“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
When Odysseus is about half way home in Homer’s The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fagles, he travels to the Kingdom of the Dead. Circe tells him to do this in order to hear from the blind Theban prophet Tiresias and get information about his return to Ithaca. Although Tiresias’ prophecy to Odysseus seems to be entirely about the tasks he must perform in order to regain his kingdom and home, the prophet actually attempts, with great cunning of his own, to teach Odysseus important moral lessons about
many great societies. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, the half-man half-god Gilgamesh struggles to accept his humanity and the faults that come with it, while chasing immortality. Similarly, Odysseus in The Odyssey by Homer comes to realize that he isn’t impeccable and that all people have faults, while fighting to come home to the people he loves. In both these men’s stories their strengths, weaknesses and humanity are what fashion them not perfect, nevertheless heroes. All men have different strengths;
Odysseus and Hospitality on Polyphemus’ Island Odysseus, for all his heroism, is not a perfect man; his decisions on Polyphemus’ island offend hospitality traditions laid out in Odyssey. Based on the host-guest relations throughout Odyssey, it is reasonable to conclude that these customs are serious issues. When analyzing Odysseus and Polyphemus’ interaction it is easy to accuse Polyphemus of ignoring these beliefs. It is Odysseus, however, whose decisions disrespect not only Polyphemus, but hospitality
Informal Essay: The Odyssey By Homer Odysseus was a gallant and kingly man in The Odyssey. Although Odysseus received idolization for his greatness, Odysseus experienced mixed emotions of cunning, misery, confidence, and temptation. His life was rough, he managed his fate and love well, but fighting the two things on his mind; achieving glory and a homecoming.The Odyssey was written as an entertainment piece of literature. The Odyssey was a long series of books of a “hero” who must go through his
During their dinner, Menelaus and Helen each tells story to tell about Odysseus at Troy. However, between their stories, there seems to have slightly different point they are trying to share, other than about Odysseus; Helen seems to appear mainly in both of Menelaus and Helen’s story. In Menelaus’ story, Helen seems to appear as persuading and her craftiness against Greek while Helen states she was in heroic act of helping Odysseus to battle against Achaeans, while she was too, states was on the side
lot of 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
thinking of a hero, one pictures a young man with large muscles such as Hercules or Superman. Smart is not a typical quality used to describe heroes. However, that trait is possibly the most similar between the characters Odysseus and Beowulf. They present other traits along with their intelligence, but it is the character trait that they both take advantage of. These two characters share heroic qualities such as intelligence, courage, and strength. Beowulf and Odysseus were both very sharp and intelligent
In this essay, I am considering which of the two characters, Odysseus or Achilles, would be most suitable to accompany my little brother safely to his destination. There are many reasons for which I chose Odysseus to escort my little brother on his quest. He makes very wise decisions and is kind to other people and animals. He is also very strategic and is just to others. Odysseus has a strong, fatherly love for children, as he has a child of his own. He is also very loyal to his family and
the character Odysseus, the reader is vividly shown the life styles and views of the Greeks. To summarize the book, Odysseus recently sets home from a nearly decade long war, but first he must go through many trials. Along the way his shadowy guide, Athena, helps him conquer the evils in order to return to his family, who is in the mist of being lost. This essay is going to be discussing Odysseus’ view of the gods of the Greeks, his view of life and death, and his view of man. Odysseus’ opinions of