Analysis Of The Poem ' The King Alcinous '

A less theoretical definition of poetry is, “putting the best words in the best possible order.” A poet may incorporate the theory as follows. The poet may astutely choose words possibly with a double meaning in order to indirectly convey a message, evoke emotions, or to slander. Then, the poet may unconventionally place such words and phrases perhaps out of expected order for the sake of creating a “word picture,” emphasizing the speaker’s feelings, or offering tangibility to the poem. By implementing this idea onto poetic works, the poet will have auspiciously written a superb poem. This theory may be applied to a few of Catullus’s poems specifically “Carmen 5”, “Carmen 8”, and “Carmen 85.” Catullus’s meticulous choice of words and arrangement highlight the central focus of the poem, obliquely criticize traditional Roman law, manipulate the audience’s attitude, transmit the speaker’s emotions, paint “word pictures,” and offer symbolic meaning consequently producing a successful poem.

In The final chapters of Odysseus's quest, the reader believes that the main character has finally found himself. The problem with his happy ending is that he has forgotten one thing. Odysseus is not perfect he is human. Though he has learned much through his perils, the vices of Pride, vengeance, and dependency, all come back to haunt him during the

During that time, they dock on the island of Aeaea and Odysseus sends three of his men to investigate their surroundings. It is in an unfortunate event that they consumed some toxic lotus plants, and they failed to return as they were expected. One seeing their delayed return, Odysseus gets worried and decides to get his men himself. However, Eurylochus warns him of the potential danger of his plan of going to retrieve his men. He felt that there was a plan to trap Odysseus and so, he would be wise not oblige the enemy. Eurylochus insists and warns, “You will never return yourself, I swear, you’ll never bring back a single man alive. Quick, cut and run with the rest of us here- we can still escape the fatal day!” (10. 252-255). He goes against the warning given by Eurylochus and disembarks to retrieve his soldiers. However, on his way, he confirms Eurylochus’ fears as they encounter real danger and certain death. He is highly motivated to safely secure and save the livelihood of his soldiers. As a hero, Odysseus is courageous by facing eminent danger in the light of a warning. If he was not a hero, he would have cowardly held back and avoided the risk. He demonstrates that he is a good leader as he does not condone leaving any of his men behind in an area of potential

“They longed to stay forever, browsing on that native bloom, forgetful of their homeland. I drove them all three wailing, to the ships, tied them down under their rowing benches.” (Homer, 99-102) In addition, Odysseus, when held captive in Polyphemus’ cave he plans an escape by him and his men hiding underneath Polyphemus’ rams. Odysseus takes the wooliest ram, biggest ram there is, and using his physical strength he holds on tightly all night long until morning comes and then they escape underneath the sheep. Another strength is Odysseus’ persistence and drive to keep going no matter what. When Odysseus is in the Land of the Dead, he faces many frightening spirits coming at him from all directions, yet he never gives up. With their ugly looks, and dreadful, loud noises coming out of there months. Odysseus’ still sticks with his main precedence which was getting to see Tiresias, the blind prophet that would ordain his future on his journey, and he made sure nothing would stand in his way of getting there. Also, Odysseus, when facing the mesmerizing, angelic sounds of The Sirens, (half bird, half human creatures) he has his men tie him up to the mast of

Odysseus now goes to the island of Polyphemus, the Cyclops. This is a very important part to the story, as it is here that he finally starts to become a better leader and uses clever tricks on Polyphemus. This starts with several of his crew dying to the blistering mouth of the Cyclops, making Odysseus realize he must act swiftly

Curiosity gets the best of them, Odysseus and one ship sail over to the Island of the Cyclops. Once again there curiosity gets them in danger, they wander into a cyclops cave and end up get trapped inside. The cyclops was seen as a big intimidating figure who was typically seen as a scary beast to many humans. “ We felt a pressure on our hearts, dread of that deep rumble and that mighty man.” This shows that even The Odysseus raider of cities was afraid of the one eyed beast. Odysseus and his men knew their fate if they ended up getting trapped in the cave with the hungry cyclops. Odysseus and his men then disguised themselves after they stabbed the cyclops in the eye impairing his vision. This is a push for Odysseus but of course he has to prove his superiority and tricks the cyclops into thinking his name is

In The Cyclops, Odysseus, angered from Polyphemus eating his men, accordingly intoxicates the Cyclop and blinds him to avenge his eaten men showing Odysseus’s vengefulness. As Odysseus and his men sailed through the underworld, and in the Land of the Dead, they meet Odysseus’ mother, Anticlea, who was still alive when they sailed for Troy. Odysseus drowns in his sorrow of seeing his deceased mother nevertheless, he still held her off, putting his mission first ( Homer, Lines 615- 618). Odysseus’ cleverness has been presented to readers several times, but in The Sirens, Odysseus tells his men that Circe instructed him and only him, to listen to the Sirens’ song leading him to put beeswax in his men’s ears so the song would have no effect on them (Homer, Lines 690-713). Once Odysseus returned home, consequently after being considered dead for twenty years, suitors had forced themselves into his home. Accordingly, Odysseus hatches a plan with his son to murder all of the suitors that had dared to pursue his wife and plot the murder of his son. As he makes his way to his castle, he comes across his old dog, Argus, who recognizes his master, but is too weak to respond, leading him to shed a tear out of heartache; exhibiting to readers Odysseus’ caring side. Once Odysseus enters his home in the story Penelope,

“As he spoke/ here came the women in a bunch, all wailing,/ soft tears on their cheeks. They fell to work/ to lug the corpses out into the courtyard/ under the gateway, propping one/ against another as Odysseus ordered,/ for he himself stood over them. In fear/ these woman bore the cold weight of the dead./ The next thing was to scrub off

As the pain shot threw his eye, he trembled all over his stuff in the cave. Not able to see was the hardest thing ever, he thought to himself. His anger raged on over Odysseus. He couldn't wait to get his hands on him and make him suffer just like he is suffering right now. He dum just like a donkey. a donkey's life is just plane, where

Odysseus sends his men to search for food and has to recover them when they eat the lotus flower on the island of the lotus eaters. Odysseus and his men find a Cyclops cave tricked be by his cheese and wine. The Cyclops traps them inside the cave, Odysseus and his men blind the Cyclops and then sneak out under his heard of sheeps. Then they went to The Island of Aeolus the god of wind , gives Odysseus all bad wind so he can safely sail home, Odysseus men went against his orders and open the bag and all the wind escaped. Then off to the island of the Laestrygonians, The Laestrygonians eats the greeks only the men on Odysseus ship and himself survive. Circe turns Odysseus men to swine but Odysseus is protected from her magic with the help of Hermes who gave him a magical herb called Molly. Odysseus ended up staying there for couple of years. Odysseus then went to see the Underworld to ask the prophet Teiresias to ask how can he get home and finds his mother there who has committed suicide in depression. Odysseus and his men passed through The Island of the Sirens, Odysseus filled their ears with beeswax so they do not hear the women singing their luring songs. Odysseus chooses to sail for Scylla, a six-headed sea monster, rather than Charybdis, a giant whirlpool. He did this because he knew

Odysseus, a King favored by the goddess of war and wisdom faced a twenty year journey of war and travel. This two decade journey of adventure came at the expense of crew and nearly his family. His failed leadership stems from his hubris that overcomes him at times, particularly when he leaves the island of the Cyclopes, Polyphemus. When Odysseus encounters Polyphemus, his crew becomes trapped in his cave as they waited on their host to welcome them, a common Greek custom. When they discover the beat didn’t plan on showing any hospitality and instead begins

“I would not give the clean death of a beast/ to trulls who made a mockery of my mother/ and of me too— you sluts, who lay with suitors.” (Lines 514-516, Book XXII) Instead of forgiveness, which other heroes exhibit, Odysseus portrays jealousy, hate, and rage to those who have affected his high and mighty complex in the

When Odysseus and his men land on the island of the One-Eyed Giants, they find themselves in a situation that muscles and weaponry alone cannot get them out of. After Odysseus’s plea for xenia goes unhonored and he watches his fellow men get swallowed one by one, he realizes that he has “come up against / some giant clad in power like armor-plate— / a savage deaf to

As the tale begins the reader is given the first glimpse of Odysseus’s longing to return home but also the lack of order therein. Athena, disguised as Mentes, questions the young son of Odysseus and Penelope and Telemachus responds:

I can relate to Coriolanus’ struggle to forge a title for himself. I feel as through the name that was given to me at birth is almost like a blank canvas. My birth name holds no identity in and of itself; Instead, it is the independent choices that I make for myself that will determine what my birth name will come to represent. Additionally, I can also relate to Coriolanus’ feelings of fear because I do not know how to go about finding my own identity. As a matter of fact, I empathize with Coriolanus’ fickleness when it comes to defining his sense of self. Specifically, it is hard to understand one’s own character development when society forces unrealistic principles into an individual’s psyche. I fully acknowledge that Coriolanus’ newly