Odessey Essay
Nolan Shane
English 1/Hardy
Odyssey Essay 12-09-20h
Dark Temptations
All through history, temptations have been deceiving, death defying, and ferocious. In the epic poem, The Odyssey, by Homer, temptation is the evil master in disguise. While on the way for their home, Ithaca, the protagonist Odysseus and his men encounter the darkest depths of temptations. There longing for home, love, and hunger, is what controls their fate.
One of the first temptations in the Odyssey is the longing for home. The first encounter with this temptation is at the land of the Lotus eaters. On their way from Troy, Odysseus and his men land on the island of the lotus eaters. The native people there give the men a plant name lotus. But, this is no ordinary plant, and the temptation to eat was irrespirable. This plant erased all memory of home and family from even the strongest minded man. The men had the temptation to stay on the island but, sooner or late Odysseus had to tie the men in the ship and scurry away from the island. This part of the story might even make us realize we all need friends like Odysseus to help us realize when we are blinded by one path we need to turn and go to another. In other words if were stuck on the island of the lotus eater or “the blinded path”, we need a friend like Odysseus to tie us into a ship or “make us see a new path”.
One of the most obvious temptations in the Odyssey is the need for food, or hunger. This one attraction puts Odysseus and his men into many predicaments. These incidents kill and seal Odysseus crews fate. There were two really big incidents of this temptation; one takes place in the cave of the Cyclops, Polyphemus. Odysseus men are lured into the cave by the humongous sheep and rolls of cheese. I hope they ate like kings because the on eyed monster killed of at least six of the crew. Luckily because of Odysseus wits , he got most of his men out the cave safely. Now the second hunger temptation lands on the island of
English 1/Hardy
Odyssey Essay 12-09-20h
Dark Temptations
All through history, temptations have been deceiving, death defying, and ferocious. In the epic poem, The Odyssey, by Homer, temptation is the evil master in disguise. While on the way for their home, Ithaca, the protagonist Odysseus and his men encounter the darkest depths of temptations. There longing for home, love, and hunger, is what controls their fate.
One of the first temptations in the Odyssey is the longing for home. The first encounter with this temptation is at the land of the Lotus eaters. On their way from Troy, Odysseus and his men land on the island of the lotus eaters. The native people there give the men a plant name lotus. But, this is no ordinary plant, and the temptation to eat was irrespirable. This plant erased all memory of home and family from even the strongest minded man. The men had the temptation to stay on the island but, sooner or late Odysseus had to tie the men in the ship and scurry away from the island. This part of the story might even make us realize we all need friends like Odysseus to help us realize when we are blinded by one path we need to turn and go to another. In other words if were stuck on the island of the lotus eater or “the blinded path”, we need a friend like Odysseus to tie us into a ship or “make us see a new path”.
One of the most obvious temptations in the Odyssey is the need for food, or hunger. This one attraction puts Odysseus and his men into many predicaments. These incidents kill and seal Odysseus crews fate. There were two really big incidents of this temptation; one takes place in the cave of the Cyclops, Polyphemus. Odysseus men are lured into the cave by the humongous sheep and rolls of cheese. I hope they ate like kings because the on eyed monster killed of at least six of the crew. Luckily because of Odysseus wits , he got most of his men out the cave safely. Now the second hunger temptation lands on the island of