Heroes In The Odyssey

Also in The Odyssey, Odysseus makes careless decisions which lead them into trouble. Odysseus makes a plan to stab the cyclops in the eye, which leads the crew members to run for their lives to get to their ships. In another place in the book Odysseus leads his ships to the land of the Laestrygonians. When they get there they see a giantess who then calls her husband. In the book it states, “ She at once called to her husband Antiphates, who immediately began killing my men.” Odysseus then cuts the cable from his own ship to save himself. Therefore, Odysseus is not a hero.

To begin with, the qualities that David and Odysseus share lead them on their way to victory as heroes. In the First Book of Samuel, the strength and courage of David is conveyed when he is the only one that volunteers to go up against Goliath of Gath, despite the fact that he was not a soldier and had never fought a battle (17:32). Comparably, Odysseus is the only one that is able to pass the test that Penelope invokes upon the suitors (Odyssey, 403-404) and even with all the

Moses fought a Pharaoh, the desert, his own people, and himself during his long journey to the Promised Land. Odysseus also had a long journey home and while on that journey battled Poseidon, the sea, his men, and himself. Not only are the stories of The Odyssey and Exodus the similar, but the heroes, Odysseus and Moses, share many of the same attributes and behaviors. Both, despite having murderous pasts, were chosen by their God or gods to be the savior of their people. Each had a specific limitation that directly interfered with the completion of their mission. And since they were helped by God or the Greek gods along the way, Moses and Odysseus ultimately had faith that they would be successful, regardless of the obstacles ahead. Their similarities exist on a personal level as well. Both heroes had to make great sacrifices for the good of the whole. They each underwent a personal transformation as a result of the trials they faced. And each learned a lesson that they passed on as a message for their people. The hero's journey is also determined by how each story originated. The Hebrews passed down Moses

The first characteristic of Odysseus that makes him an epic hero is that he is a great warrior. Throughout The Odyssey, Odysseus fights great monsters that all want him dead. When Odysseus visited the Cyclops, he used his skills to blind the monsters eye. “Now at last, I thrust our stake in a bed of embers… Hoisting high that olive stake with its stabbing point, straight into the monster’s eye they rammed it hard… til blood came boiling up around the smoking shaft” (Homer 223). Because Odysseus already had experience in the Trojan war, he was able to think quickly under pressure and distract the cyclops. Then he and his men carried out his plan and managed to escape. Odysseus was also smart enough to know that he couldn’t kill Polyphemus because he was the only one who could lift the large boulder in front of the entrance of the cave. Then, Odysseus with his quick wit, hid his men under the bellies of the cyclops’ flock of rams until Polyphemus let them out the next morning. Another example that shows Odysseus is a great warrior is the situation with the suitors. When Odysseus returned home from his twenty year journey that no one thought he could return from. Suitors were plaguing his home in pursuit of his faithful wife Penelope. Dressed as a beggar, Odysseus defeats them in an arrow shooting contest and then one by one begins to rid the palace of its ‘rat problem.’ Odysseus first kills Antinous. Then after letting the other suitors beg for mercy, he and Telemachus begin killing them as well (440). Odysseus, seasoned from war, tired of fighting, still had enough strength left to defeat the suitors.

In “The Odyssey “ by Homer, Odysseus takes a very long physical and mental journey. Odysseus, king of Ithaca, encounters many different kinds of people and magical beings. In the essay “The Hero’s Journey” by Joseph Campbell, represents the overall journey that a hero takes, weather it be physical, mental, or spiritual in a book . Odysseus takes part in many of these steps. The story does not follow all the steps of “The Hero’s Journey,” but it does follow most of them. Odysseus’ journey follows “The Hero’s Journey” because he goes through Supernatural Aid, Tests and Supreme Ordeals, and a reward and journey home. Odysseus takes a journey that lasted twenty years .It is filled with

In two pieces of literature, The Odyssey written by Homer and Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury, the protagonists, Odysseus and Guy Montag follow a narrative structure known as the Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey was first discussed by Joseph Campbell, and he explains how the hero has to journey through the three main phases: the departure, the quest, and the return. In these phases, the hero first has to depart from their home, family, and known world because they are called to an adventure or quest. Then, while questing away from home, they meet a mentor figure who guides them and helps them through obstacles. They also make enemies and alliances, and they find that through all of these events they transform their flaws into strengths. Finally, by the end of the journey, known as the return, the hero has strengthened their mind and spirituality, giving the full potential to live a harmonious life. Again, in both of these texts, the protagonists, Odysseus and Guy Montag, follow the Hero’s Journey, in order to alter and diminish their negative traits into

Although both translations of “Penelope’s Despair” by Yannis Ritsos use connotative diction to describe Penelope’s character, translator I utilizes neutral connotations to represent her as mentally, emotionally, and physically strong, whereas translator II applies negative connotations to portray Penelope as weak in all of the same aspects.

Both famous heroes from antiquity, Jason and Odysseus have much in common and just as much not. It has been said that The Voyage of the Argo, written centuries past The Odyssey, is an imitation or some form of plagiarism of the primary epic poem of ancient Greece. I like the other train of thought; it is more an acknowledgement or tip of the hat, so to speak, specifically to The Odyssey. Both tales center on a hero and a fantastic voyage. Jason was less the virtuous demi-God we see in Odysseus. At first glance, he appeared an unlikely hero. Not so Odysseus, who embarked on what, should have been a short journey home following the fall of Troy, but became an epic journey with many obstacles and delays along the way.

Odysseus had many qualities of an epic hero. Odysseus was a war hero who showed courage and was not afraid to put his life on the line to save others. Another aspect that made Odysseus an epic hero was that he traveled to the “Kingdom of Death” and still managed to make it back home. In The Odyssey Book 2,

The “Odyssey,” written by Homer, is a long epic that describes King Odysseus’ journey back to his home from Troy. In the “Hero’s Journey” by Joseph Campbell, the steps a person takes to travel through his or her journey to reach a goal is referred to as a monomyth. In the “Odyssey,” Homer writes an epic that reflects many stages from Joseph Campbell’s monomyth. The author includes many key points involving a true “Hero’s Journey,” but the main ones that are illustrated in the epic are: Call to Adventure, Tests and Supreme Ordeals, and Master of Restoring the Worlds.

Sometimes it only takes a few seemingly small flaws to determine if one will live a lifetime of adversity, and this appears to be the case for both Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey and Gilgamesh in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Unlike what their grand titles may suggest, these ‘ancient heroes’ were by no means perfect people, and, if anything, it would be more realistic to attribute the concept of imperfection with them instead. However, that is not suggesting that heroism equates to imperfection, but rather that these heroes have earned their titles from their battles with their imperfections.

In Greece around 800 B.C, the blind poet Homer composed The Odyssey. This work classifies as an epic poem. The story takes place in vast settings. Some include: Ithaca, the land of the Cyclops and the underworld. The Odyssey’s protagonist, Odysseus, rules as the king of Ithaca.

bowing down to him is fulfilled and he is able to establish dominance over them.

Moses from, the Bible, and Odysseus from, The Odyssey, are examples of heroes that were called upon by the gods. They both did not choose to or were born to become heroes. Moses and Odysseus were not perfect human beings before becoming heroes. Everything in their past was

The new movie version of To Kill a Mockingbird should include the scene from the book were Scout eavesdrops on Atticus’ conversation with Uncle Jack. This conversation happens right after Scout, Jem, Uncle Jack, and Atticus, go to visit Scout’s Aunt Alexandra and her family. At Aunt Alexandra’s house, her son Francis starts to call Scout and Atticus bad names because Atticus is representing Tom Robinson’s case in court and he is black. Scout and Francis fight, then Scout gets a beating from Uncle Jack. However, when the Finches get home Atticus and Uncle Jack, have a conversation about the upcoming Tom Robinson case Atticus is representing. They talk about how much trouble they will be getting soon from people around town because Atticus