Odysseus is the lord of Ethica, his wife Penelope gave him a son and he named it Telemachus. Odysseus needs to leave Ethica, his mother, his wife and his newborn son, to fight in Trojan War in Troy. Odysseus and his men built a Trojan horse to enter the kingdom Troy, and when they already entered the battle begin and they defeated the Troy kingdom. Odysseus declared that he defeated Troy himself without the help of other Gods, so that Poseidon got angry and punished him. Poseidon didn’t let Odysseus to reach Ethica, he gives Odysseus many obstacles, but Odysseus never stop to find way to get back to Ethica, he never surrender on whatever the obstacles is, even in sacrificing herself just to see again Penelope and his son and to get back to…
1. Epic is a long narrative poem involving heroic figures and supernatural events and written in elevated style. Identify some elements of epic in the Iliad.…
The gods have played their part altering the course of the hero’s voyage. Seemingly, in the epic harmony does not last long and challenges follow Odysseus like a plague. Calypso, the audience believes holds the last installment of the global journey, our hero has yet more battles ahead of him. In fact, the king of Ithaca wandered the Mediterranean and its coastal lands for 10 years before finally arriving home. As waves crash against the raft, “he was seen sailing the ocean”(284). The sea near the land of the Phaeacians is only one region Odysseus has been driven to. All these occurs as a number of loyal citizens and a hopeful family await his return, a period when others dependence on him shines through. As Odysseus is under the angry waters…
With Odysseus’s departure twenty years prior, Ithaca has descended into chaos, by a swarm of suitors, who plague the palace, and pursue Odysseus’s wife and queen, Penelope. Odysseus father, Laertes, and Penelope, his wife and queen, are the two individuals who truly test him— he returns the favour—, as personifications of Ithaca, they act as stepping stones in his reinstitution as head of his household and kingdom.…
“The Odyssey” is a story about a King named Odysseus, who goes off to lead a war and is separated from his family and kingdom for 20 years. While he is away for so many years his son grows up into a man and helps his mother; Odysseus’ wife, Penelope rules the kingdom. After many years of Odysseus being gone, suitors or “wooers” arrive trying to win over the queen. When Odysseus gets back he brutally slaughters everyone who was involved with the suitor’s plans, including the innocent servant women, who were working in his castle at the time.…
The elements of an epic poem contain a hero of legendary proportion, adventures of superhuman strength and valor, and involvement in the super natural. The story of Beowulf is a prime example because the main character, Beowulf, fulfills all the aspects necessary to identify an epic poem and hero. The qualities that an epic hero has are displayed in Beowulf by being a hero of great importance, having adventures of epic strength and valor, and being involved in defeating supernatural.…
Lizeth Marin Honors Introduction to Literature Period 3 18 April 2008 Odysseus: Hero or Villain? Heading home, to Ithaca, Odysseus is faced upon many obstacles that he and his men try to overcome, but in the end substantiate that Odysseus is a villain. “The old soldier in despair: He has spent ten years (seven of them as Calypso’s not entirely unwillingly captive) trying to get home” (652, summary). Evidence proves that Odysseus is a villain, because he tries to convince that he was kept unwillingly by Calypso. However, it is true that Odysseus was kept as Calypso’s captive for a time. Yet he can still be judged as a villain, because he does not just stay as a prisoner, no, he assists Calypso by being with her for the pleasures that she offers to him. Of course that Odysseus never says no to that, which reveals his true and voracious side.”As Circe of Aeaea, the enchantress, desired me, and detained me in her hall. But in my heart I never gave my consent” (656,141-143). This quote once again proves Odysseus to be a villain. This could be argued and said that Odysseus was only taking precautions so that he would not get killed or so that Circe would not release her rage at him in some sort of way. However, with Circe he could have left whenever he wanted unlike when he was with Calypso. Odysseus continues his journey, though he is retained by many obstacles, but only proves that his felony is even stronger than what could have ever been imagined. Odysseus once again through his action proves himself worthy of being known as a villain. Bitten by curiosity, Odysseus proposes to go see the Cyclops’s cave and insists on waiting for him (660, summary). His action leads him and his men to danger. Odysseus after his encounter with Polyphemus, a Cyclops and Poseidon’s monstrous son, is captured along with his men. Odysseus outsmarts the Cyclops and saves some of his men, but it still leaves him as the person responsible for the felony that his men commit to Cyclops…
In Ithaca, the suitors are looking to marry Penelope, Telemachus’ mother. Penelope’s husband, Odysseus, has not been found after the Trojan War, and Athena reminds Telemachus about his father. While Odysseus and Athena are planning, the suitors argue about who is the special one to marry Penelope. The suitors also threaten Telemachus by telling him to exile her mother from his house or make his mom marry one of them. Odysseus’s son decides to set out on sea and find people, who can lead him to Odysseus. There is one obstacle left which is to persuade the suitors about his compromise. The next day, the suitors keep on arguing until Telemachus becomes tired of all the appeals and arguments from them, and he decides to assemble them. Telemachus has Mentor by his side, but he is a disguise for Athena. At first, Telemachus stands strong in telling his step by step plan, but he lets his emotions come in the way after the suitors starts disagreeing again. His emotions tells that…
Homer´s Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus, a war hero, and his 10-year voyage back home. After the war ended and Troy was burned down, Odysseus, having offended Poseidon and blinded his son, is set upon his way to Ithaca, his kingdom. For reasons that have not yet been explained, Odysseus ends up at Ogygia, where he is being held prisoner by Calypso, the nymph goddess. In Ithaca, his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus wait for his return.…
We find out that while Odysseus has been gone many of the men have been trying to steal his wife away from him and lust for her. Odysseus has a son who is named Telemachus. He wishes to kill off the men who are trying to steal his mother and lust for her. "He could almost see his magnificent father, here ... in the mind’s eye—if only he might drop from the clouds and drive these suitors all in a rout throughout the halls and regain his pride of place and rule his own domains!"(197) Athena appears to sympathize for Odysseus's son and his situation so she appears to him in the form of one of Odysseus's fathers friend. "And down she swept from Olympus’ craggy peaks and lit on Ithaca, standing tall at Odysseus’ gates, the threshold of his court. Gripping her bronze spear, she looked for all the world like a stranger now, like Mentes, lord of the Taphians."(196) It is here that she tells his son that his father Odysseus is alive and well and being held captive. She tells Telemachus that he must get a crew together and sail out to the seas in search of information on his father. He must also kill those men who have been looting their estate and lusting for his mother. Eventually Telemachus suspects it was a God he has spoken to. This is important to the theme. Telemachus would have never known his…
Odysseus demonstrates qualities of a hero in many ways throughout his voyage. The journey begins for Odysseus when he leaves his home of Ithaca to win the Trojan War for his native land. While Odysseus initially did all he could to avoid being involved in the madness of the war, he could no longer fake his insanity when Telemachus, his son, was placed in front of his moving plow. Odysseus knew that his courage was considered necessary to cease the Trojan War. In this instance, he plays a vital role as the king of Ithaca in leading to victory furthermore, proving him to be a hero. Through acts of bravery, Odysseus uses his wisdom and eloquence to construct a plan to defeat his enemies. His clever idea of the Trojan Horse allowed for the Greeks to invade the castle doors and in the end win the war. While taking part in the Trojan War portrays his heroism, Odysseus’ true acts of courage and nobility are emphasized by him leaving his wife and son yet simultaneously never giving up hope on returning home safely to them.…
Odysseus is trapped on the island Ogygia by the goddess Calypso who wants him to be her husband.…
An epic is described as a long narrative poem with all its elements considered epic including epic heroes, epic plot, epic themes, and epic settings. In The Odyssey, an epic written by Homer, all these elements are used. The Odyssey is a good example of an epic because it incorporates all the necessary components.…
During Odysseus’ journey in ‘The Odyssey’, Odysseus runs into a couple problems. He leaves home ready to fight in the Trojan War. Although he had plans on coming home, he never made it home. His wife Penelope and his son Telemachus assumed that Odysseus was dead. It was not until Athena came to Telemachus and gave him everything he needed to make it to his dad. What Telemachus did not know was that Odysseus wanted to come home, but he could not because he was being held prisoner on an island named Ogygia. Odysseus wants nothing more to return home and see his lovely wife Penelope.…
7. Epic poetry are long poetic narrations of heroic feats and the most famous was a blind epic poet called Homer who became known for the two most famous epic poems of the Iliad and the Odyssey.…