Odyssey‚ Odysseus leads his men through the unthinkable‚ and successfully gets them out of harms way because he utilizes his ability to formulate plans‚ and carry them out quickly and effectively. Throughout the epic‚ Odysseus makes numerous decisions that affect him and his men‚ these decisions have come to impact their journey home. In doing this‚ he has made several mistakes that Odysseus later learns from in order to make himself a better person‚ and a better leader. For instance‚ when Odysseus and
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Odysseus is a hero. He displays many qualities that make him a hero. He is a leader that takes charge‚ he fights for what he believes in‚ he tries to keep his men alive or do something for the greater good‚ and his driving force is very important to him. He is a hero. Odysseus is a leader and he puts himself in harm’s way those are two reasons I believe he is a hero. I’m not saying that you need to be a leader to be a hero‚ I’m saying that in the story Odysseus took charge and put himself in
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Odysseus‚ in Homer’s The Odyssey‚ displays both strong and weak leadership skills in certain situations. Odysseus stays protective and caring but isn’t very trusting or open to his crew. He doesn’t tell his crew about what the prophet said‚ and what was in the bag from the Wind King. When the crew was on the Island of the Sun God‚ Odysseus blatantly said for them not to touch the cattle. Yet he failed to explain the consequences. Since his actions illustrate both strong and weak leadership‚
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problems. Odysseus‚ a famous Greek epic hero‚ does not display all the hero like qualities throughout his travels home‚ and abroad. In this case‚ Odysseus did show some a hero like character. When the Cyclops asked what happened about their ship‚ Odysseus replied‚ “My ship? Poseidon Lord‚ who sets the earth a-tremble‚ broke it up on the rocks at your land’s end” (Homer 229). Odysseus lied to the Cyclops saying that their ship was destroyed. So just in case‚ they could get off the island. Odysseus showed
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Odysseus is a character that embodies both strengths and weaknesses‚ which makes him an epic hero. The Odyssey‚ by Homer is the epic story of Odysseus’ adventures from The Trojan War to Ithaca. For ten years he endures human weakness‚ battling with the gods and a number of obstacles in order to reclaim his kingdom. It is Odysseus’ epic heroic traits that enable him to be successful. The three traits that Odysseus displays to make him an epic hero are leadership‚ balance of reason over emotion‚ and
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Odyssey‚ the protagonist is a leader named Odysseus who goes on a journey with his crew to get back home to Ithaka from Troy‚ after the trojan war. In the epic poem‚ The Odyssey‚ the poet Homer‚ suggests that Odysseus is a superior leader which is revealed by Odysseus’s‚ bravery‚ intelligence‚ and perseverance. Odysseus’s bravery sets himself apart from other leaders. Odysseus has to display an example to his crew by inspiring them with his fearlessness. Odysseus illustrates his grit when he forces his
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Curiosity can drive a person to accomplish tasks that normally he or she would not do. Curiosity can drive whoever to accomplish his or her goals. In the book Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde‚ Mr. Utterson is driven by curiosity to find out the truth about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Towards the end of the book he becomes a detective to try and discover that Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll are one person. In the book Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Mr. Utterson discovers objects and obtains clues‚ which drives his curiosity
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Odysseus’ Negligent Leadership Throughout his reign as King of France‚ Louis XVI portrayed poor leadership. He was often considered indecisive‚ for this reason many of his men did not trust him. Louis XVI’s desire to expand France’s territory in order to acquire personal glory is comparable to Odysseus’ journey home to Ithaca in order to attain kleos. Not only were their goals similar but both Odysseus and Louis XVI’s men were killed in the process. In ancient Greece‚ Greeks had higher expectations
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The Odyssey‚ an epic poem written by Homer‚ is about the journey of the epic hero Odysseus to return to his home after the Trojan War. Odysseus must endeavor through many ghastly challenges‚ because the Cyclops Polyphemus afflicted him with a curse‚ to get him to his wife and son‚ and uniting his kingdom. On his journey home‚ Odysseus shows multiple traits of an epic hero‚ the two most related to that title is bravery and cunning. However the characteristic that stands out the most are his abilites
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” that person can be of human or even superhuman characteristics so long as their deed is right. In this case‚ in Robert Fagel’s translation of The Odyssey by Homer‚ Odysseus is a king longing to return home after numerous years of war. Of his tales‚ there are points of hardship and times where he is greatly dignified. He displays acts of heroism even having exposed sides of him that are both weak and of great strengths. Do these man’s actions in these states of being human or superhuman really
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