Internal Conflict In The Odyssey

The Odyssey by Homer is an epic from Ancient Greece telling the tale of the great warrior Odysseus. It tells of Odysseus going to war and going through many trials to get back to his homeland, Ithaca. On Ithaca are his wife, Penelope, and his son, Telemachus. Throughout the epic, Odysseus faces many challenges and trials in order to get home to his family, and even after he finally does arrive. Through all of the trials, each being extremely difficult, he pushes on to reach his family. This shows there are definitely bonds in the families. Of these, one that is apparent upon multiple occasions is the bond between father and son. Of course, the only father and son relationship isn’t just between Odysseus and Telemachus. There are many other examples of this family relationship, such as Poseidon and Polyphemus. But not only does the father and son relationship play a large role in the Odyssey. All family relations in general play a surprisingly large part in the Odyssey. Throughout the entirety of the story, family appears to be a great stimulus to persevere through the problem, no matter how challenging or fearful. One extreme example is of course is Odysseus. He traveled for 20 years fighting to return to his family, through unimaginable danger and the loss of roughly three crews. Family also appears to cause extreme retaliation and revenge. A superb example is how Poseidon reacts after Odysseus and his crew blind his son, Polyphemus. Another grand example is when Odysseus

If you think about it there isn’t a day in your life that goes by without facing some kind of temptation. Temptation can be our biggest weakness, and I think that in Odysseus’s case it was his. In The Odyssey, Homer uses the siren scene to symbolize temptation in different ways. It represents how temptation can come in many different ways; and it can control us no matter how much we know that it is wrong to give in. In The Odyssey, temptation came to Odysseus and his crew from the sirens. This scene displays how temptation looks, sounds, and how it makes you act.

As I began to read Homer’s The Odyssey, I must admit that I was searching for acts of chaos in the most general form. I was looking for Homer to express his views of chaos vividly and distinctly. However, Homer does something different. He imbeds his imagery of chaos in the journey of Odysseus’s son (Telemachus) to avenge his father by getting rid of his mother’s suitors, and by bringing word of his father’s return back to Ithaca. One chaotic point that stood out to me in Homer’s The odyssey was when Telemachus was expressing his fear of living in his own home because he was afraid his mother’s suitors would kill him “ They are eating us out of house and home, and will kill me someday (184).” This was a chaotic point because during the time

As I read all this Trojan War and kills are because of the women. Did the husband of Helen arrive himself to take back his wife, or Agamemnon is doing everything for him for ten years? Also, why Agamemnon refuses to return the daughter of Chryses, and why Achilles refuses to give Briseis to Agamemnon? Do they both love those maids, or it’s just a pride? And what does gods have to do with all these? Do they come down and fight with people? Or just going to answer for

Traits Revealed During Conflict People in the world today are flawed. While a hero may be portrayed as brave and strong, his worst qualities can be revealed during hard times. These flawed traits may mask the original traits. In The Odyssey, Homer uses internal and external conflicts to portray Odysseus as a clever, irresponsible, and fearful character.

In the early ages of Greek mythology the Trojan War was battled between the Greeks, and the guardians of the city of Troy in Anatolia, around some time in the late Bronze Age. The Trojan War began as a way for Zeus to consider reducing the enlarging population of humanity, and a way to reclaim Helen, also known as the wife of Menelaos. Helen was captured by Paris, and taken as his prize for choosing Aphrodite as the most astonishing goddess in a competition between Athena and Hera. Menelaos and the Greeks came to an agreement to get Helen back, and attack the Trojans.

Paris then took her back to Troy. Menelaus heard and the ex-suitors of Helen made a deal with Agamemnon saying that If the princess of Grease won that Menelaus would get Helen back and Agamemnon would get Troy. Rumors have it that Odysseus the king of Ithaca, was sent on a journey to find you and persuade you to join the war between the princes of Greece and the Trojans. Odysseus was a great persuader , and with you thirst for adventure and glory, he talked you in the joining the fight and you sailed for Troy. You took 50 ships, each carrying 50 men of your best men from your private army, the Myrmidons. Is it true that Agamemnon and you had a falling out and you withdrew from the conflict? and that the quarrel started after you had taken two women in one of your raids? and that you gave one of the women to Agamemnon. But, the girl’s father offered a ransom for the girl’s safe return. and that Agamemnon refused because the girl was a priestess of Apollo, and that the god was unhappy with this decision and sent a plague to wreak amongst the Greek camp. and that Agamemnon eventually gave back the girl, and to mourn the loss, he took your woman from you? and without you, the Greeks were fearful of loss and the Trojans gained confidence of winning from your absence, even reaching close to the walls of the Greek camp in their attacks and managing to set a few Greek ships on fire. what was your thoughts when your great friend Patroclus begged you to re-enter the war or at least allow him to lead out the Myrmidons in battle? and when you agreed was it hard to give him your armour made of gold, silver, and enamel, and the graves were of shining tin and army? and why did you make him promise only to engage in defensive action and not pursue the Trojans back to Troy? To my understanding you killed Troilus and were very smitten with Priam's daughter Polyxena. Priam decided

Sing I me, Muse, and through me tell the story of the lady nymph goddess Calypso. Oh so beautiful and immortal who lives in the sea- hollowed caves on the island Ogygia. She craved the hero of Troy, king of Ithaka, son of Laertes, a mortal and took him as her own. Nine long years they spent on the island together.

In paragraph two of the article, “The Narrative of the Trojan War” it states, “Helen was abducted by the Trojan prince Paris and taken as his prize for choosing Aphrodite as the most beautiful goddess in competition with Athena and Hera” (Cartwright). Aphrodite’s choices affected the world in their era and led to the cause of the Trojan war. Paragraph two in the article, “The Narrative of the Trojan War” states, “Menelaos, who was the husband to Hera, was very cautious of Helen because he knew she was the most beautiful girl in the world. He wanted her back immediately” (Cartwright). Because Menelaos wanted her back so badly, and that he had the power to do something about it, he made his men go look for Helen and this caused a war.

The Trojan war was triggered by the marriage of Peleus and Thetis. Peleus and Thetis forgot to invited the goddess of discord to their marriage and she tossed a golden apple in the wedding. The apple was engraved with the words to the fairest. Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite all claimed the apple. Zeus, not wanting to judge, said that that Paris would be the judge. Immediately they began to bribe him. Hera promised him power, Athena promised him wealth and wisdom, and Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris picked Aphrodite and she said that Helen would be his wife. Paris then traveled to Sparta to capture Helen. when Menelaus left Sparta to go to a funeral, Paris abducted Helen and stole most of Menelaus' money. When they got back to Troy Helen and Paris were married. Menelaus came back and found his wife gone. Menelaus called Helen's old suitors because the they had made an oath to Helen's husband to defend her honor. Most of the suitors did not want to go to war. Achilles had to go because the seer Calchas had said that Troy would not be captured unless Achilles was their. The Greek fleet then gathered in Aulis. unfortunately Agamemnon killed one of Diana's sacred stags so she calmed the seas to prevent them from leaving. The seer Calchas said that the daughter of Agamemnon, must be sacrificed. They killed her and the Greek ships sailed to Troy. In The first nine years of the war The Greeks won

Akhilleus is not content with his choice to fight in Troy and his eternal existence in the underworld. He tells Odysseus that he would rather be a slave to a poor country farmer then be stuck in an eternal underworld. Odysseus notices his depression and remarks on how the Greeks praised Akhilleus as if he was an immortal God. Homer shows the reader that Akhilleus is taking a responsibility for his choices, even though he is not content. Akhilleus’ life choices and their consequences demonstrate the existential nature of Homer’s Iliad.

A brief overview of the whole story, Trojan War is to compete for the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, caused by army of Agamemnon and Achilles. They attacked

Helen, the sister-in-law of Agamemnon was kidnapped by the son of the king of Troy. The Troy are doing fine and holding up well, while the Achaeans are dying off due to a strange plague. Achilles holds an assembly where a soothsayer reveals that the cause of this plague is Agamemnon’s ego. This was determined because Agamemnon took a woman hostage as his war prize.

All motivating, supporting, and antagonistic characters are involved in resolution for the main character. As they affect the development of both stories, readers are able to understand their significance to the solution. Both texts contain inconclusive, or even ambiguous, endings that are led by the secondary characters. Even though both main characters achieve their ultimate goals, the readers are left with lingering question of, what now?

The story of the Trojan War as played out in the Iliad is perhaps most gripping for the focus on the role of the individual; the soul is struck by the very concept of a decade-long war and a city-state razed to the ground for one man’s crime and one woman’s beauty. As such, the dynamic between Helen, Paris, and the Trojan people they have doomed is a fascinating one. For while Prince Paris is hated by all of Troy, his right to keep Helen is challenged by none. This is seen mostly clearly in Book III, after Paris has been spirited away to safety by the goddess Aphrodite; the book ends with Trojans and Greeks alike united in scorn for Paris and his consort. In Book VII, however, at the war