The Odyssey: Different Point- of View

Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey translated by Robert Fagles completely illustrate Odysseus’s journey home after The Trojan War. Separated into twenty-four different books, the poem describes the hardships Odysseus faces and how he overcomes obstacles. Though this poem is composed for listeners and may seem incomprehensible, Homer includes a plethora of literary devices to help audiences better understand, follow, and enjoy the context of The Odyssey. Throughout this poem instances of epic simile, foreshadowing, epithet, and xenia are included to help the poem flow.

Odysseus is described as a god-like man. He is cunning, sly, suave, strong, confident and self-possessed. He accomplishes many great events like that of defeating the Trojans, slaying the suitors and travelling to and back from Hades. When on the beach in Phaeacia he confidently “stalked as a mountain lion exultant in his power strides through wind and rain and his eyes blaze and he charges sheep or oxen or chases wild deer” , and when he sees Nausicaa “He launched in at once, endearing, sly and suave” . Athena found him to be “so winning, so worldly wise, so self possessed!” . Neither does he lack in ingenuity, King Nestor said that “No one...could hope to rival Odysseus, not for sheer cunning–at every twist of strategy he excelled us all” . Odysseus has a large and gallant reputation to fulfil, but when he first makes an appearance in the book he is crying on Calypso’s island. Crying is often seen as a weakness in a man, but this makes Odysseus more endearing as it reveals the labour of his love.

In Book 5, Homer presents Odysseus for the first time, and we find him weeping for his “lost home” and discover that he has been doing so for the past seven years every day. This shows how

When Odysseus reveals himself to his son, Telemachus in book sixteen, the reaction of both characters is extremely humane. This monumental contact is a time of sentiment and emotion for both characters; the foundation a relationship of a father and a son. Both characters really get down on their knees for each other and despite his hubris with the rest of the community, Odysseus breaks down at the sight of his son, “throwing/his arms around this marvel of a father/Telemachus began to weep.” Until this monumental point, the reader never sees this side of Odysseus, this emotional and truly down-to-earth side, which is compelled by the bonding of his son, the immediate depth one feels for the other. Being only acquainted to his father by distance, and, quite merely, hearsay,

“With the personifications of his destiny to guide and aid him, the hero goes forward in his adventure until he comes to the ‘threshold guardian’ at the entrance to the zone of magnified power”. Thus wrote the mythologist Joseph Campbell on the hero’s departure from his home as he ventures into the world of the unknown where he will encounter many challenges. Owing to its form as a nostos, Homer’s Odyssey (trans. Shrewing) conforms to the obverse of this mythological paradigm postulated by Campbell. The challenge for Odysseus is to return, not to his native land of Ithaca, but to the mortal realm away from his heroic past. No scene other than the trial of the marriage bed within Book XXIII more potently illuminates this. For Odysseus’ journey

Another one of Odysseus’s character

One's inner strength is tested time and time again for the wily Odysseus, King of Ithaca. In the epic poetry “The Odyssey”, shows Odysseus’s travel home after the fall of Troy. Homer, the author, demands the reader’s attention to look deeper into the text to see the different meanings instead of just seeing what’s right in front of you. For instance, instead of seeing Odysseus as a man trying to get home you see all his layers like his loyalty to his men when Circe turned them into pigs and how wily he is when he escapes the Cyclops Polyphemus by tying himself to the underside of the sheep. Although for every reader “The Odyssey” can be interpreted different ways, some might see Odysseus as a man whore who is easily tricked by the goddesses while others might see him as a trickster who gets out of multiple sticky situations.

The Odyssey, written by Homer, is one of the most well-known stories about struggle and war, encompassing Odysseus’ twenty-year struggle to battle in the Trojan War and return home. At first glance, the poem appears to be about a “hero’s colorful, salt-caked adventures on the high seas [and] his encounters with witches, nymphs, and Cyclops” (Higgins 3). The story relates to that of a soldier’s in today’s time. Throughout the epic poem, Homer reveals the countless number of challenges that Odysseus faces during his adventures. Odysseus is accompanied by his crew, but unlike other stories, Homer shares the names and families of almost all the fallen crewmen.

I follow him from above watching his journey across the deep, dark and dangerous sea. I watch as Poseidon releases a storm over the wine dark sea that he rules. He does not approve of the other god's decision to let Odysseus go home. Poseidon watches as his storm rips apart Odysseus’ small raft and I watch in horror as he is whisked into the sea. I stare in awe as a sea nymph saves the great Odysseus with a powerful veil and he washes ashore only to be saved by another women. A beautiful, women from the palace. I see this other women, and in fury I leave because I know he no longer will remember our great times on my island, but he will now create new memories as quick as the fastest man can run and Odysseus will soon forget me, the nymph with lovely braids,

Listen, I have been fooled by many mortals that snuck into my cave at night. Their ship landed on my island and have wandered into my dwelling. They took advantage of me and have done terrible things to me. Will you do me a favor, and punish them severely. I came back to my cave from a day of hard work and I shut the door and spotted them in my reach. I was furious, and out of rage ate some of his men. Who is he you ask?, Odysseus, the king of Ithaca and his men who are on their return home from the Trojan War. Do you know who he is? First, he told me his name was “Nobody”, and I fell for it, what stupidity of me father. He gave me this drink called wine in which I passed out from. Later, I just awoken from immense pain, Odysseus and his

Homer’s, The Odyssey spins an exciting tale of war, fantasy, and magic spanning twenty years. However, the thrust of the story focuses on human relationships and Odysseus’s strong desire to reunite with his wife and soul mate, Penelope and their son Telemachus. However, to truly understand his desire return home, one must examine many facets of the epic. What is the significance of the turmoil experienced in the household during his absence? Is Penelope a cunning equal and meet spouse for Odysseus? What does the eventual reunion of Odysseus and Penelope reveal about love and marriage? To truly understand the answers to these questions, it is necessary to consider the following arguments.

Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey follows Odysseus on his long journey home. The Epic also includes the stories of Odysseus’ family left behind: the travels of his son, Telemachus, and how plenty, of what we would now call “home wreckers”, suitors pressured his wife, Penelope, into marrying one of them. The characters are beautifully crafted and the story is truly epic. All the elements presented can bring in any reader from any century, the Cyclops, the Gods, the trickery of Penelope, and the disguises of Odysseus, are all legendary literary hooks . There are many things to learn—about writing, about the world around us, the world ahead of us, and the past behind us—from The Odyssey. (26) It is undeniably evident that this ancient text has

Oral Final Brief Love allows us to accomplish extraordinary feats because when we are in love, we are pushed to be our best in order to avoid losing the object of our love. The Odyssey is often perceived as the conclusion of the epic journey Odysseus takes in order to reclaim what he has lost and restore his oikos. However, the question of why he needs to get home so desperately is often ignored. The answer to this question is that Odysseus is so desperate to get home because he wants to be with his family again; even after 20 years he still loves them so much that he can’t bear to lose them.

His time with Calypso on her island trapped. Calypso is a devastatingly beautiful goddess-nymph trapped on an island forever to be tormented by the gods sending a hero she can’t help but fall in love with, but the hero must always return to the mortal world.

Thousands of years has passed by since I am here. In the world of the dead, there isn’t much going on, the world is silent and dark, and there isn’t much you can do. After all these years, I’ve been here, wondering and reflecting on myself and my life. I meet new “people” here sometimes and try to communicate to them, but this is a world without sounds. My favorite thing to do would be those rare moments, the frogs apart, and I can peek through the world of living and see how much the life of people has changed. And then, I reflect because of my life. I know that the story of my family has been told by so many different people as warnings of the precedents. Odysseus has learned a lot