team will sure not be able to implement the qualities of a great leader to a group. Homer’s The Odyssey and Machiavelli’s The Prince are two books that both contain themes about power and leadership. Homer’s The Odyssey contains information about Odysseus’ leadership capabilities during his journey home to Ithaca and how he reacted on different situations that involve critical leadership decisions. It also contains the status of his leadership in his homeland and what kind of monarchy he has. On the
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Is Odysseus a hero? In my opinion‚ yes he is a hero for many reasons. Such as trying his best to keep his crew safe and alive‚ putting his family first‚ and getting through rough times. First off‚ Odysseus really did try his best to keep his crew alive. Even though his men did not make it back to Ithaca‚ he did save them many times. For example‚ he did waste a year of his life sleeping with Circe just to save his men from being pigs the rest of their lives. Also he had the brilliant idea of the
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Odysseus demonstrates his resourcefulness and cunningness‚ but most definitely serves as no hero through several episodes of his pridefulness‚ unfaithfulness‚ and ruthless murdering. Odysseus shows qualities of a narcissist as he focuses on himself and not on the greater good. In Book IX‚ Odysseus and his men go to the Cyclopes’ island and visits one of their caves: "We soon reached his cave but didn’t find him [the Cyclopes]. [...] We went inside the cave and looked around. [...] At first‚ my comrades
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Temptations of Odysseus Odysseus: a hero in every way. He is a real man‚ skilled in the sports‚ handy with a sword and spear‚ and a master of war strategy. Most of the challenges and adventures in his return voyage from Troy show us this even if we had no idea of his great heroic stature and accomplishments in the Trojan war. I found in my reading of the Odyssey that most of the trials the gods place upon him are readily faced with heroic means. These challenges are not necessarily welcomed
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Odysseus has many character traits that are accentuated by his adventures and travels. The main ones are his curiosity‚ his intelligence or deceitfulness‚ and his amazing self control. His cunning and self control help him to survive throughout his journeys but his curiosity sometimes hurts him. Throughout the story it is evident that one of Odysseus’ major character traits is curiosity. One example of his curiosity was when he visited the land of the Cyclops. He said that he wanted to go see what
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Homer many of the obstacles Odysseus encounters are female‚ monsters‚ and seducers. Odysseus overcomes many female obstacles such as Scylla‚ Circe‚ Sirens‚ and Calypso. Ancient Greeks felt women were dangerous. Things would be different if Odysseus encountered more male obstacles because he would have just fought them and won. Odysseus has many experiences with female characters such as Scylla‚ Circe‚ Sirens‚ and Calypso. In order to overcome these obstacles Odysseus had to go threw many difficulties
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The Hero Odysseus Homer’s Odyssey is an epic tale that shows us the struggle of one man who is known as Odysseus‚ and his ten-year struggle to return home to his wife after fighting in the Trojan War. Along the way he is faced with many challenges‚ and the decisions he makes shapes his fate‚ his life‚ and the lives of his crew aboard his ship. During his journey‚ he makes good and bad decisions such as blinding Cyclopes‚ leaving the mystical bag of winds unguarded‚ and building the Trojan horse
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Gilgamesh and Odysseus were two heroes from two totally different time periods that were both in search of the meaning of life. The epics that the two characters are featured in Gilgamesh‚ was developed from early Mesopotamia and the Odyssey in early Greece. Gilgamesh was a very popular and it was very valuable to the historian of Mesopotamian culture because it reveals much about the religious world‚ such as their attitudes toward the gods‚ how a hero was defined and regarded‚ views about death
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odyssey is a very complex story. But there are multiple things that are very clear. One of those things is that Odysseus does not deserve a hero award. Many people might think he is but he is dishonest‚ he doesn’t use communication‚ and he doesn’t know how to put himself last. He is always worried about himself and not his crew. These things make him a bad leader and not a hero. First‚ Odysseus is dishonest. He is dishonest because he didn’t tell his men that when they had to face Scylla that he would
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foe indeed- could dare bring death’s pain on him and darkness in his eyes? (Homer‚ line 1412‚ page 1009) Over a period of time‚ Odysseus develops a hatred for the most obnoxious suitor named Antinous. Antinous believes that he couldn’t be killed because he amongst his friends and he has become hubris. Ignorantly‚ he thinks that no man would dare to kill him‚ but Odysseus proves him wrong by shooting
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