitors, and then urges him to visit his faithful swineherd, Eumaeus” (Homer 1242). As one could see in this statement, Odysseus abides the goddess and realizes he cannot barge in to slaughter the suitors. Odysseus is now patient and knows he needs a plan to defeat over 100 suitors. As Homer also states, “Telemachus sends the swineherd to let his mother know he has returned safely. Athena appears and urges Odysseus to let Telemachus know who he really is” (Homer 1245). In this quote, one can see the imperturbability that has evolved in Odysseus. In the beginning of the story, Odysseus would have broken his disguise instantly to let his son know it was truly him. As the story shows, one can see that Odysseus was patient to let Telemachus know it was himself, and allowed the goddess of wisdom, Athena, to show his identity when the time was…
When the hero made it home he still had to solve some problems. There were suitors infesting his home. After some time Odysseus showed himself to the suitors and killed them off.…
It was at this exact spot that I stood here 20 years ago, before you, the people of the great Ithaca. Having to leave here wasn’t something I ever desired, who ever loves to leave the ones they love and they one they trust. I left for the war and I beat myself up daily, but I realized that I left to war so I must come back, I cannot die in this war and I must be able to come and fulfill my role as leader. Achilles, Ajax, Patroclus all deserve respect as well for aiding me in the war, helping make sure I could live a long life, but they deserved it more, I wish I can repay them. I am so glad to see my son, Telemachus grow into a man that I have always believed he can be, one day he will be the leader, he will be able to protect and govern Ithaca better than I ever could have.…
Life sucks when you're just another face in the crowd of screaming people running from a dragon. Or a giant. Or a robot controlled by a mad scientist. But I should feel lucky, of course. We have the protagonist to protect us!…
“For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief.” In Edgar Allan Poe’s stories, he often uses the common gothic techniques of a grotesque character, guilt, and unreliable narrators to convey his story. Poe manipulates his settings and mood to create an uneasy and scared feeling within the reader. He also includes allusions to his own life which included alcoholism, gambling, and the many deaths of family members creating a personal tone to the stories. The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe is a better horror story than William Wilson because of Poe’s use of techniques, setting, and mood.…