What Role Does Telemachus Play In The Odyssey

But come, send us off to bed. It's time to rest, time to joy the sweet relief of sleep.””(133. 325-331) This quote is essential to the character of Telemachus as it helps to show how he grew mentally from a boy into a man. He was referred to as “clear-sighted,” which signifies how he evolved from a young boy with clouded judgement into a wise and clever prince with a clear mind. By the end of book four, Telemachus was well on his way to becoming a great leader and ruler like Odysseus, but he still had quite a way to

Joseph Campbell’s ten archetypal heroic traits appear in many literary protagonists. Physical strength, eloquence, leadership, and ties to supernatural forces are characteristics that are pervasive among heroes. King Gilgamesh, in the Epic of Gilgamesh, possesses the Campbellian traits of unmatched physical strength, confident leadership, and ties to gods. Whereas in the case of Telemachus in Homer’s Telemecheia, the young prince has not matured to Gilgamesh’s prominence, but several of Campbell’s attributes become apparent in the story. As Telemachus undergoes his journey, he

Prince Telemachus of Ithaca was living in a world of greed and disrespect during his father's twenty-year hiatus. His father, King Odysseus, had set off to fight along with fellow Greeks in the Trojan War. After the war, all the Greeks who did not perish during the battles had made it back to their homelands, with the exception of Odysseus. During this time suitors had taken over Odysseus' palace and were courting his wife. It was time for Telemachus to take action against the crude suitors and become a mature adult. In "The Odyssey" by Homer, a young prince sets off to learn news about his father. At the same time Telemachus meets influential people who introduce him to a whole new world, which propels him to become a mature and

In The Odyssey, the reader is easily able to distinguish that Odysseus is a hero in the story. He is a god-like figure. Odysseus’s wife, Penelope, is a hero and seen by many readers as such especially females. Both possess characteristics of heroes and they deserve to be considered such but that does not mean that they are the true hero of the story. Their son Telemachus is the true hero in The Odyssey. The reader should be able to identify with him the most and realize everything that has happened in his life and he deals with it with extreme heroism. He handles the situation in his life the way every human being should.

Three traits that Odysseus and Telemakhos share are clear-headedness, eloquence, and showing strong emotion. They are portrayed with these traits in the Odyssey, composed by Homer. Odysseus is a renowned military strategist, warrior, and the King of Ithaca. He was forced to go to war against Troy twenty years ago, and since then has traveled all over the Aegean trying to find a way back home. Meanwhile, his son, Telemakhos, has developed into a full-grown man from the mere infant he was when his father left for war. He has searched far and wide for news of his father, still hoping, along with his mother, Penelope, that Odysseus is still alive somewhere and somehow, even though most have assumed he is dead. Through his ventures, Telemakhos

  The Odyssey was a great book in which many characters were brought out and developed.  The most significant development that occured in the epic was the development of Telemachus.  Telemachus is a very complex character that Homer develops from beginning to end.  From the beginning when is a mere shadow of his father to near the end in which he is considered just as courageous.  Many factors influence Telemachus as he matures into a man.

In the beginning of The Odyssey, Telemachus is not yet a man and not sure of himself yet. Embarking on a mission to find his father, he matures from a child to a strong, single-minded adult. Throughout the poem, Telemachus finds his place in the world and becomes a more well-rounded person. Although Telemachus never quite matches his father Odysseus in terms of wit, strength, agility, his resilience does develop throughout the text. In the epic, The Odyssey, by Homer, the young boy Telemachus changes from an insecure teen into a confident and poised young man as he travels the seas in search for his father, whose bravery and intelligence proves to be comparable to his own.

If there is one disease worse than all others, it would be hubris. It is one sickness with no medicine except the mind. In The Odyssey, by Homer, Odysseus begins his journey, as a leader who believes he is unsurpassed in skill. Hubris turned him into a very conceited man and caused him to risk both his and his crew's lives. Later on in his journey, Odysseus was forced to grow and leave behind his overconfidence in order to become a successful leader. And Telemachus, his son, grew up without a father, while constantly tending to his mother. Telemachus set out on a journey to find his father, but returned as a more grown up and mature man. Change is not the impossible, but it is only attained when one realizes they cannot grow without it.

Homer’s The Odyssey tells the story of young Telemachus with the task of finding his father, Odysseus while also finding himself. As the hero of this journey, Telemachus develops into a noble, brave, and strong man, through complications inflicted by others’ mental endurance. By overcoming these obstacles Telemachus develops into the universally known stereotypical hero. However, the same cannot be said for the heroes of William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and Lewis Carol’s Alice in Wonderland. At the end of their journeys, Jewel and Alice become different kinds of heroes; instead of becoming a stereotypical plucky adventurer, they each develop different traits to benefit themselves along their journey.

Though already an adult by the beginning of the poem, Telemachus was far from being considered at all mature. He was depicted by Homer as a sad, morose boy, wishing desperately for the return of Odysseus, “…would that he, returning suddenly, might banish these intruders from his palace and restore the rights and rule that had been his before” (7). The fact that he, a grown

When Telemachus is talking to Menelaus, Menelaus invites Telemachus to stay at his palace with him. However, Telemachus doesn’t really want to stay with Menelaus so he summons “up his newfound tact” and persuades Menelaus to let him continue on him journey. Telemachus becoming more tactful shows that he has become more thoughtful throughout his journey and he learns to think before he speaks. In addition, Menelaus causes Telemachus to cry as a result of mentioning his family which shows the strong familial love Telemachus has for his family. “Such memories / stirred in the young prince a deep desire to grieve / for Odysseus.

Telemachus has been without a father his whole life and when Athena sends him on this journey to find and bring him back which will change him as a person. As Nestor tells his story he recalls what happens after Aegisthus murdered Agamemnon: “In the eighth year, though, he met his doom In the person of Orestes, come back from

What if your mom had to take care of you by herself with 108 grown men hitting on her everyday? In one of the most incredible stories ever told written by Homer, The Odyssey, a father of newborn baby must leave to war leaving his family and kingdom behind. Not only does he have to face his own challenges, but so does his family. When their kingdom has no leader, everything goes bad for his wife, Penelope. Slowly suitors begin to invade their home and attempt to take over the kingdom by becoming Penelope’s new husband. Penelope and her son, Telemachus begin to face their own problems. Their maids are getting raped, the house gets trashed as days past, and they cannot doing anything about it. Their son grows up with one parent and must witness

This statement is very telling as it defines not only the appearance of the great Odysseus, but also the son he left behind. Furthermore, it begins to develop a timeline of actions by announcing that Odysseus left home when Telemachus was only a baby. Nestor recognizes that Odysseus ' appearance, vivacity, and personality are apparent in his progeny, Telemachus. This is encouraging to Telemachus as he hears that he resembles the great king Odysseus. As Telemachus presses for news of what has become of his father, Telemachus learns that his father may yet be alive and held captive by a goddess-nymph named Calypso. He then glorifies the strong will of Orestes and encourages Telemachus to do the same: "And you, my friend - / how tall and handsome I see you now - be brave, you too, / so men to come will sing your praises down the years." (3, 226 - 227).

Now we return to the re-encounter of the father and the son. They spend twenty years apart from each other undergoing trials and hardship that poise them for their final confrontation. Telemachus and Odysseus both arrive on the island of Ithaca within more or less the same time period. And they both, out of prudence and devotion, seek safety in the swineherd's security; in this they are analogous. Odysseus' restraint is shown when he abstains from revealing his identity to his son until Eumaeus has exited. Before father and son first recognize each other, and before Telemachus knows that he is talking to his father, an interesting phenomenon occurs in which both father and son demonstrate their humility and likeness to each other. The event involves Odysseus offering his seat to Telemachus and Telemachus refusing the offer. The significance of this event is that Odysseus, who is in disguise as a beggar, is a more dominant man than Telemachus and modest enough to offer his seat. Telemachus in turn knows that he is a better man than a beggar but refuses chivalrously to take the beggar's seat. The