“Have we never been in danger before this?/ More fearsome‚ is it now‚ than when the cyclops penned us in his cave? What power he had!/ Did I not keep my nerve‚ and use my wits to find a way out for us?” (Homer 526). This long narrative poem is written about Odysseus and it clearly displays the adventures of a hero‚ not a fool as he faces against great odds. In the epic poem The Odyssey by Homer‚ Odysseus is a hero because of his strength‚ intelligence and loyalty. Odysseus stands out among all others
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• Hospitality The major themes in The Odyssey are especially significant because they serve to form the moral and ethical constitution of most of the characters. The reader learns about the characters through the themes. The more complicated a character is‚ the more he or she engages these major themes. Therefore‚ the most complicated character‚ Odysseus‚ appropriately embodies each of the themes to one degree or another. Thinking of hospitality as a major theme in a literary work may seem odd
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Demi-God not a regular man; Odysseus had a remarkable inhuman quality. He defeated the plagues of the gods; Athena’s wisdom and Poseidon’s wrath. ”Odysseus had angered the sea god Poseidon (the brother of Zeus‚ the king of the gods) by blinding Polyphemus the Cyclops Poseidon’s son.” "The Odyssey." World Religions Reference Library. Ed. Julie L. Carnagie‚ et al. Vol. 5: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL‚ 2007. 73-84. Odysseus defeated the large Cyclops using his wit alone none of his godly strength.
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Upon finding a large cave on one of the many islands that Odysseus and his crew went to they entered and helped themselves to the food and drinks they found there‚ and sure enough‚ shortly after they fell asleep. After some time the Cyclops named Polyphemus that lives in the cave returned rolling a big stone into the entrance of the cave. When the cyclops found that Odysseus and his men had eaten all of his food he became enraged‚ grabbed two of the men smashed their heads against the
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so he could return to his family was killing a cyclops‚ Polyphemus‚ who was terrorizing Odysseus and his men. Odysseus kills the cyclops as he narrates‚ “So with our brand we bored that great eye socket / while blood ran out around the red hot bar.” (IX‚ 420-421). These obstacles‚ such as killing the Cyclops‚ created learning experiences and stories to last a life-tim for Odysseus during his journey home. Overall‚ Odysseus kills the Polyphemus in hopes that he can return home to his family one day
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After 10 long and exhausting years of the trojan war everyone who didn’t die just wanted to return home‚ and for Odysseus‚ there’s nothing more he wanted than to go home to his Penelope and his son whom he had to leave as a newborn‚ but after he angered the gods by claiming he didn’t need them the journey back home got complicated and took some wrong turns that took another 10 years to fix‚ but despite ending up in wrong places his mental strength and intelligence gave him the courage to keep going
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Prometheus And Io Zeus falls in love with a girl named Io‚ and he proceeds to send her a message exclaiming that love. Unfortunately‚ Zeus’s wife‚ Hera‚ finds out about his love for Io. Zeus tries to save Io from the wrath of Hera by wrapping the Earth in a thick cloud‚ but he still fails to save her. In a jealous rage‚ Hera turns Io into a heifer and hands her over to Argus. Even though Zeus can’t be with Io anymore‚ he still sends Hermes to kill Argus‚ allowing Io to have her freedom once
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odds and proved himself as the true epic hero by being courageous‚ persistent and resourceful. Without doubt‚ a resourceful personality saved Odysseus’ life at least twice in the Odyssey. First in Polyphemus’ cave‚ Odysseus used his guile to escape certain death. Homer had Odysseus cunningly blind Polyphemus with the olive club left in the cave‚ which he had crafted into a tough stake (10). Again‚ during the crew’s punishment for eating the sun god’s cattle‚ Homer illustrated the crafty personality
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and that took up most of their time. In chapter 3 him and his men are stuck on the island of the Cylclopies. ( The Land of The Cyclopies)Odysseus tells his best fighters to come with him they are curious and end up in a cave with the cyclops Polyphemus. Polyphemus keeps them hostage and eats some of Odysseus’s men one by one. After building up courage they drunken the cyclops‚
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curiosity of dangerous things. The events in the Odyssey occurred because of character choice‚ as shown with Odysseus’ ignorance. In The Odyssey Odysseus’ ignorance causes him to stay in the Cyclops‚ Polyphemus’ cave and then Odysseus continues to unknowingly insult Polyphemus. Odysseus says to Polyphemus‚ “Have care for the gods‚ courtesy; Zeus will avenge the unoffending guest” (1049). So Odysseus stays in the Cyclops’ cave and then tells the Cyclops that he has to be hospitable it just makes the
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