Odysseus of The Odyssey. His quest to return to Ithaca and reunite with his family spawns a host of challenging tests and trials‚ driving him perilously close to the breaking point. Yet in the end‚ these difficulties transform a minor character from The Iliad into one of the most daring and enduring figures of literary history. Without such challenges‚ Odysseus would never have evolved beyond the ranks of ordinary men and would never have become a true hero. Odysseus’s journey is particularly poignant
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Theseus wanting to be a hero. Theseus wants to be as great as he cousin‚ Hercules‚ a man of great strenght and bravery. Theseus decides that he would set off on a journey and complete some great feats and tasks so that he may gain the rank and or title of being a hero. There are eight steps in most stories to becoming a hero and Theseus completes all eight. In the begining of Theseus’ story‚ Theseus sets off on a journey to a distant land where he hopes to become a hero. His parents told him to
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Homer is a greek poet who was born around 12th and 8th centuries‚ BC. He was known of being the first to write the epic stories of The Iliad and The Odyssey. Odysseus is the main character and hero of the epic poem “The Odyssey”. Odysseus pronounced o-diss-ee-oos. Odysseus and Ulysses are the same person. The name was different because Odysseus is Greek and Ulysses is English. In the poem tells that Odysseus struggle to return home for 10 years following the Trojan War. During his struggle he met
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The Odyssey by Homer relates to a soldier trying to return home after a war because in Odysseus’s journey home‚ he faces things that may symbolize the hardships that a soldier would face when coming home such as when he is held captive by the Cyclops‚ when he is on the island of the lotus eaters‚ and his experience with the Island of the Cicones. Upon finding a large cave on one of the many islands that Odysseus and his crew went to they entered and helped themselves to the food and drinks they
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Odysseus‚ the King of Ithaca‚ must endure many obstacles for twenty years prior to reaching his kingdom. In the epic poem‚ The Odyssey written by Homer‚ Odysseus’ travels start during what is known as “ The great wanderings”. Odysseus portrays the qualities of Aristotle’s epic hero throughout this portion of the epic. To emphasize this statement‚ think about the epic hero Gilgamesh‚ the king of the land between rivers‚ ruler of the magnificent city Uruk. Even though Gilgamesh is two-thirds god and
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The Lion King: a Hero’s Journey The Lion King is a true hero’s journey that takes place in the savannas of Africa. The title "the Lion King" emphasizes that a lion is king‚ most likely referring to the main character‚ Simba. Simba is the main hero in the story because he regains his kingdom and defeats evil. The main character’s archetype is "king"; he takes responsibility for his actions and his kingdom‚ he regains order and control. Simba takes part in a hero’s journey by being a part of the
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An epic hero is a brave and noble character‚ admired for great achievements or affected by grand events. The source from which this comes from is “The Odyssey” by Homer. This story is about a man named Odysseus who fought to save his life. Suffering from bitter days and nights. Trying to get his shipmates home. Although Odysseus couldn’t save them‚ for their own recklessness destroyed each and every one of them. Acting as children and fools‚ they feasted on the cattle of the Sun God Helios. From
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A big part of being a hero‚ is leadership. When Odysseus and his crew show up on the island of the lotus eaters‚ Odysseus sent his crew out. They found the lotus eaters‚people who eat lotuses which makes them forget all of their goals and worries. When the crew is offered some they to forget what their goals and worries are. Odysseus soon finds out what is going on and went to investigate. When he saw what had happened to the crew he tried to get them off the island. In this moment Odysseus dragged
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or ’revelation’ not only of a person but also of what that person stood for and it is the critical moment in a Greek tragedy leading to the denouement of a story. In heroic myth‚ anagnorismos is the recognition of a hero at the end of his quest by other another person. A hero can experience anagnorismos by bringing back objects from his quest proving his heroic deed. For example‚ Perseus Polydectes recognizes that Perseus has accomplished the task that he sent him out to do with the intention
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Odysseus was no hero and his words and actions clearly show. Book 1 of the Odyssey starts with “Sing in the‚ Muse‚ and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending”. Introducing Odysseus as “a man skilled in all ways of contending” shows Homer‚ author of the Odyssey clearly wanted Odysseus to be seen as a hero. After all‚ they were both Greek‚ and the Greeks held a lot of pride they needed to protect. This makes me believe that the story behind The Odyssey was twisted so
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