strength. Though Polyphemus is stronger than Odysseus‚ Odysseus escapes him through his shrewdness. Odysseus tricks Polyphemus through temptation. Odysseus exploits two of Polyphemus’s senses. Odysseus attempts to fascinate Polyphemus’s sense of taste. For example‚ Odysseus allures Polyphemus with his wine by describing how it would be comfortable to drink with human flesh. Then‚ Odysseus tempts Polyphemus’s sense of hearing. Odysseus talks about his name. Odysseus tells Polyphemus "Cyclops‚ try this
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how an ignorant decision can so intensely affect his and his crew’s life. Odysseus couldn’t stand to just walk away. He couldn’t help but gloat about what he’s done to Polyphemus. In the Odyssey‚ Odysseus encounters many dangerous creatures‚ one of them being the Cyclops‚ Polyphemus. After blinding Polyphemus‚ Odysseus’s gloating caused him and his crew some misfortune. Bragging ultimately causes their deaths in the story. He subsequently put his crew in danger‚ made Poseidon angry and
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relieved Ithaca’s normalcy returned‚ was furious upon discovery that Polyphemus‚ the wretched Cyclops who kept Odysseus and his men prisoner in his cave‚ was attacking Ithaca. Twenty years after having returned from his journey‚ Odysseus had managed to rebuild Ithaca and return it to its former glory. Until that day‚ when he heard rumors of a mammoth beast attacking a village near the coast. When Odysseus first glimpsed Polyphemus‚ the monster exclaimed‚ in a terrifying voice‚ “Odysseus‚ I have returned
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lands on the island of the Cyclopes and unwittingly dooms most of his men to a fearsome Cyclops named Polyphemus‚ the son of Poseidon. In my opinion‚ I believe that the book version of Book IX in The Odyssey is better than the movie version. Every time we watch a movie based on a book we read‚ we expect it to be just as good as the book. In the movie version of Book IX in The Odyssey‚ Polyphemus eats only two men (technically we don’t see Antiphous get eaten‚ but it is implied that he is)‚ contradicting
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Odysseus met Polyphemus. Polyphemus was a cyclops that shows how Odysseus’ life changed and how Odysseus is a hero with a lesson to learn. Odysseus made some clever choices with Polyphemus but other choices lead to nothing but destruction and pain. Throughout Odysseus’ journey he is reminded of the mistakes he made with Polyphemus. Polyphemus came to a realization after the spike went into his eye‚ "Clawing his face he tugged the bloody spike out of his eye‚ threw it
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impales a burning wooden staff into Polyphemus’ eye then informs the raging cyclops that his name is nobody is an ideal instance in which directly exemplifies Odysseus’ intelligence significantly benefitting him where using his somatic fortitude would not. Before stabbing Polyphemus in the eye‚ Odysseus gets him drunk first to ensure he would not have enough coordination to attempt to kill him and his remaining crew members. The triumphant plan of intoxicating Polyphemus before impaling him so that his
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to arrive to his home‚ Ithaca‚ From Troy. Odysseus is flawed and lucky man‚ as evidenced by his encounters with Polyphemus‚ the cyclops‚ the sirens and their temptations‚ and fear of when he visits the Underworld. Odysseus shows that he is a flawed and lucky man when he encounters Polyphemus‚ the cyclops. Odysseus shows he is flawed and lucky because when he got away from Polyphemus‚ he gets carried away with pride. For example‚ when Odysseus says‚ "Cyclops‚ if ever a mortal man inquire how you
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that Odysseus had went through to arrive home. A island that Odysseus went through was the island where a Cyclops named Polyphemus had lived .Odysseus invades Polyphemus’s cave and gets trapped inside. Polyphemus eats some of Odysseus’s People. He offers Polyphemus shots of liquor. Polyphemus asks for more‚ eventually he had to many which caused him to go to sleep. While Polyphemus was asleep‚ Odysseus decided to make a spear to inject inject it into
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When Odysseus and his men venture into the cave of the Cyclops Polyphemus‚ they become trapped when Polyphemus comes back and finds them hiding in the shadows. Odysseus is then asked what his name is. Odysseus then replies by saying‚ “My name is Nobody. That is what I am called by my mother and father and by all my friends.”. pg 119. By saying this‚ Odysseus is protecting himself and his men from Polyphemus ever trying to seek help to smite Odysseus. After blinding the Cyclops with
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while Nestor’s respect for the god’s traditions gives rise to rewards. Polyphemus‚ a Cyclops‚ pays no heed to Zeus’ guest-host customs‚ trapping and ultimately eating Odysseus’ crewmembers. The guest-host customs of Ancient Greece include giving shelter and gifts to strangers. Odysseus and his crew believe that even a Cyclops will follow the customs‚ going so far as to eat Polyphemus’ cheeses when they first arrive. Had Polyphemus run a traditional household‚ he would have added the cheeses to the
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