The Degree Of Pain In Odysseus By J. S.

“Two days after we had set sail from the island of the cyclopes, a terrible storm blew my ships off course. The heavy gales swung us back and forth like a pendulum, and the waves nearly tore the ships in two. Like this we suffered for four days before we finally saw a sliver of land. We had arrived at Fídi, wooded island of the snakes. The island was immediately noticed due to the sturdy poplar and fir trees that lined its shore.

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.

A hero accepts who he is as an individual, but strives to change himself for the better. In the epic poem, The Odyssey, by Homer, the main character Odysseus is a valiant king who embarks on a life-changing voyage. While traveling from Troy back to his home in Ithaka, King Odysseus overcomes daunting obstacles, and in doing so discovers his place in the world. Odysseus is truly a heroic figure because he demonstrates courage, improves his character, and wins the support of the gods.

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.

One of the major themes of Homer’s Odyssey is the importance of cunning over strength. This also happens to be the case with Odysseus and his long ten year journey home from fighting in Troy. Odysseus uses his intelligence over strength to ‘fight’ through tough times and bring himself home to Ithaca. Odysseus uses his intelligence when he has his men tie him down while passing the Sirens, so he himself will be able to hear their beautiful song, but not be entranced by their singing. He also uses cunning to escape from the Cyclops’ cave without being harmed. He then uses his cunning by storing away all of the armory, shields, and knives from the suitors so he is able to kill them easily.

Some people would like to have Odysseus as a father, however I’m not one of those people and I don’t understand why would anyone want a father like Odysseus, he not a good father nor a respectable husband, because a good husband won't sleep with two other demi-goddesses (Circe and Calypso), and he wasn’t put in that situation by accident, although polyphemus wanted to eat them as a leader he should've thought of the consequences before he took action, he had to keep in mind that he was poseidon’s son so instead of trying to run away he decided to become violent, so he did that to himself by blinding Poseidon’s son Polyphemus the Cyclops, which made Poseidon angry which caused a delay to his return home.

Odysseus must go through many sufferings to make it home to his Penelope. He is stuck in a Cyclopes's cave, he is surrounded by Scylla and Charybdis, and he has to go through hell. He does all this because he hasn't seen his beloved wife, Penelope, in over ten years.

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.

When many people get hurt, emotionally, physically, or even verbally, it triggers chemicals in your brain, and whether or not you want to, it makes you want to get revenge just so that you know the other person can hurt just as much as you did. OR you’re just mean and cruel. It all comes down to whether or not you take your anger, sadness or frustration out in a healthy, kind, and careful way. After Odysseus revealed his identity as a beggar, and began hating on all of those people who were involved in taking his home away, and devising a plan to massacre the suitors and reign control of Ithaca, he automatically just made a situation ten times worse than it had to be. The punishment made were way too severe. There must have been so many people that did not deserve it. What Odysseus did was not justified.

In the epic The Odyssey the epic hero Odysseus exhibits many heroic traits, the most important to me would be his restraint. In The Odyssey, the hero Odysseus first shows restraint when he encounters the Cyclopes Polyphemus. When Odysseus plans to escape with his men, but he has to figure out a way to get the Cyclopes detracted/ or figure out a way to make him move the rock. When the Cyclopes decides to eat 6 of Odysseus’s men, Odysseus gets super upset and thought about stabbing the Cyclopes in the side but he shows restraint by not stabbing him instead he makes a plan to get a stick and have his men stick it into the fire to make sure that it burns the eye and he can’t see out of it, but first her has to get the Cyclopes to drink all of his liquor and pass out.

Life is about making choices. Always do your best to make the right ones and always do your best to learn from the wrong ones, -Unknown. In the epic poem, “The Odyssey” by Homer, the main character shows positive traits of a leader. I believe that Odysseus is primarily an effective leader. Now, yes he made poor judgment calls but that’s what being human is about, making mistakes learning from them, and moving forward.

Joseph Campbell declares that the hero must stand out of the ordinary life to face and crossover insecure tests and challenges. Within many “trials” of danger Odysseus has, this scene indeed appears Circe as the enemy to tempt Odysseus crew. But, under Odysseus’s self-instructions to split half of his men alone to Circe’s hall, positioning them account for risks. The best proof is his crew was seduced under Circe’s clutches and turn into livestock pig body. The crew’s consequences turn out as a pig point out Odysseus careless consideration and planning. He fails on his lack of leadership letting his men run in front of an uncertain environment. His decision had not only let his crew down under enemies hand but also lost part of their confidence

Twenty years ago in Ithaca, Odysseus left to fight in the Trojan War. Ten years later, the war ended and he attempted to return home. He fought hard to return, but got caught in many different city-states and was unable to go back home for another ten years. By now it had been 20 years, but there was a certain someone that recognized Odysseus when he returned, and that someone was me.

Aristotle said the best plays have both an anagnorisis and a peripeteia which occur at nearly the same time. Anagnorisis which means "discovery" and peripeteia which means "reversal of fortune" have been a successful duo through the years. A simple way to state this is that within a story there is a startling discovery, which brings a change from ignorance to knowledge. These theatrical elements can make what appears to be a simple plot into an intriguing and attention-grabbing story.