The Odyssey is the epic story of a warrior named Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War and being held captive by Calypso‚ a passionate nymph‚ for seven years. The epic recounts the many encounters and adventurous endeavors Odysseus and his men are involved in during the long return to Ithaca. During his odyssey‚ many laudable adversaries‚ primarily in the form of temptations‚ karmic justice and arrogance‚ that confront him and his hubristic‚ fatuous men. Earlier in the story
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In addition‚ Odysseus slays the dozens of suitors plaguing the halls of his palace. After returning to his palace in Ithaca‚ he commences a bloodbath. He begins by shooting the villainous Antinous through his neck. The text describes that “The point passed clean through his tender throat...His life-blood gushed from his nostrils in a turbid jet.” (Homer‚ 329) Odysseus begins to take back his right as the master of the palace. The lifeless state of Antinous stresses his looming wrath. In spite of
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island. Whatever Odysseus has to do to get home; he will do. Odysseus experienced different obstacles and two of them such as Circe turning his crew members into pigs and another obstacle Odysseus faced was Calypso keeping him captive at her island. Odysseus’s Journey to get home relates to the struggle of a soldier in the 21st century by people in the military struggling to get home to their families. One of the many obstacles Odysseus faced was that Circe turned his men into pigs. It was kind of nerve
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Adharsh Ranganathan 2/25/13 Period 3 Odyssey Essay Greek Heroines: Fictional Revolutionists A Greek Hero is identified for his proficiency on the battleground and omnipotent personal qualities. The noble achievements of Ancient Greek heroes are even celebrated through tales articulated by bards and highborn individuals. From the shadows of male dominance rises a female equivalent‚ the Greek Heroine. Unlike heroes‚ heroines are characterized by qualities including wisdom‚ helpfulness‚ and
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comrades in today’s military‚ but Odysseus followed a very different set of rules when it came to that sort of stuff. He believed it was acceptable to throw away the lives of his men if it meant he got closer to returning home. The difference in Odysseus’s motives versus the motives of modern day heroes like Mr. Mitchell make up a major part of the contrasting qualities between
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Taylor Cox English 102 Kelly Romirowsky 21 April 2013 Societal Impact on Character Formation Since the introduction of writing‚ characters all seem to fall into archetypical structures that the author then expands on. Over the last few centuries‚ archetypes have evolved and are beginning to depart from what they once were. Society has discovered new ideological beliefs that have in effect changed the elemental design of characters. From Homer’s The Odyssey in the early 8th century B.C.
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For example‚ in The Odyssey‚ beautiful women known as the Sirens sing alluring songs that draw men to their deaths. Odysseus’s crew escaped unscathed‚ but in O Brother Where Art Thou?‚ these beautiful women intoxicated the group‚ and turned Pete in for a reward. The screenwriters made the Sirens pretty close considering the massive setting change. Similarly‚ when Odysseus
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his throne‚ but a series of unfortunate events occur that makes his journey long and treacherous. In his various adventures like The Cyclops‚ The Land Of The Dead‚ and The Lotus-Eaters‚ Odysseus shows examples of his heroic characteristics. In Odysseus’s adventures‚ he comes across a cyclops named Polyphemus. When Odysseus was trapped in Polyphemus’s cave‚ he told him his name was "nhbdy." He also knew that he shouldn’t have killed him in his sleep because he and his men wouldn’t have been
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that Odysseus goes through because he must escape the cave‚ but is unable to move a rock that is sealing the entrance. To escape‚ Odysseus eventually uses his smart wit to overcome the Cyclops. He ultimately is seen as a heroic figure because of Odysseus’s ability to learn to use his mind instead of his body to solve his problems. Similarly‚ in Maus‚ Vladek also follows a hero’s journey throughout the events that uncoiled from the Holocaust. In the beginning he seems very ignorant and it seemed as
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or idealized for courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities. In that case‚ Odysseus the protagonist of The Odyssey by Homer‚ is a hero He is loyal ‚ compassionate and cunning. Odysseus is the hero of the Odyssey‚ The Odyssey tells of Odysseus’s 10 year struggle to return from the Trojan war to his home in Ithaca. He faces many obstacles during the war‚ he steps up and becomes a leader for his men and fights hard for them all. The first example proving that Odysseus is a hero is when
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