Odysseus Reflection Essay

Odysseus’s friends during the war inform him that Odysseus is alive and trapped on the Calypso Island; Telemachus makes plans for the suiters to return home before his father gets back home. Back in Ithaca, Antinous and the other suitors prepared an ambush to kill Odysseus when he reached port. On Mount Olympus, Zeus sends Hermes to save Odysseus from Calypso. Hermes persuaded Calypso to let Odysseus build a ship and leave. The homesick hero sailed again, but when Poseidon, god of the sea, finds Odysseus him sailing home, he sends a storm to destroy Odysseus’s ship. Poseidon had a bitter grudge against Odysseus since the hero blinded his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, in one of his earlier travels. Although Athena intervened to save Odysseus from Poseidon’s wrath, and helped the king land at Scheria’s, the home of the Phaeacian. Nausicaa the Phaeacian princess shows him to the royal palace, and Odysseus gets a warm welcome from the king and queen. But when he identified himself as Odysseus the hosts, who have heard of his exploits of Troy was stunned. They promise to give him safe passage to Ithaca, but first they begged to hear the story of his

     Is Odysseus, the main character of Homer’s The Odyssey, really an epic hero? An epic hero embodies several heroic traits such as; having superior or super-human strength; being intellectual and courageous; and being a strong and responsible leader. An epic hero struggles and is overwhelmed with difficulties. An epic hero is on a quest of self discovery, war or some sort of goal. In the Odyssey, Odysseus is on a quest to return home to Ithaca after ten years of war in Troy. Odysseus, during his quest, is forced to venture through a merciless Cyclops, angered Gods, deeply obstinate Goddesses, the underworld, and determined suitors that are after his wife Penelope. Odysseus surmounts

When people think of a hero, they think of a tall, handsome, loyal, brave, and a type of man that could do no wrong. The “hero” that is portrayed in the Odyssey is a man named Odysseus. This “hero” may be tall and handsome, but he is often arrogant, disrespectful, conceited, and rude. Odysseus consists of positive and negative characteristics that is shown in the text by Homer. These characteristics impact the characters day to day, or in the book’s case, the quests. In the Odyssey, Homer values the characteristics hospitality and cunning, but he objects bad leadership.

Many think being a hero is having super powers, but on the contrary it's more than that. A hero is one who is distinguished for their courage and bravery, and looked upon for their great deeds. A hero like this is not just found in modern society today, but in mythology as well. In the epic poem The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus earns the title of a true hero by conveying many qualities such as: determination, courage and leadership.

Also, in book twelve: Scylla and Charybdis fate is demonstrated once again. Thirdly in the text, at this point Odysseus men disobeyed his order not to eat the plumed sheep’s, and Zeus help him realize that his men are not promising. Odysseus says on page 166, lines 372 to 373,”…so it was to ruin me the [Zeus] lulled me into a cruel sleep, while left to themselves my men planned this awful crime.” Zeus put Odysseus in a deep sleep so that Odysseus could see that his men are not promising; Odysseus men lack strength and they are very greedy. They only care for themselves! Furthermore, Zeus was punishing Odysseus and his men completely by destroying their boat. Odysseus says on page 167, lines 414 thru 416,”… Zeus thundered and struck the vessel with lighting. The whole ship reeled from the blow his bolt and was filled with the smell of sulphur…” This shows that Zeus is the reason why Odysseus couldn’t get home overall, because throughout the book we seen Zeus take charge more than once and that he is above all gods; therefore, Zeus is the reason Odysseus couldn’t get home.

In homer's Odyssey the main character Odysseus is a person who only tries to help himself. Although he earns the trust of his men while in Troy, he loses it on his perilous journey home. Many times in the epic he manipulates others, commits foolish acts and is full of hubris. He tries to take shortcuts and as a result of this is men are killed and his boats destroyed. He plays with the lives of his men and he is punished for it. Odysseus is not a hero because, he is foolish, lacks faithfulness and is consumed by his Hubris and selfishness.

Often through great literature, there is an epic hero. In the Odyssey, Homer tells the journey of one man’s journey home from the Trojan War. The protagonist of the epic poem Odysseus is often regarded as a great hero. However, Odysseus is not quite the glorious soldier that people often see him as. Odysseus shows that he is an antihero through his pride, disloyalty, and bloodthirstiness.

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Odysseus is the main character in an epic poem called the Odyssey. In the poem Odysseus has had some bad luck getting home, with some of the gods helping him and some hindering him; his journey towards home is a constant struggle. In this poem we see a man being broke and rebuilt, through constant irony his faith was damaged and without the help of Athena he probably would have given up on his journey. Through his hard work and wise spirit he finally does achieve his goal.

Your Honor, ladies and gentlemen of the esteemed jury, opposing counsel, my team and I are representing the People of Ithaca in this case. We are charging the defendant, Odysseus, with willful, deliberate, first-degree murder of multiple Suitors of Penelope. Today, our team will prove beyond a reasonable doubt, that Odysseus is a killer and murdered many suitors with malice and planning by calling to the stand four witnesses as evidence for our case.

If I was Odysseus I would have stayed with Calypso on her island. Mainly because I would have to travel past Poseidon's domain and that would've been suicide because Poseidon hated Odysseus. Another reason why I wouldn't go back to Ithaca is because I would rather stay on an island of luxury. It would have been foolish to risk my life and put my shipmates in danger.

The tale started after setting out from Troy to Ismarus, the land of Cicones. Odysseus and his men killed the men and took the women captive. Shipman died from being out numbered by the Cicones and black tide. The lesson he learned was probably not to try and act like the big bad wolf. The author wanted to teach young Greeks about there can consequences for every action.

Does the character ever exhibit a desire or hunger to reach a goal that adversely affects others

Put yourself in these shoes and decide what you would based off the cards you were dealt. First, you go off to war leaving a beautiful baby boy at home with nothing but a mother to care for him. After the war is over you get trapped by a lady who soon plans to wed you and hold in captive for 7 years. Once you finally break free with the help of a god would you return home in the quickest manner possible or would you make multiple stops throughout your way home making your 20 year absence already longer than it is. Well think no further throughout The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus has done many things that define his as a character one of those things include making his 20 year voyage longer than it already is. He gets put in difficult situations where he

It's been a couple months since Enkidu has passed away, and I still don’t know what to do. I heard about a town called Troy which just had a war. I might go there and helped out to get my mind of everything, I need some answers about life and death.