Analysis Of Odysseus ' Journey ' Odyssey '

In my eyes a hero is a person who shows courage, is humble, does not give up, and is someone everybody can relate to. The protagonist in “The Odyssey” by Homer, Odysseus is a hero because although he is emotional throughout the book and lets his emotions take over his actions, he displays immense courage and perseveres through his journey and hardships.

Calypso was the woman who saved Odysseus she kept him in her island for seven years she made him his lover, but he never felt the same way about her he always would think about the day that he would go home to his wife and son. The only reason that Calypso let Odysseus leave was because Zeus he sent the messenger of the gods to tell her to let Odysseus go home to his people and wife. Calypso was fearful of zeus power at the same time she was angry that she has to let go of Odysseus since she was the one who saved his life Calypso said to Hermes that Gods are jealous of her happiness, but she still helped Odysseus to build a boat and gave him food for his journey. Before Calypso let Odysseus leave she asked him if he really wants to leave she was willing to give anything he want, but odysseus still chose to go back him home and wife.

During Odysseus’ journey back home to Ithaca, him and his crew encountered many evils and troubles. Almost every one of these took at least one of his men. Scylla is an example of this. This monster took six of Odysseus’ men while on the journey home. Nearly ever was it Odysseus’ fault. His men caused most of the problems that haunted them back to Ithaca.

Women play an influential role in The Odyssey. Women appear throughout the story, as goddesses, wives, princesses, or servants. The nymph Calypso enslaves Odysseus for many years. Odysseus desires to reach home and his wife Penelope. It is the goddess Athena who sets the action of The Odyssey rolling; she also guides and orchestrates everything to Odysseus’ good. Women in The Odyssey are divided into two classes: seductresses and helpmeets. By doing so, Homer demonstrates that women have the power to either hinder of help men. Only one woman is able to successfully combine elements of both classes: Penelope. She serves as a role model of virtue and craftiness. All the other women are compared to and contrasted with Penelope.

In The Odyssey- Part II, Odysseus with the help of his son and loyal servants. They slaughtered all the suitors and maids for the following: they tried to take advantage of his goods, they tried to marry his wife continuously, and destroyed his house. The slaughter of many of the suitors may have been brutal, but it was necessary.

Throughout the plot of The Odyssey, the main hero Odysseus encounters a few women on his journey home to Ithaca. He even had affairs with a couple of them. Despite caring about his wife as much as he does, Odysseus had succumbed to temptation more than once. There were three other main female characters that he encountered during the epic. He met Calypso, Circe, Athena and at the end he finally reunites with his wife Penelope. Odysseus has a different relationship with each woman and they each treat him differently as well.

Odysseus is the main character in an epic poem called the Odyssey. In the poem Odysseus has had some bad luck getting home, with some of the gods helping him and some hindering him; his journey towards home is a constant struggle. In this poem we see a man being broke and rebuilt, through constant irony his faith was damaged and without the help of Athena he probably would have given up on his journey. Through his hard work and wise spirit he finally does achieve his goal.

The final strange and difficult situation Odysseus finds himself in is Ogygia where the goddess Calypso lives. Odysseus drifted there after nine days on a piece of his ship. Zeus had struck the ship with a bolt of lightning because Odysseus' men had eaten the sacred cattle of Helios. Calypso "Loved me and cared for me," but Odysseus didn't want to marry her and become immortal because he wanted to go back to his wife and son (147). After several years of living with calypso, the gods finally decide to help Odysseus escape.

Odysseus exhibits numerous positive personality characteristics throughout the epic poem, The Odyssey, but his foremost attribute was his determination. Odysseus demonstrates his determination during each hardship that he is confronted with, including monsters, the death of comrades, destruction of his ships, and the wrath of the gods. Odysseus’ determination is driven by his desperate desire to reach Ithaca and be reunited with his family before dying; he demonstrates this while struggling to travel past Charýbdis and Scylla, after all of his crew members have been killed. ‘All through the night the wind did not relent… she [Charýbdis] drew my mast and keel to her deeps. But reaching up and toward the great fig tree, I [Odysseus] gripped

Odysseus’ road of trials during the initiation includes the “region of the men of winter” (540), the “Sirens” who try to enchant him (690), and “Scylla” and “Charybdis” who take his men from his ship (796-797). These roads of trials that Odysseus goes through, teach him a lesson. Odysseus is then able to learn from him mistakes, which allows him to excel in becoming a better leader and hero. Odysseus’ meeting with the goddess was “Calypso” (29), who held Odysseus “in her smooth calves” (31). In the initiation this is the meeting with the goddess because it shows his unconditional love for his wife Penelope. Odysseus then says, “In my heart I never gave constant” (34). It’s showing Odysseus’ love for Penelope, because even though he has a beautiful woman at his hands, he pays no attention to her. After struggling Odysseus has a period of rest. Odysseus is telling Alcinous about his journey, he has a period of rest, before he begins to return back to Ithaca. Odysseus goes through many trials during his initiation, but that made him stronger than

According to both Greek and Homeric values humans should have reason, but very often they express passion, which leads to contradictory emotions and obstacles in life. Odysseus, a man with a complex life, struggles with many internal, personal contradictions that have a collective impact on his decisions throughout his existence. The most important contradictions Odysseus faces are loyalty and betrayal; humility and hubris; and wisdom and folly,

I always wanted to be like my dad and do what he does. He is a lineman and a firefighter I wanted to be a lineman but when my dad just about died on that job I changed my mine. Now I want to be a firefighter like him and be just as good, like my dad. In following this dreams I will take on task just like Odysseus has to face on his journey; In my journey there will be a lot discrimination, hardship, and ability to do it because of health problems like Odysseus does .

For some individuals, going on a journey can be an exciting adventure that allows for new experiences, while for others, a journey can be and eye-opening experience where a person can discover new cultures, traditions, and beliefs. People learn from a journey to utilize teamwork, optimism, and humility to accomplish their goals. People learn from a journey that working as a team makes tasks easier. For example, to escape the Cyclops, Polyphemus, Odysseus put willow cords around Polyphemus’ rams and “tied them silently together, twining/cords of willow from the ogre’s bed;/then slung a man under each middle one/to ride there safely, shielded left and right” (377-381). Odysseus and his men escape from the Cyclops and steal Polyphemus’ rams because

The islands of Circe and Calypso in Homer’s Odyssey are places where Odysseus’ most challenging problems occur. In contrast to battles with men, Cyclops, or animals, sexual battles with women are sometimes much more difficult to win. These two female characters are especially enticing to Odysseus because they are goddesses. Though it is evident that Odysseus longs to return to Penelope in Ithaka, it sometimes appears that he has lost vision of what life was like with a wife, a son, and with thousands of people who regard him as King. Although his experiences on the islands of these goddesses were similar in that he was retained from Ithaka for the longest periods of his adventure, these goddesses and the

In Homer’s notable epic, The Odyssey, Odysseus, gifted with incredible physical strength and power, is traveling back home to the island of Ithaca. Over the course of his decade long journey across boundless and precarious waters, he learns that though, physically strong, he must use his mind and not rely solely on his physical attributes. He opposes many obstacles that he must overcome, the most important obstacle being temptation. His journey back to Ithaca is riddled with temptation that will test his physical, emotional, and mental capabilities. Through this journey he learns to overcome these weaknesses and temptations to make it home.