struggle or fight. Odysseus then reveals himself to his son and few servants to plan an attack on the suitors. At a contest to see if anyone can string Odysseus’s bow‚ the hero plans his attack after stringing the bow and firing on the suitors. His son and servants have the other arms and they massacre the entire group of suitors. This was one of Odysseus’s final acts of brilliance to conclude the epic.
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all you had for the gods who rule wide heaven‚ contempt for what men say of you hereafter. Your last hour has come. You die in blood’” (957). He pulled a sword up against a god. Any other man would be afraid because of the consequences. Without Odysseus’s fearlessness he would not have survive his treacherous journey. Next‚ Odysseus is very cautious. A good leader would not rush into dangerous situations without determining the possible outcomes. Odysseus is cautious when he enters the Cyclops
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sail by the island‚ he gives everyone ear wax to put into their ears so that they will not be tortured by the Sirens’ songs. His men had tied him to the ship so that he would not jump overboard to hear what these seductive women were saying. When Odysseus’s ship sails past the Siren’s island‚ his naked ears are tortured by the sweet song of the Sirens. This song drives Odysseus mad with the temptation and the desire of what the sirens are singing. Moreover‚ if it were not for his men‚ the Sirens would
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Land of The Cyclops In Homer’s “Land of The Cyclops” Odysseus get trapped in the cave owned by Polyphemus‚ the son of Poseidon. While they are there‚ the story describes in detail‚ about how the men were eaten and how the cyclops eye was punctured. The story also shows how Odysseus and his men tricked Polyphemus in order to escape. This gives a tone of trickery and gore to the story. This story was also summarized in the way of a poem‚ called “The Blinding of Polyphemus” by Robert Dickerson. The
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The reason people take journeys is to discover something new‚ whether it be within themselves or something within the universe‚ which can be seen in the following texts: “ From The Odyssey” by Homer‚“Who Understands Me But Me” by Jimmy Baca Santiago‚ and “Truth At All Cost” by Marie Colvin. The real question is what are “you” trying to discover and what do you plan to do with this knowledge. Journeys can be taken in different forms such as physical‚ spiritual‚ and mental forms. Physical journeys
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Polyphemus heaved a building a launched it at Odysseus‚ who barely managed to evade the attack. As soon as the attack was launched‚ Polyphemus felt a shooting pain in his arm‚ and noticed the feathers of an arrow that could only have come from Odysseus’s bow. However‚ Odysseus was not the marksman who fired the arrow. Polyphemus turned around and noticed Telemachus standing atop a faraway edifice‚ furiously preparing to fire another arrow at his father’s attacker‚ ready to defend his father to
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Circe lives alone‚ but protects herself with trickery and witchcraft. She tricks Odysseus’s men‚ and turns them into pigs‚ which shows she has physical power and wants to be left alone. Like Medusa in Metamorphoses‚ Circe defends herself from those who intend to harm her‚ lives in a large house and controls what happens there. Odysseus
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There is no such thing as an ordinary hero. Heros are the people that go above and beyond what is asked of them in this world with such grace and humility that ordinary people are compelled to take note. All heros may have different quests but they all share several key attributes such as determination‚ courage‚ and adroitness. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ Okonkwo clearly demonstrates the heroic trait of determination. Unlike his peers‚ Okonkwo wasn’t able to inherit his delinquent father’s
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burial shroud for Odysseus’s elderly father. She says that she will choose a suitor when she is finished. Every night for three years she undoes part of the shroud. One of the female maids finds this out and tells. The action of the maid showed how bad deeds of women can change the instance of what is going on. When Odysseus came home he posed as a beggar Penelope again shows her strong wits by not falling right to him. She says that she will court with the one who can string Odysseus’s bow and shoot
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The epic poems The Odyssey‚ written by Homer‚ and Gilgamesh‚ translated by David Ferry‚ feature the struggles and triumphs of two epic heroes‚ Odysseus and Gilgamesh. Epic heroes exemplify six common traits. They are all strong fighters‚ complete with physical beauty and intimidation. The epic hero is dangerous yet protects ordinary people. There is always an encounter with death and the cosmos. They are superhuman‚ but they are not supernatural‚ although they come in contact with the supernatural
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