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Haughty or Hottie?
Being haughty does not describe the way you look, or how attractive you are. It is rather the idea of having an irrational amount of pride in oneself. In the book The Odyssey, it illustrates the hardships a king named Odysseus goes through to get back to his home in Ithaca. Trapped by a Cyclops, hearing the Sirens sing, and having Circe turn his crew into pigs all prohibit him from coming home, but could it have been avoided? In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus is haughty. Primarily, Odysseus is seen as egotistical by how he wants his victories known. In book nine it states, “Cyclops--if any man on the face of the earth should ask you who blinded you, shamed you so--say Odysseus,raider of cities,he gouges out your eye,Laertes’
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In the book, Odysseus describes his crew and says, “Then urged them to cut and run, set sails. But would they listen? Not those mutinous fools. Too much wine to swill,too many sheep to slaughter” (9.50-53). By calling his crew mates mutinous fools for not setting sail exemplifies how he told them to set sail, but due to their own decision they didn't. This idea of it being the crewmates decision shows how Odysseus cannot be blamed because he told them to leave. Along with this concept Aeolus sends Odysseus on his way home. When the wind sends them back Aeolus asks why he is back already. He replies by saying that his “mutinous crew undid him” (10.70-75). Without hesitation, Odysseus places all the blame on his mutinous crew. The crew only opens the bag since they thought Odysseus was hiding treasure from them. This shows how it was Odysseus’s fault since he wasn’t honest with the crew. In effect, the crew opens the bag sending them back. All in all, the Aeolus situation reflects how although it was Odysseus’s fault for not being honest, he immediately blames it on the crew. Odysseus’s haughtiness is highlighted by how he blames situations on others, especially his

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