Ella Joy Won Mr. Schmidt English 9 Honors 3 April 2024 Predators of Support We have all faced predators or creatures, whether it be through the eyes of your favorite TV protagonist, a character in a book, or in your own life. These predators and creatures are usually depicted as nightmarish beings that are out to frighten, harm, and bring misfortune upon people. But what about the impact that these creatures have on who characters are as a person, or what they value, or how they think? Wednesday Addams, from the show Wednesday, faces the Hyde monster, and at the end of her journey she learns that people aren’t all that they might seem to be. In the end, she realized that she should have watched who she trusted and been more aware of those who
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On his journey home he encounters Polyphemus, who is a Cyclops, where he makes unwise decisions by going into danger without a plan. Odysseus ends up trapping his men in the cave of Polyphemus where six of his men are completely obliterated but luckily they narrowly escape. Later on in The Odyssey, written by Homer, Odysseus has returned home to Ithaca and is faced with the suitors that have been walking all over his kingdom and property like they own it. They are in the midst of a competition of who gets Penelope’s, Odysseus’s wife, hand in marriage. Odysseus, as an old man, recruits the loyal swineherd and cowherd, Eumaeus and Philoetius, to help him take down the suitors after revealing his true identity to them. He then steps up to the plate and flawlessly completes Penelope’s challenge. After, he shoots the arrow at Antinous, which in turn riles the suitors. Homer describes, “Wildly they turned and scanned the walls in the long room for arms; but not a shield, not a good ashen spear was there for a man to take and throw. All they could do was yell in outrage at Odysseus …show more content…
Odysseus and his allies initiate battle with the suitors and take down many enemies. The epic poem says,“Wildly they turned and scanned the walls in the long room for arms; but not a shield, not a good ashen spear was there for a man to take and throw. All they could do was yell in outrage at Odysseus.” This time around Odysseus was prepared for battle and was thinking ahead of time to give them the upper hand. Odysseus has hidden all of the weapons and secured them in a place out of the suitors reach. The rageful suitors dart their eyes around the room looking for weapons to fight back, but there are none to be seen anywhere; they can do nothing but scream at Odysseus. According to the epic poem,“The servants armed themselves, and all three took their stand beside the master of battle.” Here Odysseus has also prepared himself with allies who will help him fight, who are in on the plan. The Odyssey by Homer, also says,“While he had arrows he aimed and shot, and every shot brought down one of his huddling enemies.” They showed no mercy killing every single suitor, and the battle of the suitors
On his journey home he encounters Polyphemus, who is a Cyclops, where he makes unwise decisions by going into danger without a plan. Odysseus ends up trapping his men in the cave of Polyphemus where six of his men are completely obliterated but luckily they narrowly escape. Later on in The Odyssey, written by Homer, Odysseus has returned home to Ithaca and is faced with the suitors that have been walking all over his kingdom and property like they own it. They are in the midst of a competition of who gets Penelope’s, Odysseus’s wife, hand in marriage. Odysseus, as an old man, recruits the loyal swineherd and cowherd, Eumaeus and Philoetius, to help him take down the suitors after revealing his true identity to them. He then steps up to the plate and flawlessly completes Penelope’s challenge. After, he shoots the arrow at Antinous, which in turn riles the suitors. Homer describes, “Wildly they turned and scanned the walls in the long room for arms; but not a shield, not a good ashen spear was there for a man to take and throw. All they could do was yell in outrage at Odysseus …show more content…
Odysseus and his allies initiate battle with the suitors and take down many enemies. The epic poem says,“Wildly they turned and scanned the walls in the long room for arms; but not a shield, not a good ashen spear was there for a man to take and throw. All they could do was yell in outrage at Odysseus.” This time around Odysseus was prepared for battle and was thinking ahead of time to give them the upper hand. Odysseus has hidden all of the weapons and secured them in a place out of the suitors reach. The rageful suitors dart their eyes around the room looking for weapons to fight back, but there are none to be seen anywhere; they can do nothing but scream at Odysseus. According to the epic poem,“The servants armed themselves, and all three took their stand beside the master of battle.” Here Odysseus has also prepared himself with allies who will help him fight, who are in on the plan. The Odyssey by Homer, also says,“While he had arrows he aimed and shot, and every shot brought down one of his huddling enemies.” They showed no mercy killing every single suitor, and the battle of the suitors