Decision-Making In The Odyssey

We grow up with countless movies depicting the perks of being a high schooler. However, it quickly escapes out memory that every positive has a negative trailing behind. High school is an important time where the decisions we make will eventually adjust our futures. Frequently, we don’t recognize which decision to make and what will be beneficial. Entering my freshman year I rapidly experienced the hardships of high school. In The Odyssey, Odysseus faces many challenges before returning home. He battles the Cyclops, the Scylla, the Charybdis and countless other monsters. My odyssey was high school. I faced numerous struggles in cross-country, the choice between my theatrical side or my athletic side, and French. Although Odysseus’ long journey

The Odyssey is a story of Odysseus’s nostos. In the epic poem the reader follows Odysseus on his 20 year long voyage home. In the Odyssey, Odysseus is repeatedly referred to as noble, wise and heroic. Many times those qualities are based on his military escapades and kingly rule. The real personality of Odysseus is that of an arrogant liar and cheat. In terms of social mores, the undesirable traits are used to get Odysseus back home to the wife and kingdom he loves dearly. In his voyage back Odysseus has to face many powerful monsters that can kill him at will, and he has to outwit many of those monsters and seductresses to survive and continue his voyage. Through every new obstacle, Odysseus keeps his reunion with Penelope and his kingdom close to his heart. He tells Kalypso “what I want and all my days I pine for

Odysseus makes some substantial mistakes, thus leading to the failure to his men. Odysseus shows extremely inadequate leadership qualities throughout the story. When Odysseus is on the journey to Ithaka, he neglects to let his crew know how long they will be staying on each island. He also neglects to let them know of the journey that lies ahead. This is very poor leadership in the eyes of his crew members. The crew relies on their leader to be honest with them when it comes to situations such as these. They expect Odysseus to make decisions for the well being of the crew. When Odysseus receives advice, even if it is helpful he tends to ignore it. He thinks he is the most intelligent human being, even more so than the gods. A prime example of this is when Odysseus receives advice from Kirke about Scylla. Kirke tells Odysseus not to fight Scylla, yet he chooses to anyway. Another example of Odysseus’s ignorance toward people is when Eurylochus tells him not to go onto Kirke’s island because he knows the crew would be turned into swine. Odysseus again chooses to ignore the intelligent advice given by the gods, and finds out that hard way that Eurylochus was correct. After all that Odysseus has done to the crew, it is true to

Every day people make decisions. Some are more important than others, but all decisions have consequences, no matter how small. The decisions that you make, and the decisions others make could affect your life. They may have positive effects, but they may also have negatives effects like in The Odyssey by Homer. In general, Odysseus and his men made some decisions that lead to some very negative effects.

Free will and fate are both prominent in the Odyssey. In the Odyssey, free will is depicted whenever characters make decisions. In example, Odysseus blinds the Cyclops, Polyphemus. Fate, in the Odyssey, is the consequences that are dealt out due to certain actions. In the case of Odysseus and Polyphemus, the consequence is that when Odysseus is on a ship heading home to reach Ithaca, Poseidon, being the father of Polyphemus, sends a storm at Odysseus being angry that Odysseus blinded his son. In that scenario, Odysseus makes the decision to blind Polyphemus to escape, and in turn, the consequence is that Poseidon attempts to hit him with a storm in the sea. The contrasting themes of

Homer implements the idea of strategy overpowering strength in The Odyssey as he introduces and develops Odysseus’ character as an admirable hero. The author accomplishes this when narrating Odysseus’ travels and his impact on people. His encounter with the Cyclops, Polyphemus is a huge contributor to how he utilises his intellectual prowess over his might. Further, he dons the guise of a beggar rather than using strength in order to complete his goals. This epic poem is the story of Odysseus who’s sailing home with his crew from the Trojan War; however, they’re sent off course by Poseidon who harbors a grudge with Odysseus. The sea god delays his voyage home to Ithaca, where the suitors are wrestling for his wife's hand, draining his wealth,

The Odyssey includes very hard, and thrilling adventures that the author Homer shows, of the character Odysseus has to persevere through, and battle to defeat his opponents. Odysseus travels from Ithaca to different islands to face cyclops, sirens, scary monsters, and sail back home safe to come back to his wife. As the story goes on Odysseus comes across temptations and has to fight to avoid them. Odysseus has good character traits that he shows and also bad character traits. Odysseus is a bad leader because he is boastful, not faithful to his wife, and is selfish

Some would say that he was being untrustworthy to his crew. For example, he did not tell the crew about the warnings from Circe. As a leader, it is his responsibility to be true to his crew. Although Odysseus shows being untrustworthy, he does this so his men could survive. He was fairly sure that they would survive with their spirits high (111- 112). If he had told his men about the dangers ahead, they would have been scared and hid. Opponents could also say that Odysseus was a rude barbarian. For example, he breaks into the Cyclops’s home and eats his food. Odysseus wasn't invited, eats his food, and asks for a gift from the Cyclops when he returns home. Some could say this is ironic, because the suitors at his home are doing the same thing. However, Odysseus and his men have been sailing for a long time with little food. For example, like when Circe offered them food, they accepted with no hesitation due to hunger. If this were anyone else, they would have done the same. Anything unheroic Odysseus has done, he had reason for

A hero is defined by a person who is admired or idealized for their courage in a certain act, but throughout history and all they way back to Homer’s The Odyssey all heroes have some sort of flaw. People might think that heroes are flawless, but in reality most heroes have some sort of flaw. In Homer’s, The Odyssey, Odysseus’s flaws hurt himself and others, but they also help the hero succeed in what he/ she is trying to succeed.

In the Epic Poem The Odyssey the reader is taken through the epic journey of Odysseus and his men. The epic hero Odysseus explored the wild sea with the help of gods and goddesses. Although an epic hero with bravery and wisdom, Odysseus did show himself as a average man with common mistakes.

The epic poem The Odyssey is an intriguing story about a determined and witty man Odysseus who is on a journey back home to his island Ithaca to his wife and son, who he has not seen for twenty miserable years. There are a few detrimental characters in this tale, and Telemachus is one of them. This prince goes on his own journey of becoming a man. He transitions from a doubting, push-over, child-like being, to a fighting, independent-thinking man. But why was Telemachus not always this strong beast of a Man before his father’s arrival?

“Thinking before acting is wisdom, but acting before thinking is regret. (PictureQuotes.com)” This quote relates directly to the main character in The Odyssey, Odysseus, who is trying to get home to his wife and son who are being bombarded by suitors to take her hand in marriage, unknowing of the return of Odysseus. As Odysseus journeys home with his crew, they overcome many obstacles with the help of his leadership and the mythological greek gods, yet lose many crew members along the way. Throughout The Odyssey, Odysseus endangers many people including people he does not even know. As much as people may say that Odysseus was a great leader, there is more evidence that he puts his crew in danger absent-mindedly, risks his family to get revenge, and deals with his problematic people in cruel and idiotic ways, proving he is not, in fact, a morally good man.

The Homeric Epic “The Odyssey” concerns the journey of a war hero, Odysseus, returning from the Trojan War. During his travels from Troy, he encounters many figures such as a Cyclops and a King. He also encounters a nymph named Calypso, who holds Odysseus captive on her island for over 10 years to use as a husband. Odysseus is a victim of Calypso because of the way she had treated him during his time on Ogygia. While some may argue otherwise he may have not been a victim to Calypso’s actions, there, one can clearly see the mental effects she has on Odysseus and how she holds him against his will.

In Greek society there is an important value that people understand and exhibit or have to work on. This value is self-control. Many characters in Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, posses this trait, but a few struggle with the concept. Odysseus and his crew both struggle at certain points in their journey with self-control, but Penelope exhibits it greatly. These men and women in this great story could have done more to control themselves when their minds wandered, but they surely learned from all of their mistakes that they made.

Most seems to enjoy tight casting female characters through two tropes: either the damsel in distress waiting for her knight in shining armor to save her, or a tough, power-indulged witch who's only concern is herself. Very few times (and by even fewer male authors) will a female character be written as a medium between the two extremes. This problem has been occurring for centuries almost, even being found in literature dating back to B.C., with Penelope from Homer's The Odyssey and Jocasta from Sophocles Oedipus Rex : Penelope being written as the damsel with hundreds of suitors vying for her attention, all while desperately weaving and waiting day in and day out for her true love to come home; Jocasta as this harsh women who only wants to be around when everything is working to her advantage. Then there's Antigone, who stands up for her morals against Thebes without so much as batting an eye. 　　 The Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus, ruler of Ithaca who has been lost out at sea for the past 20 years after the Trojan war.