The Issues Of Being Revealed In Homer's Odyssey

In reading the first four books of "The Odyssey" we see a lot of different struggles going on but once we focus on Telemachus we begin to capture a more metal picture of this main character. Odysseus's son, Telemachus has lost his father, suitors are pursuing his mother, and he is learning how to grow up without the legendary guidance of his great father. Telemachus appears to be a young, lost boy who is trapped in a world that he has no control over. Feelings of being left behind and not getting the recognition he so rightfully deserves to take over the throne, Telemachus will set out on a journey to find the answers he needs.

him that he could not leave and it did not allow anyone to find out where he was

I think Odysseus was justified in his actions. Three of the reasons why i think he was justified is one, the wooers showed total disrespect, two, Odysseus did not do anything to the wooers to condone their actions, and three, if a man does not defend and protect his family, what is to stop the wooers from committing the same act.

questioned home a couple of hours after he got home, he didn't know what he was fishing for or

There comes a point in the story where Odysseus and his men are constantly bombarded with offerings for food, comfort and a long happy life. Upon leaving Aeolus’ island for the second time and quickly escaping the Laestrygonians, Odysseus and his crew stumble upon Circe’s island of Aeaea. After a few tribulations with Circe the men are all comforted, bathed and fed for a years time. The crew stays on Circe’s island for an entire year, and are tempted to spend the rest of their days with her (10. 327-8). Odysseus is also tempted considering he lives there, with her, in her bed for an entire year. Yet, even this great temptation is put aside and the men, unhappily, cast off from Circe’s island. Not long after, Odysseus would end up shipwrecked and alone on Calypso’s island. Odysseus is supposed to be being held against his will on Calypso’s island. Yet, when someone lives somewhere for over five years and does

he has no identity, he is looked upon as a monster that was never given the opportunity to

Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey takes place in and around ancient Greece near the time of the Trojan War. The protagonist is Odysseus, the guile hero and king of Ithaca. Just after his first son Telemachus was born, Odysseus is called to battle in the ten year long Trojan war. After the war, angry at his and his men’s hubris in battle, the gods made the return journey last ten harsh years. Meanwhile, growing up fatherless, Telemachus has to cautiously take charge of the hold, while staying loyal to Odysseus with their home filled with demanding suitors that woo his mother, Penelope. Although Telemachus acts with more caution and didn’t always have his father by his side, they both display loyalty and bravery as warriors in battle.

Even though Odysseus may show plenty of traits describing him as a noble hero, he does show unloyalty. He posses a touch of unloyalty due to fact that he was trapped in Circe’s palace for over a year. Odysseus had stayed with another woman or goddess which was not his wife or any known relative which conveys unloyalty towards him. Also she is willing to help him so he can return back home and be reunited with his son, Telemachus, and wife,

time of his journey could he discover his reason for venturing off into the wild. This reverent

Odysseus revenges against the wooers were severe and justifiable. The wooers had attempted to take everything from him, when they thought him to be dead. They raped some of his women servants. They also lusted after his wife and plotted murder against his son. By doing these actions they dishonored him and his wife. Odysseus was justified in his actions, because the wooers attempted to use his death as a means to take everything that Odysseus owned, including his wife

Odysseus was an arrogant yet successful warrior during the Trojan War shipwrecked at sea due to him angering the gods with his arrogance and selfishness

The Odyssey is an epic poem that showcases the heroic actions contrasted with the grave disasters of Odysseus, a tragic hero on his way home from the war in Troy. The author, Homer, shows through Odysseus’ actions that even a hero such as he, has flaws. Flaws that if not acknowledged and learnt from, can spell grave disaster in the journey yet to come. Many Greeks recognize Odysseus as the most renowned hero of the Trojan war, thanks to his own accounts of his years away from Ithaca. Following the Greek beliefs, many believe that Odysseus couldn’t have kept himself away for so long, for only the gods can do something like this, and Odysseus can’t be the cause of the crew’s deaths, only the gods could be so cruel. While

the issue, more why he had to die? This marks two thirds of the way

mysteriously found dead in one of the rooms. Although he was highly esteemed for his wealth and

and he was doing very well. After he was found, people made assumptions