Odysseus, a Hero In modern society, heroes don’t need to be physically strong or slay monsters, we see heroes as one forms a change in society. A prime example is Malala, an activist for females’ education who risked her life to support her thoughts about the world. The characteristics needed to become a hero has interchanged from ancient society to modern society. Throughout his ten- year journey home, Odysseus has demonstrated many characteristics which can determine whether he can be considered
Was Odysseus a true hero or not? This question is very common for people after they've read the story, “The Odyssey.” My peers and I may have different opinions, but I believe he's not a true hero. For this reason, leaves his throne and family, cheats on his wife, does not share Circe’s information before hand, and he puts his crew members in danger. Does a true hero leave his home, family, or most importantly, his throne? In my opinion, a hero wouldn't leave the things he love most for ten
when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed”. Homer, in the epic poem, The Odyssey claims that Odysseus is not a hero nor ever was. In the poem, Homer supports his assertion by explaining in details to show who Odysseus truly is. The author’s purpose is to persuade that Odysseus is not a hero that everyone does expect him as so that he can prove everyone wrong. The author writes in a formal tone for the everyman to understand where he is coming from. In the book, The Odyssey, Odysseus is not a hero, because
“A hero is someone who steps up when everyone else backs down” Odysseus is a hero that people think of as a god be in reality he is a mortal, but is a slave to the god; Zeus. He was taken from his family and was later trained by the gods, and the gods gave him challenges and obstacles to overcome threw his job as a slave. He later did a good job and Zeus let him him go but he shipped him out to sea and gave him challenges along the way traveling back home. An epic hero is a human being that does
Based on my readings of The Odyssey there are many characteristics that mark out Odysseus as a hero. But to me there are three main principal characteristics that mark out Odysseus as a hero, For example a hero has a fatal flaw in some point in time. A hero also has to be strong and overcome obstacles or flaws that prevent him or her from reaching their goal; it could either benefit him or others. The last main principal characteristic is having some sort of reliability to help him get thru those
Objectively speaking, Odysseus was considered a good man when held up to his people's’ standards, but was he a good man when held up the Bible’s standards? He accomplished many honorable goals, and carried out many brave quests. He was brave, cunning, and determined. Overall, Odysseus was known as a hero throughout the land. But some aspects of his morality seem rather questionable when compared to the Bible’s standards. Renowned throughout his homeland, and across the seas, Odysseus seems to be a good
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
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
The Epic Hero Odysseus? To begin with, some of the major traits that Odysseus had shown throughout the story that proves he is an epic hero are that he is determined, tough, clever, and loyal. Determinism exist within him because he did not give up on returning home to Ithaca for such an extensive time. No matter the task, he would always try and complete it, such as, traveling down to the underworld despite his fear of Hades. That also applies to why he is tough, as well as the fact that he
The Odyssey, by Homer, is an epic poem following the journey of the legendary Odysseus on his journey home from the Trojan War. Odysseus is a combination of the self-made, self-assured man and the embodiment of the standards and mores of his culture. He is favored by the gods and respected and admired by the mortals. Even the wrath of Poseidon does not keep him from his homecoming. He is confident that he represents virtue even when a modern audience might not be so sure. But his confidence is what