Elements That Relate To Real Life In Homer's The Odyssey
The Odyssey While I was reading the Odyssey I noticed a couple moments that relate to real life, so I ask myself what elements relate to real life. First I looked at how the monsters relate to life today and I found out that Calypso a sea nymph is a person holding us back from our goals within life. She is misleading and selfish. She cares only about herself. The Cyclops, because he has only one eye, relates to how people who see through only one perspective. Circe represents wealth and power. If you abuse it, you will become corrupted or you might get "turned into pigs". You should never let your greed control your life. The Sirens represent people who try to make you live in the past. When you encounter these kinds of people, never let
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Odysseus is the husband of Queen Penelope and the father of Prince Telemachus. Though a strong and courageous warrior, he is most renowned for his cunning. He is a favorite of the goddess Athena, who often sends him divine aid, but a bitter enemy of Poseidon, who frustrates his journey at every turn. Odysseus went on a voyage, over time he has made Poseidon the God of water. On this voyage Poseidon just keeps trying to stop and kill …show more content…
An infant when Odysseus left for Troy, Telemachus is about twenty at the beginning of the story. He is a natural obstacle to the suitors desperately courting his mother, but despite his courage and good heart, he initially lacks the poise and confidence to oppose them. His maturation, especially during his trip to Pylos and Sparta in Books 3 and 4, provides a subplot to the epic. Athena often assists him.
Then I came to Penelope , who is the wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus. Penelope spends her days in the palace pining for the husband who left for Troy twenty years earlier and never returned. Homer portrays her as sometimes flighty and excitable but also clever and steadfastly true to her husband.
I then came to the Gods of the story. The first was Poseidon who was the god of the sea. As the suitors are Odysseus’s mortal antagonists, Poseidon is his divine antagonist. He despises Odysseus for blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, and constantly hampers his journey home. Ironically, Poseidon is the patron of the seafaring Phaeacians, who ultimately help to return Odysseus to
Odysseus is the husband of Queen Penelope and the father of Prince Telemachus. Though a strong and courageous warrior, he is most renowned for his cunning. He is a favorite of the goddess Athena, who often sends him divine aid, but a bitter enemy of Poseidon, who frustrates his journey at every turn. Odysseus went on a voyage, over time he has made Poseidon the God of water. On this voyage Poseidon just keeps trying to stop and kill …show more content…
An infant when Odysseus left for Troy, Telemachus is about twenty at the beginning of the story. He is a natural obstacle to the suitors desperately courting his mother, but despite his courage and good heart, he initially lacks the poise and confidence to oppose them. His maturation, especially during his trip to Pylos and Sparta in Books 3 and 4, provides a subplot to the epic. Athena often assists him.
Then I came to Penelope , who is the wife of Odysseus and mother of Telemachus. Penelope spends her days in the palace pining for the husband who left for Troy twenty years earlier and never returned. Homer portrays her as sometimes flighty and excitable but also clever and steadfastly true to her husband.
I then came to the Gods of the story. The first was Poseidon who was the god of the sea. As the suitors are Odysseus’s mortal antagonists, Poseidon is his divine antagonist. He despises Odysseus for blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, and constantly hampers his journey home. Ironically, Poseidon is the patron of the seafaring Phaeacians, who ultimately help to return Odysseus to