Examples Of Archetype In The Odyssey

Everett and Odysseus are both loving towards their wives, they both love their wives and want the best for them. Odysseus demonstrates love when he cried to see his wife Penelope, and Everett

      Circe and Calypso, while very tricky and sly, are still very strong feminine characters.  Circe takes Odysseus' crew and turns them into swine; when Odysseus is able to resist her spell, due to the Moly he had been given by Hermes, she is dismayed and takes him as her lover. She is mysterious and seductive and is strong even up against Odysseus.  Calypso is a sea nymph who keeps Odysseus captive for nine years, hoping to make him her husband.  She is a strong-willed temptress whose sultry ways are able to reel in even the most determined man.

In the book circe turns all their men into pigs and then made odysseus sleep with her so that way she would turn them back. Circe said “Come sheathe your sword, let’s go to bed together, mount my bed and mix in the magic work of love we’ll breed deep trust between us.” (10.371-373). This shows that odysseus was not loyal to penelopy again. In this quote it shows that odysseus will sleep with pretty much any girl that throws herself in front of him. Odysseus has done this when he was back in ithaca because every girl that he sees he automatically wants to sleep with her. Odysseus has never been loyal to penelopy even before the war in troy. Odysseus also admitted to sleeping with her in to book,“You lure me to your room to mount your bed, so once I lie there naked you’ll unman me, strip away my courage!” (10.380-382). This quote is crucial to understanding that odysseus is not devoted to penelope considering he is talking about be naked in her bed. If odysseus was truly attached to this woman he did not need to go around sleeping with woman. Penelope did not sleep with anyone when he was away but he felt the need that he really needed to. Odysseus thinks that he is superior to other people and that he is like a god figure but that is not the case. If odysseus was such a extravagant person than he would have been a god and not a mortal. Every person in this book thinks he is

In the Odyssey, Odysseus proves to be a very selfish person because he often leaves his loyalty towards his wife to have relations with other women and goddesses. He sleeps with other people for his own pleasure, making this a very selfish act. In book ten, he was trapped on the witch-god Kirke’s island of Aeaea for a whole year. During this three hundred sixty five year period, he does not attempt to leave. By not leaving he demonstrates how he puts his wife aside to live with other women and leaves his wife sick with worry and full of grim thoughts. While he was there, he and his men lived in luxury, but every night Odysseus would sleep with Kirke. This means that every night Odysseus broke his loyalty to Penelope and committed the selfish act of having relations with other women. By being with Kirke, Odysseus prioritizes his life in such a way that being with other women is more important than loving his wife, who during the time Odysseus has been gone did not have relations with a single man even though one hundred and eight were in line to be with her. Odysseus proves again and again that his love

From the description of a ‘lady goddess’ we can immediately see how she is thought of highly by Odyssey.  However despite this high opinion of Penelope, before he left, Odysseus and Calypso " . . . retired, this pair [He and Calypso], to the inner cave/to revel and rest softly, side by side."(Homer V:235-238)  This was not the only time Odysseus "retired", with another woman.  On the island of Circe "[he] entered Circe's flawless bed of love"(Homer X:390).  However this is not done through the power of love or any other emotional or sexual drive but in order to continue his journeys with success.

“Now, Circe, “loveliest of all immortals,” persuades Odysseus to stay, share her meat and wine, and restore his heart” (page 758). Odysseus did not have to stay with Circe, but chose to anyway. While Penelope was fending of suitors and staying loyal to Odysseus, Odysseus was not able to do the same and showed the flaw of unfaithfulness. Even though he was able to heroically get past every other obstacle, he was unable to stay loyal to his wife, illustrating his character flaw of

A major part of being a hero is trying to protect the ones you love from any harm, hurt, and danger. Odysseus, however, does not protect his family from harm because he leaves Ithaca for so long. In particular, Odysseus does not protect his wife from hurt when he cheats on her. Every minute of each day that Odysseus was gone, Penelope was mourning the absence of her husband, not knowing that he was deceiving her. Odysseus not only cheats on Penelope once, but twice. First, Odysseus is held sex captive by Calypso, a nymph goddess, on her island for many years. This means that at some point Odysseus had fallen for temptation. Odysseus then cheats on his wife yet again with another goddess named Circe. Although this affair does not last as long, Odysseus still sets

In The Odyssey, Penelope seems to give in to the double standard; women can not succeed without men which she demonstrates. The foil Penelope provides for Odysseus manifests itself through Odysseus' infidelity. Odysseus is held captive and instead of remaining loyal to his wife who is intensely awaiting his return he submits to his temptations. Penelope on the other hand is dedicated to being faithful to her husband even while he has been gone for so long. In the reader's mind Odysseus is still nothing less than the strong, dominant, alpha male. With Calypso luring him in, not succumbing to the temptation would be bizarre given his alpha male persona. Penelope wanted to remain faithful to Odysseus even while she was pressured to find a suitor. Because of the double standard that exists she needs to find a way to lengthen the amount of time she has. Penelope is sure her husband will be coming home even after ten years and she does not want to commit to someone else when she is in love with and loyal to her husband. If a man was in Penelope’s position it is

Odysseus was both physically and emotionally unfaithful to Penelope, his wife. On the island of Ogygia, Odysseus slept with Kalypso numerous times over the seven years. Although it was Kalypso that wished to lay with Odysseus, it was his choice to agree to her, “She received me, she loved me.” (224) His decision to be unfaithful to his wife was caused by no one but himself. His promiscuous behavior followed him to the island of Aiolia. He was smitten by Kirke, a witch who had transformed Odysseus’s men into pigs. His affair with her lasted for an entire year. If it were not for his crew, it is without a doubt that Odysseus would have forgotten about Ithaka and remained on Aiolia forever, “So day… year grew fat.” (pg 179). All the while Odysseus had been

Circe gives Odysseus a golden cup of honeyed wine for when Odysseus does not turn into an animal Circe, knows that he is Odysseus. Circe helps Odysseus and his men by telling Odysseus the dangers of their journey ahead. Circe says, "Son of Laertes and the gods of old, Odysseus, master, mariner, and soldier, you shall not stay here longer against your will; but the home you may not unless you take a strange way round and come to the cold homes of Death and pale Persephone. You shall hear prophecy from the rapt shade of blind Tiresias of Thebes, forever charged with reason even among the dead; to him alone, of all the flitting ghosts, Persephone has given a mind undarkened" (Applebee et.al 925). In conclusion, Circe is an archetypal hero because she gives Odysseus advice and aids him to Persephone who tells him how to return to

Odysseus is also unheroic because he shows disloyalty during his journey home by indulging himself in treacherous acts. Odysseus commits adultery twice. When he lands on the island of Aiaia, he sleeps with Kirke. Later in the journey, Odysseus commits adultery again with Kalypso for seven years and by will: “He lay with her each night, for she compelled him.” (V, 163). Odysseus does not resist Kalypso’s charm, thus cheats on his wife Penelope. Despite the suitors, Penelope stays loyal to Odysseus. Even when Odysseus was thought to be dead, she still puts up with the suitors’ behavior and refuses to remarry. She even comes up with a ruse so she can stall having to remarry. Penelope is experiencing so much pressure from the suitors and her family, but she still refuses to succumb and does not cheat on Odysseus. Odysseus’s acts of adultery and

However, when he continually sleeps with Circe he has no one to blame but himself. Odysseus continues to be unfaithful to Penelope because he feels lonely after being away from home, and seeks comfort in being with Circe. Odysseus gives into the temptation of being loved because he can only live in the moment, and lets it get the best of him.

Throughout the Odyssey Odysseus faces an internal battle between loyalty and betrayal in the presence of numerous temptations. Odysseus’s first situation was with Kalypso. Although Odysseus does cheat on Penelope with Kalypso, he still remains loyal, and his love for her hardly wanes. Kalypso

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

One of the main themes in Penelope’s relationship with Odysseus as depicted by Homer is her enduring love for Odysseus and her ever-present anguish over his absence. Having been gone for twenty years, and could reasonably have been expected to be dead, it is a testament to her faithful love for Odysseus that not only does she not give up hope of his return, but also remains strong under immense pressure to remarry in the four years leading up to the return of Odysseus. The palace at Ithaca has been overrun by 108 suitors, all vying for the hand of Penelope, but she resists temptation and resorts to various cunning methods to delay the inevitable remarriage – all in the hope that her husband is not dead and will one day return. It is a very strong bond of love