Comparing Odysseus And The Movie Tar

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.

“The Odysseus” and in the movie “O Brother,Where Art Thou” are both similar even though they are in different time periods. The main thing that connects these two literary works is how Odysseus and his crew travel through uncertain obstacles to make it back home to their homeland as in the movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou” we see the comparison as Ulysses escapes from jail and travels with his two prison buddies, Peres and pete as they journey to the secret stash that we letter see isn’t real.

Heroic, Strong, Brave, Confident. A hero is these things and many more. Two heroes who are very alike are Odysseus from the Odyssey and Hercules from the Disney movie Hercules. Not only did they both battle fearsome monsters, they were both working against an angered Greek god and shared many common characteristics. Odysseus and Hercules may have been uncannily alike but in the beginning they had their differences in motive. Although towards the end their purpose became more alike than ever.

Spider-Man is your average modern day hero, he is a citizen who was bitten by an unusual and peculiar spider which gave him powers and abilities such as being able to shoot webs out of his hands and climb walls without the need of any equipment. And Odysseus is a Greek hero who was strong, heavily favored by the gods, and could take down any and all challenges he´d ever have to face. And if you ever compared the two you would see that both characters are extremely different. Why you would see this is because we know that Spider-Man is a modern day hero, but can we consider Odysseus as one. My answer to this would be NO. Society today would not consider Odysseus as a modern day hero because of many reasons. One would be that he doesn´t show

“As calves in stalls when cows come home, droves of them herded back from the field to farmyard one they’ve grazed their fill-as all their young calves come frisking out to meet them, bucking out of their pens, lowing non stop, jostling, rushing round their mothers-so my shipmates there at the sight of my return came pressing round me now, streaming tears. So deeply moved in their hearts they felt as if they’d made it back to their own land, their city, Ithaca's rocky soil where they were bred and reared.” (book 10, 452-461)

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:

Some people would like to have Odysseus as a father, however I’m not one of those people and I don’t understand why would anyone want a father like Odysseus, he not a good father nor a respectable husband, because a good husband won't sleep with two other demi-goddesses (Circe and Calypso), and he wasn’t put in that situation by accident, although polyphemus wanted to eat them as a leader he should've thought of the consequences before he took action, he had to keep in mind that he was poseidon’s son so instead of trying to run away he decided to become violent, so he did that to himself by blinding Poseidon’s son Polyphemus the Cyclops, which made Poseidon angry which caused a delay to his return home.

Why are not all humans exactly the same? What separates humans apart from each other, aside from their external appearance? Each individual human being is unique and extraordinary, due to the different characteristics they possess. Granting the fact that humans having similar qualities is a frequent occurrence, no two individuals attain identical personalities. Comparing and contrasting the characteristics of Odysseus, the main character in The Odyssey, an Epic Poem taking place in ancient Greek culture, and Percy Jackson, the main character in the novel The Lightning Thief, likenesses and differences within their

Trouble. Pain-giver. Hated one. These all seem to be phrases used to describe an especially troubled villain, not ones which we would expect to be applied to a known hero such as Odysseus, who endures unimaginable hardship, years of captivity, a shipwreck and bad luck before finally returning home, triumphant. The above adjectives and phrases are exactly what the name “Odysseus” means.

Even though they are both heroes there are many differences between Homer’s Odysseus and Shakespeare's Macbeth. Theses differences come from the fact that Odysseus is an epic hero, while Macbeth is a tragic hero. Common traits of a tragic hero are the hero is of noble birth the hero possesses a tragic flaw that eventually leads to his downfall. The flaw offer has to do with excessive pride also known as hubris. On the other hand, epic heroes are larger than life and embody the values of particular society, an epic hero is superhuman. He is braver, stronger, smarter and cleverer than an ordinary man. Many times they are on a quest for something of great value to him or to his people. The tragic and the epic hero can both teach the reader

Everyone has imperfections. Thats what makes us human. In the series The Odyssey, the main character Odysseus expresses many flaws. Some of which are fatal to his journey home from the Trojan war, and others not so much. The hubris he demonstrates is his hamartia. His arrogance gets him in sticky situations many times in the series. The journey Odysseus undertook was worthwhile due to the overcoming of his hubris.

Odysseus is a prideful man who only cares about his reputation. When Odysseus’s men see the Cyclops, they make a suggestion to escape. Odysseus then responds, “Take the cheese, get them stowed, come back, throw open all the pens, and make a run for it?” (Homer170-175). He neglected to take advice from his men opinion before his men and does want he wants. He does not take what his men want to do into consideration. Odysseus does not think about his consequences before his actions, and acts completely irresponsible. If Odysseus were a real hero, that is selfless and trustworthy, he would never put anyone’s lives in danger.

In the context of Homeric Greek culture, a hero is technically someone who fought on either side of Trojan War, but in order to assess the reputation of these heroes we must analyze their respective characteristics. Odysseus is generally considered a hero because of his display of cunning, leadership, and subsequent success in his long, difficult journey. Achilles is generally considered a hero because of his unmatched dominance on the battlefield. Both enjoyed their distinct share of success, but what motivated each of them to achieve their respective success is what easily determines who is the better hero. Odysseus is undoubtedly the better hero because of his superior handling of external conflict, display of leadership, and relationship

The Odyssey by Homer and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens are two indisputable timeless classics. Although the plot, setting, and character differ, numerous details make the stories parallel. Pip and Odysseus may be from separate times but they both were faced with the challenge of leaving a place they saw as home. Although they are strong, Pip and Odysseus could not do it on their own and had help from an outside force. Even as a hero, Pip and Odysseus still show attachment to their families.

Odysseus must work with the kind of dauntless spirit. Especially when we are in trouble, it seems that everything went against us, or could not find a breakthrough in the matter, we should not bow to difficulties or even fear it. There is a saying that good, hard like a spring, it is weak you are strong, you are weak it strong. So whether it is the face of life or learning difficulties, and we should persevere, danger overcome it, beat it.