Through every obstacle Odysseus and his sailors face‚ Odysseus shows courage and wisdom that surpasses his shipmates’‚ but he also displays some of the same weaknesses they have. The sailors open the bag Odysseus received from Aeolus‚ who controls the wind‚ thinking that Aeolus had given him money. Instead‚ they release the winds and are blown off course. This act illustrates the greed of the sailors‚ but Odysseus also faults by his greed and arrogance on the island of the Cyclops. He wants so badly
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Was Odysseus a good or bad leader ? Generally I think Odysseus is a good leader because he saves his men more times than he lets them get killed‚ for example on the island with Polythemus. He thought of a cunning plan to get most of his men out of the cave they were trapped in. On the Cicones Island‚ even though he didn’t make much attempt to make his men leave and his lack of respect from his men was poor causing him to lose 36 men he still shared all the spoils out equally. Odysseus’s
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9/1/2015 When Odysseus wakes up‚ he sees a group of girls by the river doing laundry. He is naked and very hungry. He goes over to the women‚ in order to try to receive clothing and directions to the nearest town. When he walks up‚ all the girls run away except for one. Her name is Nausikaa. Nausikaa is the daughter of the Prince Alkinoos. When he walks up to her‚ he knows he has to try to convince her to help him. The words that he would choose would be very important. Odysseus begins his speech
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Odysseus showed a lot of features in being a hero. From stabbing a cyclops in the eye to going to the underworld to more risky and dangerous things. Odysseus loves to take risks no matter what the consequences are. Odysseus as we know is a risk taker and performs daring actions. In the story his crew comes across a cyclops that later was blinded by a stab wound to the eye performed by Odysseus. This shows his daring and risk-taking feature. The way he performed this action it could have went wrong
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struggles at some point in their life‚ no matter if you are a hero from an old mythical story or a modern day person living in Iowa. Even though the struggles faced by Odysseus and me are different‚ they have a common overlapping theme that ties them together. Which causes them in turn to be in fact very comparable. Both Odysseus and I face obstacles such as temptation‚ laziness‚ and distraction. Although his obstacles come from his want to go back home to Ithaca‚ mine are from my desire to live
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poem The Odyssey the main character Odysseus fights in the Trojan War for 10 years. Odysseus has to go through many difficult situations‚ to find his way back home and when he does‚ he has to fight off the suitors that took over his home while he was away. This poem was written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald and a different version by Samuel Butler. This poem gives many life lessons that happen over time and shows how things have changed. After Odysseus fought in the Trojan war for 10
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Are woman the source of many difficulties for Odysseus in the Odyssey? Odysseus faces many difficulties during his journey home in The Odyssey‚ many of these are caused by woman but not all. Both men and women help and hinder Odysseus’ journey but in many situations women seem to be the source. Some women help Odysseus along in his journey for example‚ Nausicaa. Nausicaa was chosen by Athene to go and meet Odysseus at the water baths‚ this was done by Athene appearing in one of Nausicaa’s dreams
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Gods and Lives In Odysseus’ journey home‚ there are numerous examples of help and hindrances from gods and goddesses. Two of the powers that intervened were Poseidon and Athena. Poseidon created several ways to stop his journey. However‚ the Goddess Athena helped him overcome Poseidon’s attempts to stop him and other obstacles. Odysseus and his men stopped on an island with cyclops on their way home. One of the cyclops killed two of Odysseus’ men. Odysseus put out the eye of the cyclop. The cyclop
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The Evil Should Die: Analysis of Homer The Odyssey Upon Odysseus’ return to Ithaca from his long and dangerous crusade‚ he discovers suitors raiding his palace. Due to the fact that these suitors are posing a great threat to Ithaca‚ Odysseus is justified in taking his revenge. Since these suitors try to steal his property‚ assume his wealth‚ and threaten the royal family of Ithaca‚ his right to defend himself is just. Odysseus was the king‚ and suitors have invaded his property. These suitors
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The FIRST labor was to fight the Nemian Lion which had impentrable skin and seemed to be a impossible task. This was set in motion after "Eurystheus ordered him to bring the skin of the Nemean lion" (Apollodorus 2.5.1) not only as a test of strengh but a test of mind. The SECOND labour was to kill the Lernean Hydra that was not only poisnous but also had nine heads. This was located in the swamps of Lerna which ravaged the country side. Hercules quickly learned in this battle that "as fast
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