In the Odyssey and the “Siren Song,” sirens are portrayed with similarities and differences. Odysseus states that the sirens “sent their ravishing voices” the word “ravishing” is used to explain to the readers how beautiful or delightful their…
Ravashing voices...heart inside me throbbed to listen longer." Even though the sirens sound unpleasant, their sounds are still addicting. That makes the tone of the story sound as if in order to remain alive, one must get away from those desperate, ugly siren creatures. In the poem,…
In book twelve,the picture,and the poem about thee sirens are different and alike in many ways. The sirens can be described as noisy, irritating, and unusual. While the crewmen aren't listening to the sirens sing because they have ear plugs in and Odysseus is listening to the sirens because he feels as an leader he needs to. The painting communicates the idea that the sirens are birds singing. While book twelve communicates the idea that Odysseus talks about his journey and ends it with telling king Alcinous his tales.…
In “Homer’s Odyssey” the poem is told from Odysseus point of view. He portrays the Sirens as mysterious and luring. Circes advises Odysseus that the Sirens “spellbind any man alive, whoever comes their way.” Gaining this knowledge, Odysseus made his sailors plug their ears with beeswax so they would avoid hearing the thrilling songs of the Sirens. Odysseus was determined to hear the…
The imagery of “weaving” a song suggests that the song, as it progresses, binds the listener tighter and tighter. In the same way, Odysseus becomes entwined in the Sirens’ beauty…
The Sirens attract the sailors who sail by their island with their voices in hopes that they will crash onto their island. Before Odysseus and his crew sail by the island, he gives everyone ear wax to put into their ears so that they will not be tortured by the Sirens’ songs. His men had tied him to the ship so that he would not jump overboard to hear what these seductive women were saying. When Odysseus’s ship sails past the Siren’s island, his naked ears are tortured by the sweet song of the Sirens. This song drives Odysseus mad with the temptation and the desire of what the sirens are singing. Moreover, if it were not for his men, the Sirens would have caused Odysseus to crash his ship on the rocks and perish. “…on the island of Sirens there are bodies of men who heard the Sirens’ voice and crashed on their island” (Vernant 104). Countless men sail past the Sirens Island but when they sailed they heard the Sirens’ voice causing them to crash. “The Sirens are both the appeal of the yearning for knowledge, erotic attraction-they are the essence of seduction-and death” (Vernant 104). When men sail past their island, this is what they would sing of, driving men to go crazy to hear more of what they were saying. Although the Sirens cannot move, their seductive voices amplified all over the oceans and cause men to crash on their…
In the epic poem The Odyssey, Homer utilizes plot to develop a major motif, the repercussions of succumbing to temptation. One of the most memorable instances when Odysseus gave into temptation was at the island of the cyclops. He gave into his curiosity and he entered the cyclops's home. The aggressive cyclops came home and ate multiple men. Odysseus’s lust for Kleos is also a temptation. He surrendered to it when he reveals his identity to Polyphemus, bringing the wrath of Poseidon upon him and his crew. Only Odysseus survived. Another example of Odysseus giving into temptation is the Siren ordeal, when he insisted on listening to the Siren's mesmerizing song. The crew were made to plug their ears, so that they could sail safely by the Sirens’…
Odysseus tells the event from his point of view, so in first person. This gives the story more action because it is a closer encounter of his feelings. What he feels and experiences from the sirens is best perceived from the person who experiences it. In the “Siren Song” the tone is depressing. It sends sadness because it describes the sirens actions as a plea for help.…
The Sirens shows how Odysseus is an intelligent. This myth proves he is intelligent because he thinks of a plan for himself and his men to get passed The Sirens without dying. “Odysseus told his men about them and that the only way to pass them safely was for each man to stop his ears with wax” shows the plan Odysseus thought about before passing through. Intelligent makes him a strong leader because if he didn’t have plans he wouldn’t be able to come up with the plan to survive or to get home.…
Odysseus' potentials and character nature serve as a worldview of the perfect Homeric Greek man. The "god-like Odysseus" is complicated, courageous, clever, and expressive. His increments are a lot of his understandings through travel, the meeting of various societies and people groups and gains from misery and mistakes. Odysseus' strength is continually tested by the lure of ladies. In the Odyssey, batch cases of such attraction mirror the significance of sexual orientation and the part of ladies.…
In the epic poem, The Odyssey, the sirens have a tone of confidence. The sirens sing, “Never as any sailor passed our shores in his black craft,” and that shows how their song always works when men pass by the rocks their prey is always captured. When the men “left the Sirens fading in our wake, once we could hear their song no more, their urgent call,” the sirens…
In the poem by Margaret Atwood titled “Siren Song” multiple techniques are used and left out in order to create a specific and clever meaning. The poem works in a way that speaks to the reader from a siren, the speaker of the poem being the siren. It begins with the speaker telling the reader about a song of a siren; half women and half nymph. These sirens in Greek mythology would sing to sailors and attract them to their island. Once on the island the men would be killed or stranded there to spend eternity. The siren bargains with the reader and sings her song. The way the poem is set up makes this simple plot a very cunning and powerful ideal, an ideal that is seen in many different aspects of life. Curiosity, dependency, and sympathy become three deadly tools for the song of our modern day sirens such as media, relationships, and sales.…
And they head off on their journey with Odysseus. They pass the sirens without losing anyone by Odysseus’ clever idea to use earplugs and to tie him up. At this point Odysseus has already changed a lot and has become a better leader.…
Odysseus abruptly interrupts his tale after he tells of the deceased princesses he met, and it is testament to his captivation of his audience that, “…not a sound was heard in the whole length of the shadowy hall…” (Homer). After the queen declares her admiration…
To create a descriptive representation of when the troops attacked Troy, Homer writes, “troops of Achaeans broke from cover, streaming out of horses hollow flanks to plunder Troy - he sang how left and right they ravaged the steep city.” These two selections from the passage convey an aggressive nature and strength by describing the attack and Troy’s inevitable loss with vivid imagery. In the second paragraph, Homer uses an epic simile to describe the extent of Odysseus’ anguish and heartache by comparing Odysseus’ emotional state as that of a deeply heartbroken woman. Within the epic simile, Homer uses imagery to describe the crying woman. He writes, “her arms flung around her darling husband, a man who fell in battle, fighting for town and townsmen, trying to beat the day of doom from home and children. Seeing the man go down, dying, gasping for breath, she clings for dear life, screams and shrills.” This quote displays deep emotional pain and turmoil, as it portrays an image of a woman grieving a devastating loss. This is quite different from the image created in the first paragraph, they contrast in terms of how they both convey different effects to the reader. One is conveys strength and power, especially that of Odysseus, as he is the one who led the battle. But in the other paragraph, the reader sees that Odysseus is no longer that strong warrior, as he is shown displaying deep pain and…