The Odyssey, one of the most well known epic stories Introduces Odysseus, the King of Ithaca. This story demonstrates Odysseus’s physical and intellectual strength. Striving to return home after 20 years of his treacherous journey, he uses strength, skill, and superior ability to overcome his troubles. Although he faced numerous obstacles and fought many battles, he made it appoint to get home to his kingdom through his physical ability, intellectual insight, and overcoming his epic flaw.…
In the Odyssey, and in Greek culture lying is common, it is used in a variety of ways, and…
Deception, or the act of deceiving or defrauding, is a prominent theme in the Odyssey. Though inherently dishonest, deception can be used to gain information and knowledge. Different characters (and people) use it different ways. This essay will establish that, whereas Odysseus uses deception to help him progress from Nobody back to Odysseus, king of Ithaca, Athena does so to keep her identity secret when she disguises herself.…
A personal virtue that is a major theme in the epic, The Odyssey, is loyalty and perseverance. The best example of loyalty in of the epic, Penelope, who waited faithfully in Ithaca for 20 years for her husband, Odysseus’, to return. Odysseus’ son Telemachus, who also showed loyalty by standing by his father against the suitors who are after the throne. The two analytical lenses that I will use to interpret this epic, is the Psychological and the social class lens. The psychology lens focuses on the internal struggles of a character in a text. This could be seen by the three main characters, Odysseus, Telemachus, and Penelope. All three character, psychologically, have their mind set on their longing reunion throughout the epic which ties to…
The textbook definition of self-serving bias (www.psychologytoday.com) is when people tend to attribute positive events to their own character, but they attribute negative events to external factors, so quite literally, self-serving bias is making oneself look good and blaming other factors. In Book 2 of the Aeneid, Virgil recounts the Battle of Troy from the Roman perspective while in Books 3 and 4 of the Odyssey and in the Iliad, Homer recounts the battle from the Greek perspective. Both epics tell the story of the Greeks construction of the Trojan Horse, which is a wooden horse secretly hiding the army in its hollow gut. The Greeks…
Dogs have been considered symbols of loyalty for generations, even earning the epithet “Man’s Best Friend.” The great amount of love and faithfulness that dogs display toward their families is so iconic that outlines of dogs have become common symbols of loyalty. In Romeo and Juliet, loyalty runs in families from the head of the household through to the lowest of servants. All Montagues, including their servants and friends, feel a unanimous hatred toward the Capulets, and vice versa. Not only do fights take place between direct members of the two families, but also between the servants and friends of the opposing sides. For example, Gregory and Sampson, both Capulet servants, fight with Abram and Balthasar, Montague servants, in Act 1 Scene 1. Later in the same fight, Lord Montague and Lord Capulet both attempt to join in the violence. In Act 3 Scene 1, Mercutio, a friend of Romeo’s, fights with Tybalt, a member of the…
In the Odyssey Odysseus gets tempted a lot by things and other stuff. lots of bad stuff happen thats why you don't get tempted. Like when he got tempted to go to the cave. This is depressing since he got some of his men killed. In addition, all his men will die later on probably because of him. Also, I read on to later pages and it says his men will die. Very tragic and I feel this could have been avoided if he was not selfish.…
Homer compares the Trojans disturbing the Greeks to the boys disturbing the hornets in order to show how the Trojans have no knowledge of who they were messing with, like the boys and fools, in attacking the Greeks. Homer says, ” infuriating the hive-the little fools- until the insects become a menace to all” (16.268-272). This essentially illustrates that the greeks are fools and like boys by not evaluating the outcome of what would be certain to happen when they decide to attack the black ships. Instead they are , driven by impulse. According to Homer, the insects, “attack any traveller who happens by, swarming out in defense of their brood”. The insects, which are the Greeks, become infuriated and turn into a hazard. The insects ,just as…
Drama, escapade, and vengeance is all in The Odyssey. (H) This book is written by Homer who is a Greek poet. (Auth) Homer’s effect on Western culture has had a colossal effect on Western culture. (Auth) Homer uses mythical creatures such as The Cyclop’s and Poseidon to illustrate how the Western culture worshiped and feared the gods and the dangerous creatures. (HC) The Odyssey analyzes universal themes such as vengeance throughout the book, one example is Poseidon and Odysseus. (TH)…
"Cyclops, if any mortal man ever asks you who it was that inflicted upon your eye this shameful blinding, tell him that you were blinded by Odysseus, sacker of cities. Laertes is his father, and he makes his home on Ithaca” (Homer 500-505). Homer’s work of historical fiction, The Odyssey, is the sequel to his earlier story The Iliad. The Odyssey follows Odysseus after the events of the 10 year Trojan war and his long journey home. He clashes with many monsters and it always seems that his pride gets the better of him. The quote above is Odysseus bragging to Polyphemus that he had blinded him, showing how prominent his ego is after clashing with the cyclops. This ego and several other mistakes lead to Odysseus’s entire crew being dead and taking 20 years to return home. Odysseus is not a hero. He was unfaithful to his wife and all of his crew is dead.…
Imagine battling with a giant Cyclops, being attacked by a six headed monster or having to navigate around a whirlpool. All of this, and more, happened to Odysseus the famous hero of Homer’s classic work the Odyssey. His journey home from the Trojan War took twenty years and involved unbelievable hardships. “…Odysseus has had to put away childish things and lives in a world where you can freeze to death, as well as be devoured by one-eyed monsters” (Bloom 2). These ordeals might seem far removed from everyday life.…
In ancient Greek religion, one belief was when someone dies he needed to receive at…
The following quote “Why do we fall? So we can pick ourselves back up,” means everyone makes mistakes, but these mistakes help one grow and learn. At any point in time, everyone faces a problem or tragedy, because that’s just life. Those are the moments in life you learn a lot from, and grow as a person.…
The epic poem The Odyssey is an epic written by the Greek writer Homer. It centers on the character Odysseus who is a great leader and a king of Ithaca whose actions portrayed a great deal of intelligence, bravery, and determination throughout his many encounters during his journey.…
In order to underscore the circumstances behind the death of Homer, it would be quite significant to first underscore that fact that the entire is bestowed with the themes of change and death. However, the theme of death takes the center stage in this paper. Death and change are actually the factors holding the underlying message in the story. The author clearly brings out the idea that it is actually better for an individual to accept the instances of death rather than to ignore the episode through the simple accounts he gives on the lives of Miss Emily (Faulkner 15). She chooses not to accept the fact that her father is dead by clinging on the father and extremely controlling the instances in which the fate of her father could be well versed…
