My Choices In The Odyssey

“There are those who say fate is something beyond our command. That destiny is not our own, but I know better. Our fate lives within us, you just have to be brave enough to see it.” Princess Merida states this in Brave. She goes on a journey to seal her fate, similar to Odysseus. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Merida’s statement is proven false. In The Odyssey, the omnipotent power of the gods is absolute over the mortals. The will of the gods controls suffering, actions, and ultimate fate.

Many years after the end of the Trojan War, Odysseus still hasn’t returned home to Ithaka. Many believe that he is dead, but the author lets us know that he is being held as a sex captive on the goddess Kalypso’s island. Kalypso has no plans of letting him go to return home either.

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.

- Hermes: also known as “Hermes of the golden wand” or “the giant killer” is the messenger and son of the god Zeus. He was sent by Zues to inform Calypso of Zeus’s order to free Odysseus.

Decision Making In The Odyssey In the epic poem The Odyssey by Homer, king Odysseus attempts to make his return of his land of Ithaca after the 10 year Trojan War. Odysseus has just had a baby boy named Telemachus with his loving wife Penelope. The day the child is born Odysseus is sent off to war, little did any of them know it would last 10 years. After the war is finally complete, Odysseus and his men begun to make their journey back to Ithaca.

The assembly of the suitors in Homer’s epic The Odyssey shows the love and respect Telemachus has for his mother, shows the regard he has for the Greek value of xenia, and displays the values that Odysseus’ actions have instilled in his son. As the suitors gather in the great hall of the house for the meeting, Antinuos proposes that Telemachus kicks his mother out of his house because she has been lying to the suitors. Out of respect for his mother, Telemachus refuses to obey Antinuos’ orders to remove her from the home because she is the one who “ bore [him],” (Homer 2.145). This is a bold move by Telemachus because he is strongly outnumbered by the suitors and would not be able to defeat them if they turned against him. Also, this shows the

I suppose if we were to measure the standards of today the suitors or the maids did not deserve what they received. But to measure what they did or did not deserve one would have to measure how retribution was handed out in throughout the story. I feel that the punishment dealt to the suitors or the maids was something that Athena seemed to want. There were many instances in the last set of books when Athena allowed things to happen to Odysseus to deepen his resentment for the suitors. In one instance she allowed the suitors to insult Odysseus because “she wanted the pain to sink deeper into Odysseus’ bones.” (574) The fact that there was a constant reminder that suppliants are to be treated well according to the God’s or it would anger them is also something constantly reinforced. Odysseus is often treated horribly by the suitors and even his own herdsman when they

In this passage from Book III of The Odyssey, Lord Nestor is speaking about the current state of Telémakhos’ household. In the translation of The Odyssey by Fitzgerald, the suitors are referred to as a “crowd”, that is “making trouble”. While these words don’t particularly have a positive connotation, they are also not overly negative. Through using unemotional diction, Fitzgerald doesn’t convey his own opinion of the suitors—he lets the readers collect their own evidence and make their own judgements of them. Similarly, the line “If grey-eyed Athena loved you the way she did Odysseus…” contains a lack of emotion. Since “did” refers back to the verb “loved”, Fitzgerald adds no further clarification to the emotion. While this does effectively

japanese-American During WWII By: Japanese immigrants and the following generations had to endure discrimination, racism, and prejudice from white Americans. They were first viewed as economic competition. The Japanese Americans were then forced into internment camps simply because of the whites fear and paranoia. The Japanese first began to immigrate to the United States in 1868. At first they came in small numbers. US Census records show only 55 in 1870 and 2,039 in 1890. After that, they came in much greater numbers, reaching 24,000 in 1900, 72,000 in 1910, and 111,000 in 1920.(Parrillo,287) Most settled in the western states.(Klimova,1) Many families in Japan followed the practice of primogeniture, which is when the eldest son

Stop. Think about what is right, and what is wrong. Is it ok to give into temptation? Is faithfulness an important value in your life? Many moral decisions in today and past cultures’ are debatable and unfavorable for many.

Although Capernaum was Jesus' earthly headquarters, its citizenry ignored his prophetic pronouncements and even questioned Jesus' authority. Jesus responded thusly, "I tell you the truth, unless you can eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you." (John 6: 53) Many in the crowd, upon hearing this, "turned back and no longer followed him." (John 60: 61, 66)

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Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey” tells of the Greek hero Odysseus’s journeys in order to get back home. It also tells of the struggles of his son, Telemachus, at the hands of the men who want to court his mother, Penelope. Much of the book is comprised of hearing about Penelope’s struggle with these “suitors” who persistently push her to choose one of them to marry. Though Odysseus had been gone for more than 20 years and everyone assumed he was dead, Penelope remained faithful to her husband and dutifully resisted the suitors. Therefore, I am convinced that Penelope was a superb example of faithfulness that every woman (and man) can look at to see how one should act while married.

I reply to Rufus remark. Calm down you say, by Odin's beard free me now! I pause for a moment to think. I don't know why I am all tide up like this but all I know strange thing have been happening ever since I got my wound form that polar bear. Well that and when I left the camp for a walk and found an old woman picking mushrooms in the woods she told me to eat them and I would see the gods. Then after that every time I eat the mushroom I would see the gods but the men that were with me looked like they been in a fight and when I ask them what happen they would avoid the question.

Throughout vast journeys of many heroes, no other hero had a more complex journey than Odysseus. This journey is called The Odyssey, written by Homer. It is an epic poem or story told of a hero name Odysseus on a 20-year voyage trying to get back home from the Trojan War. The great epic poem known as The Odyssey and attributed to Homer was probably first written down around the eighth century BC, but the origins of the ancient story in myth, legend, and folklore and art appear to be much older. Greek Epic Hero When you think about Greek Epic heroes, Odysseus will most likely come to mind. Odysseus is the main character in Homer's poem "The Odyssey." "The Odyssey" is a narrative poem that describes Odysseus' adventures