February 8‚ 2015 English 9 Honors Odyssey Final Essay In the epic poem‚ The Odyssey by Homer‚ The hero Odysseus displays many heroic traits that make him an epic hero. The Odyssey is about Odysseus journey home after the Trojan War. On his way back home‚ he harms a Cyclops’s eye‚ so Poseidon becomes very angry and make Odysseus’s trip extremely difficult. Odysseus encounters many monsters and his entire crew perishes. When he finally returns home after 20 years‚ Athena helps him reunite
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hero because of their good traits being weighed down by their bad traits. That is what keeps Odysseus in The Odyssey from standing out as the hero he was. The Odyssey was written by Homer and it is an epic poem. The Odyssey is about a young war hero‚ Odysseus‚ who has to make a journey home after the ten year Trojan War. He needs to arrive home before his son grows up because that is when his wife will move on to another man that will inherit his kingdom. Odysseus‚ the protagonist can be indirectly
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harmful temptations. The war hero‚ Odysseus‚ traveled for three years‚ always trying to achieve his homecoming. In Odysseus’ fourth year‚ Zeus destroyed his ship‚ as well as his companions‚ while they were out at sea. After these losses‚ Odysseus alone was washed up onto the island of a nymph‚ Kalypso. She took him into her palace and came to love him. After time‚ she desired to make Odysseus her husband‚ offering to make him immortal as well. Yet‚ Odysseus declines her offer of immortality.
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disguise‚ as mentor etc.‚ she still has her bright sparkling eyes which portray her as a very wise woman. This is the same with Penelope as she is portrayed as wise throughout most of The Odyssey. By examining the character of Penelope‚ the wife of Odysseus‚ one can see just how women exerted their power and influence in The Odyssey and to what ends. Penelope uses clever cunning and sexual charm to toy with men’s emotions and to meet her own needs while she is waiting for her husband to return from
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Odyssey‚ the epic hero Odysseus exhibits man heroic traits‚ the most important of which is intellect. In The Odyssey‚ the hero Odysseus first shows intellect in the island of the Lotus Eaters. He chooses to go onto the island and grab his men that got addicted to the lotus. They have lost all hope in returning home. Odysseus doesn’t want them to lose loyalty to their families. This is the first episode that he shows the heroic trait of intellect. The second adventure that Odysseus shoes intellect is
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get home. Although Odysseus from Homer’s poem and Ulysses from the Coen brothers’ film essentially follow the same journey‚ the way they are portrayed along this journey causes the audience to have divergent opinions about each hero. Fundamentally shaping the audience’s attitudes toward each hero‚ Odysseus is portrayed in a much more positive light than Ulysses is. While Odysseus possesses both good and bad characteristics‚ Ulysses seems to mirror primarily the bad ones. Odysseus shows his cunning
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Carlson Gerelus Mrs. Councilman Effective English 101 November 2014 Why Odysseus is a bad leader? What makes a good leader? That’s a very important question when asking the dynamics of the situation that the leader is put in. When looking at the aspects of a leader‚ a leader does not only lead his men‚ colleague‚ and peers to the final destination of where they want and need to be. But a good leader characteristics makes up as having a fair objective and being reasonable. Additionally‚ it helps knowing
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the Greeks would feel that he is not complete. They believed an individual must have have both‚ a well developed mind and a fit body‚ not only one or the other‚ to be ideal. This is the Greek concept of a sound mind and body. In Homer ’s Odyssey‚ Odysseus and Telemachos‚ had to have and/or achieve a sound mind and body‚ to be the successful and outstanding characters of the epic. The ones who lacked these quality suffered and paid for it in the end. In Books one and two‚ Telemachos acts immaturely
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their bravery‚ but their traits have an impact on that. In the epic poem‚ the Odyssey‚ the hero undergoes several trials and loses many friends along the way. Homer used the Odyssey to tell the tale of an epic hero‚ and Odysseus’s traits prove him to be a hero. Odysseus was brave‚ so he was not selfish and saved his men from Polyphemus. “As luck would have it‚ the men I would have chosen won the tossーfour strong men‚ and I made five as captain.” This shows that Odysseus won’t force his men to do
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A hero today shows characteristics such as bravery and courage. In Ancient Greece a very important trait to have was heroism . In our cities and in our world a hero stands up and protects us. When Odysseus went to Kirke island it was a big conflict in the story. Kirke‚ is the beautiful witch goddess who host Odysseus and his men at her house. Through the character Kirke‚ Homer shows that in order to be a true hero one must have hospitality‚ Loyalty and Physical Strength. In the book‚ The Odyssey
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