What is a hero? In our time, heroes are defined as people who have done amazing feats of kindness, and also have many heroic qualities, important ones being compassion and honesty. However, thousands of years ago a hero was someone who simply did something great (preferably in the field of war). This is portrayed in the Odyssey where the hero had none of the qualities listed above. In the poem the Odyssey, the main character Odysseus would not be called a hero in modern times, but would be called
while keeping morals in hand. Only a hero would be able to do this. There are all sorts of mythology stories that lead us to believe in their “heros”. One example is the stories from the Iliad. They seem to make Odysseus seem like a hero, but he doesn’t nessacarily fit the expectations. In his life, he violated his own morals along with society’s, he avoided war, and didn’t watch over his crew. None of those qualities make him such a godly figure. Avoiding war is most times not thought of as brave
initiation, or the challenges and temptations, consists of the trials that brave Odysseus must face while on his lengthy voyage. Finally, the transformation, or his return, occurs when the jaded hero has changed as a result of his arduous adventure and encounters other difficulties upon his homecoming. Odysseus’s great expedition lasts twenty years and has three main components. To begin, the hero Odysseus s called to war and separated from his homeland, wife, and child. There are actually two calls
Heroes Odysseus the great, Homer’s main character in the epicThe Odyssey, was one of the greatest true heroes to the Greeks four thousand years ago. My father, David Woodruff, has proven to others he is a true hero like Odysseus. Odysseus and my father both show bravery, determination, and intelligence to prove they are true heroes. A true hero needs to show bravery. Both Odysseus and my father show bravery. Odysseus showed bravery all throughout the epic. When Odysseus was sailing into the
The book The Odyssey by Homer is about a hero named Odysseus from Troy. A hero is someone who is courageous, wisdom and selfless. Odysseus is considered a hero in many levels like being a war hero and also displays many of the characteristics a hero should have. Society needs hero's in today's world because heroes help us when we need them the most, they are our missing puzzle piece that society needs in its life to succeed, heroes never give up and try their hardest to make sure society is safe
Odysseus as an Epic Hero Contrary to popular belief, the hero featured in Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus does not fit the description of an epic hero. Odysseus is one of the many soldiers who was sent to fight in the Trojan war. The tale of Odysseus and his fabled Trojan horse is featured in The Illiad. The Odyssey is the tale of the aftermath of the grueling, 10 year Trojan War. It is the story of how Odysseus and his men travel on a long journey to return home to Ithaca. Odysseus is not only not
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself” answered the esteemed author and mythologist Joseph Campbell in his documentary The Power of Myth. Heroes often have to perform exceptionally elevated deeds for the common good, as Campbell so eloquently stated. Heroes frequently appear in countless numbers of forms. There are the typical famous superheroes that might first come to your mind, but there are also heroes in ordinary life. These everyday heroes are people
year journey home was called a hero even when he was at fault for 720 deaths. Odysseus is the main protagonist in the epic poem The Odyssey by the poet Homer. It is a tale of the war hero and his 720 crewmen on their way home after a ten year war. All 720 men died, but yet Odysseus is still considered a hero when he is actually the one to blame. Odysseus is the one that made decisions on a whim, and that was shown through the incident with the Cyclops, where Odysseus commanded his men to stay just
reasons why Odysseus in my belief and based in the Odyssey this is so. Firstly Odysseus is an ideal hero in both the physical and the mental sense. Physical he is a great hero, because he overcomes all these extreme dangers he comes out alive after missing for ten years and facing weird creatures and people. Homer set up this whole voyage with all the strange encounters that Odysseus has to go through, to become and be known as a great hero. In the mentally sense Odysseus is a hero, because he stays
the modern world might make a person be a hero? “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of over whelming obstacles” (Christopher Reeve). Today many people consider heroes as people who are courageous, strong and very intelligent; all these characteristics date back to the time during ancient Greece where many famous characters possessed these traits and were considered heroes. Over the years the term hero has been used for many different types of