Brief Summary Of The Show 'Odysseo'

Around the 1200 B.C., Odysseus was sailing the Mediterranean Sea for the purpose of reaching home. In his long narrative poem, The Odyssey, Homer conveys how Odysseus desperately wishes to go home to Ithaca. However, he faces brutal treatment and obstacles from several different antagonists, and more obstacles appear when he reaches home. Odysseus came across many external conflicts, which he dealt with intelligence, determination, and loyalty.

Although Odysseus is one of the most well known greek heros in the world, he is also very controversial among the people as well. In the book, “The Odyssey” written by Homer, Odysseus made some choices that makes the readers question his role as a leader. In “The Odyssey”, it tells the story about Odysseus’ long journey home from the Trojan War. Along the way, Odyssey has extended his times away from home by making unintelligent decisions that led him to encounter one disaster after another. Although Odysseus has some positive attributes, he is a poor leader for the following reasons: he is too cocky and overconfident, he make careless decision, and finally, he is very selfish.

“Are you flesh and blood, Odysseus, to endure more than a man can? Do you never tire? God, look at you, iron is what you’re made of” (12.162-164). In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, the focus is on the journey of Odysseus, the island of Ithaca’s king, after he defeated the Trojans in a war that spanned ten years. He travels far and wide in an attempt to get home to his wife and son, but is repeatedly blocked from doing so by gods, nymphs, and monsters alike. He’s a skilled warrior that fears next to nothing and this poem follows him as he uses these facts to his advantage. Odysseus is persuasive and clever and refuses to shy away from a challenge that requires either one of these characteristics.

Throughout The Odyssey, the audience often feels sympathy for Odysseus and his men: our idealistic minds want to root for the long lost king to make it home to his true love and his kingdom. His return home takes priority in our minds, causing us to root for the fall of anyone and anything that may come in between him and his happy ending. At a closer glance, however, it seems that Homer does not want us to blindly root for the human adventurers. It may be his intention to reveal the humanity and redeeming qualities of the so-called monsters in the epic. In Book 12, lines 251 to 256 of his epic, Homer demonstrates this point with the following simile, describing sea monster, Skylla, capturing six of Odysseus’ men out of their ship:

Odysseus- Odysseus is the main protagonist throughout the novel. He goes on many adventures with his crew, most of which get them into trouble. Odysseus is a strong leader and very courageous, however, his best traits that is shown multiple times throughout the book is his quick-wittedness. For example, without this distinguishing feature he wouldn’t have been able to escape from Polyphemus, the cyclops, and save his men.

On the night of December 27, 1927 the musical Show Boat opens (Laufe 475). The show ends in silence; no applause or a standing ovation. There was not even a curtain call. (Sheed 120) Producer Florenz Ziegfeld thought that the show had failed. (Sheed 120) What he did not know that night was that Show Boat was to go on to be one of the most influential shows in American musical theatre. Show Boat revolutionized American musical theatre by changing the setting of the average musical theatre work to America to make the show inherently American, by changing and challenging what topics could be discussed, and by making the songs an integrated part of the musical that emphasize the themes, express the emotions of the characters, and move the story along.

On an individual’s quest to figure out who they are, it is necessary that they test themselves and see who they are in relation to society. One character that has inspired generations of people with his craftiness is the Iliadic-hero known as Odysseus Laertiades, who threw himself into danger at every chance to prove himself on his journey home after the Trojan war. In the epic poem entitled The Odyssey that was written by Homer, Odysseus shows how he views himself in relation to others and carries himself in front of individuals he meets. One character that has been subject to Odysseus’s craftiness was Poseidon’s son, Polyphemus the Cyclops.

Upon Odysseus' return from his long journey he discovers his house has been taken over. He is disguised as a beggar when he enters the city with the help of Athena. He walks down the hall of Odysseus and see's the wooers. He sees that there is a contest being held by Penelope to find the right wooer so he keeps his disguise as a beggar to most other than his son and loyal servants. He enters the contest to win over Penelope instead of the other wooers, they all look at him like he's crazy trying to compete even though he's best fit.

The ocean is a mysterious place, filled with creatures that impose varying degrees of danger. But the one thing Odysseus did not plan to see on the open ocean was a woman. She was floating calmly on the surface, her white dress and jet black hair surrounding her like a halo.

Odysseus contemplated their current situation, many of the men were still recovering from rowing seven days straight. It was a wonder they hadn’t collapsed from the exhaustion alone considering they hadn’t stopped once, not even to question some of the odd things they had seen earlier in their journey. As of the moment they were sitting, or rather, floating, quietly having come across an unwelcoming and mysterious island. The hard working men, not knowing whether they should be fleeing in fear or venturing into the unknown land, had decided to vote. Odysseus, of course, not feeling up to the strenuous mental activity that voting entailed, decided to let the men continue without his consequential input. After a long fought game of rock-leaf-dagger it was decided that three of the bravest men would set out towards the island. With their chests puffed out and their chins held high the

has been recognized as a new kind of musical play that denied its Broadway audiences many of their most treasured traditions, says David Ewen in American Musical Theatre. There was no opening chorus line, no chorus until midway through the first act, in fact. There was rather a serious ballet and other serious overtones, including a killing in act two. The story, which was so simple, seemed to engage the audience in more than mere evening diversion. (248) These changes, far from disappointing to viewers, were upheld by a success that had never been seen in the history of musical theatre.

The most important development to Odysseus character is the journey. I say that because the whole journey was helping him get home. Like Athena was helping him throughout the whole journey. Odysseus character is strong, smart, and confident. During the whole journey Odysseus and his men went through a lot of obstacles. They went through harsh things and good things, but he had to go through it to get home. Also sometimes he was selfish like when he was hiding under the biggest ram so the Cyclopes didn't see him and in the Sirens because only he could hear them singing. In matter of fact he dies stupid things sometime like if he was listening to the sirens singing and is men didn't listen to him and took the beeswax off they would have all died.

Odysseus, the son of Laertes and Anticlea, will always be remembered for his heroic adventures in Homer's series of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was the king of an island called Ithaca and is was married to a woman named Penelope. In this essay, I will be telling the life story of Odysseus and about his adventures while traveling back to Ithaca.

The Beggar’s Opera broke many boundaries during its time including running for sixty-two performances. This was a huge step for musical theater. Not only was the show a huge success but also the show caused many spin offs such as, The Threepenny Opera. Not only was The Beggar’s Opera the first show written to satisfy all the categories of creating a musical, but it exceeded it’s requirements and went on to change theater all

The history of theatre in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries is one of the increasing commercialization of the art, accompanied by technological innovations, the introduction of serious critical review, expansion of the subject matters portrayed to include ordinary people, and an emphasis on more natural forms of acting. Theatre, which had been dominated by the church for centuries, and then by the tastes of monarchs for more than 200 years, became accessible to merchants, industrialists, and the less privileged and then the masses.