In The Odyssey written by Homer‚ Odysseus faces many monsters which are both metaphorical and tangible. Everyone has their own “monsters” which hold them back from their goals. My perfectionism is my greatest obstacle. The desire to be faultless is omnipresent‚ it acts like a ghost and is always looming over me. I confront my monster daily. He continually invades my head and I feel that I can not escape him. I was born into a family that lives for soccer‚ both of my parents are collegiate coaches
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Odysseus gets trapped and his men and him were turned into pigs. ”Odysseus rushes to save his men from the enchantress”(Odyssey 387). This quote shows how Odysseus will not hesitate to save his men and does not let anything get in his way. Odysseus gets stuck in the Cyclops cave and has to escape so he is strapped underneath a sheep and escapes. “So three sheep could convey each man”(Odyssey 381). Odysseus took a moment to think and escaped because he wasn’t going to let anything get in his way to getting
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The Odyssey is an epic from the writer Homer in the 8th century. The Odyssey is a 20 year voyage of a man named Odysseus who was king of Ithaca. The first ten years of the voyage was a war Odysseus fought in called the Trojan War. Odysseus ended the war when he had the genius idea of creating a horse as a “peace offering” because he knew he could not beat the Trojans from the outside. The horse was hollowed out in the inside so Odysseus and his men could fit inside it. Once the Trojans brought the
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The Odyssey is Homer epic of Odysseus 10-year struggle to return home after the Trojan War. Odysseus and his men battle mystical creatures and faces the wrath of the gods. There are various versions of the story. For instance‚ the film “The Odyssey” from Andrey Koncholovsky portrays the story differently in compared to Homer’s original story. The film changes some of the events in order to make Odysseus more heroic‚ a good leader‚ while the original story depicts him differently. For example‚ Koncholovsky
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Along the journey one will gain experience no one could gain without it. There is the also the bond with the team along the trials of the journey. No matter the size or length of the journey one’s future will be affected greatly. For example‚ in The Odyssey Odysseus goes on an adventure that changes his future called “The Cattle of The Sun God” and ends up eating some sheep that he wasn’t supposed to eat but‚ did
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Adams 1 Emily Adams Mr. Campbell Honors English 12 21 April 2015 Deception in The Odyssey Through history‚ humans and animals have been using sneaky methods to get what they want‚ and several tactics in order to survive‚ some in which are deception. Lying is an extremely common and strategic approach‚ but also manipulation‚ a tactic Odysseus was extremely fond of. Odysseus had used different angles when trying to achieve his desired outcome‚ whether or not the result had any effect on Odysseus himself
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Lambert MR. Bovaird Honors English 9 23 May 2010 The Significance of Xenia in Homer’s Odyssey The society of Ancient Greece was very much centered around the gods‚ and a healthy fear of the consequences of not obeying their laws. The next most important staples of the society were the concepts of braver‚ pride‚ and hospitality‚ or Xenia. The significance of these values is shown quite clearly in The Odyssey of Homer. In the first five books of the epic‚ Telemachos is shown great hospitality by
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women are primarily portrayed as seductresses. These women create problems for Odysseus in Homer’s story‚ The Odyssey. Some examples of this would be through women like Calypso‚ who held men against their will‚ Circe‚ a dangerous woman who practiced sorcery and the Sirens‚ who lure men to their death. All together these women caused many problems to Odysseus and other men. Throughout the Odyssey‚ women are used as a symbol of temptation and seduction. Odysseus finds himself trapped on an island Ogygia
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The Odyssey A LETTER TO MY SON 12th March 2041 Dear Son‚ Happy 13th birthday‚ my dear son! Congratulations on becoming a teenager. Both your mother and I cannot believe how fast you have grown. I have chosen this book‚ The Odyssey‚ to guide you as you grow into a man. My English teacher‚ Mrs Jones‚ FORCED us to read it when I was your age ( and although it was VERY boring at first (especially the complicated timeline)‚ we were soon engrossed in Odysseus’s swashbuckling adventures
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Frederick Douglass once said “With out a Struggle their can be no Progress”. This quote perfectly explains the ups and downs of ones quest to return home. In the Odyssey‚ Homer uses Odysseus’s journey to show how one’s journey can affect them as a person. In the Odyssey‚ Homer gives Odysseus’s challenges that detours his journey home. These problems affect his desire to get back home and what he will do for his family. Odysseus states “ I drew on all my wits‚ and ran through the tactics‚ reasoning
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