The Consequences Of Odysseus

“ It is okay to be a glowstick, sometimes we need to break before we shine” ( 12 quotes That will Immediately Boost your confidence). Sometimes, to grow, people have to shrink first. So then they have a new start, to grow bigger then they ever were. In order to have success, sometimes failure comes first, this happens in today’s life, and the Odyssey.

Characters respond to their challenges differently based upon their strengths, weaknesses, and motives. Penelope had a lot in her hands with the suitors wanting to take her hand in marriage. she handled her situation using her cleverness and tricking the suitors into waiting seven years. In the other hand, Cyplso wanted to keep Odyssues in her island forever because she wanted him all to herself. She had to use her powers and and her position as goddess and tell Odysseus if he stays he can have whatever he wants and grant him king of the island. They both had their advantages that worked out for Penelope and worked out for Cylpso with odysseus for quite some time. Below are the differences and strengths that Penelope as human and Cylpso as

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.

If life, ones actions can determine the depths of their fate. In Homer book of the Odyssey this fate appeared throughout the entire book towards Odysseus and his men. Odysseus and his men couldn’t get back home because of the enigmatic gods. Therefore, fate does control Odysseus life; in particular his journey back to Ithaca.

Every day people make decisions. Some are more important than others, but all decisions have consequences, no matter how small. The decisions that you make, and the decisions others make could affect your life. They may have positive effects, but they may also have negatives effects like in The Odyssey by Homer. In general, Odysseus and his men made some decisions that lead to some very negative effects.

Joseph Campbell once said, “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” True heroes are those who do something for others rather for themselves, Odysseus doesn’t exactly show this trait in The Odyssey. In The Odyssey, Odysseus along with his men try to go back home to Ithaca but due to Odysseus nature, only he actually returns alive. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus proves he is not a hero because he is arrogant, secretive, and unfaithful; resulting for readers to believe that every action has an consequence.

In Homer's Odyssey, the hero is Odysseus, a man who left his home to fight the Trojan War and who comes back twenty years later to find his household overrun by suitors courting his wife Penelope. Throughout his journey, this rich and complex character battles life's temptations towards purification, since he must overcome his sins and flaws in order to obtain redemption from the gods, thus returning home to his throne on the island of Ithaca. However, this purification process and Odysseus' chances of returning home are compromised by his flaws and those of his crew, while enhanced by the many virtues and qualities he possesses. This voyage symbolizes man's road to salvation hoping to obtain the God forgiveness

“And there Odysseus lay …plotting within himself the suitors’ death—awake, alert, as the women slipped from the house, the maids who whored in the suitors’ beds each night, tittering, linking arms and frisking as before. The master’s anger rose inside his chest, torn in thought, debating, head and heart—should he up and rush them, kill them one and allor let them rut with their lovers one last time?” (410).

In the first few books Odysseus is seen as a strong, brave, courageous leader, as well as an awesome fighter. I believe the impression of him continues to show throughout Books 6-10. In fact, in Book 9 when he went to explore the land where the Cyclopes lived it took lots of courage to injure the Cyclopes the way he did then and then a great deal of intelligence to strap his men to the underside of the heard, so they could escape. Although he lost have the men he took with him on his exploration half of them did survive because he thought of away to escape. Yes, Odysseus made some bad decisions and got some of his crew killed, but he also made someone good decisions and some of them survived. We all have to make choices and sometimes they

In the heat of the moment, Odysseus does not let his actions take over his thinking. As he is about to stab the Cyclops, he realizes “[his

-During Odysseus’ absence, his family faced many conflicts. Telemachus gives a speech describing these conflicts. He talks about how his mother’s suitors or the son of Ithicas elders were taking over they’re house and consuming his father’s oxen and sheep. Men also walked up to Penelope’s father or Icarus and ask for her hand at marriage.

“Laticus...Laticus...Hey LATICUS!” Jamal yells into Laticus’ ear. “Wake up Wake up!! Medusa! She’s- she’s right here!”. In an instant, Laticus wakes up immediately alarmed, with a heart pumping madly. “Where, where, where?!” Laticus screams. Jamal suddenly starts laughing, seeing his partner in crime being scared is absolutely hilarious. “I was just kidding idiot!” Jamal continues on laughing, clearly not caring if Laticus could be effected by this prank or not. Laticus is currently sweating buckets, the sweat on her back could create a river as long as the Amazon. “Jamal! That’s not funny at all!” Laticus says meekly. “Ah who cares! It’s a joke! Anyways, we have to go get the sword. So get your lazy butt up”.

Odysseus was a mighty hero, but he also faced many challenges. Even though he is a hero, he is also a normal person. Odysseus had many strengths but he also had weaknesses and many conflicts to face.

What burden or identity does Odysseus shed in each of them? How does each “death” empower him to finally return and claim both home and his kingdom?

Odysseus has escaped death and monsters time after time and his sometimes heroic but bold actions turned him into a hero for the Greeks. There were as many disadvantages as there were advantages for Odysseus and whomever followed him throughout his voyage. He consistently wanted more and usually picked fighting over being logical and safe, therefore resulting in many casualties due to his forward behavior. Many may think Odysseus’ crafty and impulsive nature, how he almost always had a need for things that would be beneficial to him in the end (if he lived that is), even though they were usually risky, and how/what he did to cause so many redundant casualties, and how that all would have led to his downfall if he didn’t have luck on his side.