“Odysseus is too thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful to be a real hero.” How far do you agree with this view? Yes‚ I do agree that Odysseus was thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful but these qualities were necessary for him to complete his journey and be seen as a hero on his return to Ithaca. Greek heroes like Odysseus were greater than the average man and achieved much notoriety and fame by being thoughtless‚ selfish and deceitful. Inevitability Odysseus‚ curiosity led him to make bad decisions after
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3. Who is the real monster-Victor or the creature? From the day the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley had been published‚ there has been constant debate over who is the real monster; was it the god-like mentality of Victor Frankenstein‚ or the creature himself for being something unnatural? Throughout the beginning of the novel‚ Victor Frankenstein considered himself to be someone of complete and original brilliance – though is merely a scientist with extreme goals. He was able to create life
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The Woeful and Horrendously Sad Tale of Frankenstein Who was the real monster in the book Frankenstein? In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ we see the main character‚ Victor‚ create a being out of body parts and bring it to life. Over the course of a couple years‚ this experiment dramatically changes the course of Victor’s life. His creature was not as he intended it to be‚ so he hated it. Shelley uses Romantic and Enlightenment thought in her horror novel to explain and demonstrate the different
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God like. They both have major obstacles in which they need to conquer but both exemplify some hubris which creates difficulty for them in their passage. Through all of these similarities it is the differences that made Odysseus successful in his journey where Oedipus fails. Odysseus succeeds with his sharp intellect‚ courage‚ and ability to follow instructions
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In the film The Clash of the Gods‚ that is based on the epic poem The Odyssey‚ by Homer. The main character‚ Odysseus‚ the King of Ithaca struggles with getting back home from the Trojan War‚ where his wife‚ Penelope and son have been waiting on his return home for twenty years. Nothing could stand in Odyssey’s way to getting back home to his loved ones. He takes on many risks and endures several hardships but never gives up hope. Odysseus’s journey relied on his curious nature‚ clever ability‚ and
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three words that describe Odysseus. The readers of his adventure learn that he is intelligent and always has a plan. In “The Odyssey”‚ Odysseus is seen preparing‚ Leading the win at Troy‚ and fearing nothing. His amazing skills show his heroism in the poem. Odysseus is a hero because of his leadership‚ bravery‚ and his planning. Odysseus is a hero because of his leadership. Odysseus led his men out of the Cyclopes cave and chose to go home instead of being immortal. Odysseus and his men were stuck
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Odyssey Homer‚ Odysseus has the ability to be a very good leader‚ but doesn’t always live up to it. Odysseus is a good leader because he thinks a lot of things through. Therefore‚ he knows what to do ahead of time. Another reason Odysseus is a good leader is that he knows when to trust his crew. Odysseus can be a bad leader because he doesn’t always tell his crew everything. Also‚ he doesn’t always have common sense. Odysseus is a bad leader because of his bad decisions. Odysseus is good at analyzing
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poem by Homer (translated by Robert Fitzgerald) has many various themes woven throughout the story. One of my personal favorites is: falling into temptation will take you farther back than your starting point. You can see this theme portrayed as Odysseus struggles to find his home but when tempted stays to long with Circe. Or as they are almost home to Ithika and Odysseus’s crew opens the sack of winds. Also when they land on the island of the sun god and though they were told not to‚ eat some of
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The ancient people of Greek mythology believed there was a recipe for a mortal man to claim immortality‚ and have a name that echoes throughout the ages. The ingredients can be found between the two very popular mythical figures of ancient Greece‚ Odysseus from Homer’s “The Odyssey and Achilles from his other timeless story‚ “The Iliad”. This document will relay the commonalities shared through tragedy‚ and revenge‚ along with the contrasting characteristics of personality‚ methodology in combat and
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Monstrous Actions Vs. Monstrous Appearance Many people perceive monsters as anything grotesque or not looking like the norm. In the book On Monsters‚ written by Asma‚ he mentions an array of monsters. He states‚ “One aspect of the monster concept seems to be the breakdown of intelligibility. An action or a person or a thing is monstrous when it can’t be processed by our rationality‚ and also when we cannot readily relate to the emotional range involved” (Asma 10). Because our perception is blinded
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