The Myth Of Sisyphus

The Story of Hylas and Nymphs is the small part of the myth of Jason and the Argonauts searching for the Golden Fleece . John William Waterhouse has taken the afflatus from this classical tales of love and tragedy. In this masterpiece , We can see seven nymphs gazed at Hylas in a white water-lily pond. The myth is as follows.

Of all literature works read thus far, the Odyssey full fills the hero’s journey in all aspects of the story. Throughout this story there are vivid examples of how the hero’s journey is outlined. From the beginning of “the hero’s journey”, which is the call to adventure Odysseus will begin his journey when he makes the choice of going into battle in the Trojan War. There will also be specific events in this epic story to display “the hero’s journey” even further. Eventually the end of the journey will be revealed when Odysseus regains his family, friends, and home. This part of

The Odyssey by Homer is the story of Odysseus, a very brave, strong and smart Greek mythic hero who embarks on an epic journey.  His journey fulfills all the requisites of a Hero’s Journey.

According to the article “What Really Is A Hery, Anyway”, Arhur Ashe stated, “Heroes are people who transform compassion into heroic actions.” Heroes can be an ordinary person who helps you throughout life and can lead you on the best path of life. They can also be a special person who is there for you in the time of need. Odysseus is king of Ithaca and a man of honor to the Ithaca people . Odysseus goes on an journey but on his journey he tries to get back home , but on his journey home he cheated on his wife and didn’t care about any of his crew members that came with him. In result of the things Odysseus does he is not a modern day hero.

Odysseus is a hero that uses modern day standards. Odysseus has done many things on his trip going to and from Ithaca. He has traveled oceans and fought in a war and fought his way back home. He was away for 20 years from his family in Ithaca. Odysseus he is known by many people for being a hero.

For Odysseus, monsters like the sirens, scylla and Polyphemus as well as the gods’ anger are the main adversaries keeping him from his goal. I can relate many of my own problems to the monsters seen in the tale. For example, the sirens can be closely related to my family’s tendency towards alcoholism and depression. Like the beautiful sea nymphs, alcohol can seem like it will benefit you and your cause, when in reality it could be your downfall. To avoid this, I will have to be as clever as Odysseus in evading this “siren’s song.” Another monster that plagued our hero was the cyclops, Polyphemus. The one eyed giant is described as “A wonderful monster. Not a mortal man who eats bread, but rather like a mountain peak with trees on the top. He is a huge, powerful monster who eats Odysseus’s men one by one. My Polyphemus is my habit of procrastinating everything till the last second. When Odysseus landed on the cyclops’ island he only intended to stay there for a short time, but ended up taking longer than he bargained

Odysseus is an example of a true greek hero. A hero is defined as a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities. There are an inestimable number of brave deeds that Odysseus performs. The Odyssey by Homer is about Odysseus's journey and how he gets cursed by the sea god (poseidon) causing him to have a rough time getting home. The Adventures of Odysseus By Hugh Lupton another version of this story but is less detailed and easier for younger ages to read.

1). Phil’s scenario is similar to Sisyphus’ because they are both stuck in a situation where they have to repeat doing the same thing over and over. For example, Phil keeps reliving Groundhog Day while Sisyphus has to roll a rock up a hill for eternity. Another example of how Phil’s and Sisyphus’ scenarios are similar is how they got themselves into repeating the same day over. Phil was rude to people and did not enjoy the little aspects of life during his stay and news casting in Punxsutawney for Groundhog Day. Unlike Phil, Sisyphus created many crimes that the gods did not appreciate. Phil’s scenario is different from Sisyphus’ because Phil got to change the way he wanted to act and the things he wanted to do. For example, after he realized that he was going to keep reliving Groundhog’s Day, he decided to take advantage of the situation. On one of the days Phil decided to drive foolishly around town with two drunks that he met at a bar and ends up in jail. Since he is reliving the same day many times, he decides to steal money from the money truck. Sisyphus however just gets stuck with continuously rolling the rock up the hill and he has to deal with his “hour of consciousness”.

The story about Odysseus has many matters in common with the story about Gilgamesh. Both stories have god's, mentor, antagonist, protagonist, in addition death. The author of The Odyssey is Homer while the author for The Epic of Gilgamesh is unknown( Beers ). As a matter of fact, both stories are in the genre epic poetry. The main message or the point of the epics is that giving into temptation can lead to consequences for either you or your loved ones. Not only was Odysseus tempted by something powerful than a human although Gilgamesh was as well. Odysseus was tempted by goddesses similarly Gilgamesh was tempted by a plant of the gods. Furthermore, they gave in to their temptations and doing that they suffered consecution.

Camus explanations of the Myth of Sisyphus, presented the concept of the absurd by outlining the beliefs that an individuals life has worth but only his live in a world that denies such worth to survive. Therefore, the absurdity in the statement, explains the fact of a clash between the orders through which an individuals mind hard for, likewise the lack of order that we as humans find in the world.

Ancient Greek mythology tells the tale of Sisyphus, King of Ephyra – a man described as prudent and wise. Sisyphus was punished for his actions against the Gods when he cheated death. Sisyphus’s zeal of life begot an eternity of struggle and meaningless labor. Sisyphus’s made to push a boulder to a hill summit where it’d roll down to the hill’s basin, thus Sisyphus must traverse back down the hill to repeat this action indefinitely. Sisyphus’s tragedy comes from consciousness of the absurdity of his situation, lack of reprieve, and futility in anything but acceptance; Sisyphus’s not bound by potential for success in his toils and’s thusly aware.

The myth of Sisyphus focuses on a king who was said to be deceitful and spiteful in nature. He was supposedly

What makes life meaningless? Taylor states that there are two characteristics of Sisyphus’s life that make life pointless. The main trademark is the purposelessness of his life. Taylor stresses the way that there is no good reason for the labor that Sisyphus is compelled to do because of the gods. I concur with Taylor that the purposelessness in performing this action demonstrates that his life is good for nothing. Perhaps, as specified in class, if his punishment brought about something advantageous. For instance, when Sisyphus rolled the rocks up the hill, rather than falling back down, they shaped into a beautiful architecture, which would give his life meaning. In the book, Taylor stated, “Activity... even long, drawn out and repetitive activity, has a meaning if it has some significant culmination… activity,” showing that possibly if the rocks did form a figure it could give meaning to Sisyphus’s life. The second characteristic that makes Sisyphus’s life meaningless is the idea of endless repetition of his punishment given by the gods. Taylor claimed that if the act of repetition would have led to an achievement or goal his life may not have been meaningless, yet Sisyphus’s labor did not lead to anything besides pointless repetition.

Camus emphasizes absurdity and happiness to the readers. For example, in the “The Myth of Sisyphus”, he illustrates his thought on the plight of all human beings. Camus states that Sisyphus is happy. He says that Sisyphus is happy because he accepted his tragedy. Even though in the miserable situation, Sisyphus embraced the absurdity. He tells the reader to create their own meaning of life and accept the absurdity. In addition, Camus stood upon the justice. Especially, he rejected the concept of the death penalty.

Taylor describes this punishment in two different ways. He first says that what Sisyphus is doing is pointless (Taylor). He is pushing a rock up a hill, just for it to roll back down, so he can push it back up again, and so on. To summarize, Taylor wrote, “Nothing comes of it, and the work is simply pointless” (Taylor). Then, he looks at the other side of the argument. He points out that Sisyphus could just have an appeal to rolling stones, just for sake of it (Taylor). Because of this, that gives some sort of meaning to what Sisyphus is doing (Taylor). Taylor