Honorable Characters In The Odyssey

Have you ever pondered if the protagonist in an epic is honorable,or is he really the sinful guy.Well so have I,and I know that in the Odyssey,Odysseus is the nice guy.First,he make a plan to take out the Cyclops with his resources,by creating a spear to stab the Cyclops in the eye to escape.Then,he uses his wisdom by giving the Cyclops a fake name. When they first entered the Cyclops‘s cave,they didn’t know anyone lived there.Additionally, they ate goat cheese they found,and drunk of the wine they brought with them.Then they laughed around a campfire for hours,until they heard a noise that sounded like an earthquake.As the sound grew louder,and stronger,the men began to tremble.A big Cyclops appeared before them with goats running ahead of him.Now,at this point many people would try to run away in panic,but Odysseus calmed his men and began to boil a plan.First,he offered the Cyclops some goat cheese,which he recognized as his own,but the Cyclops took one of Odysseus's men and ate him right before his very eyes.Now the crew …show more content…
To conclude,I believe Odysseus is a hero because he was able to save most of his men from the Cyclops and was able to use resources and wisdom to overtake the Cyclops.Now think about it,would you have done the same as Odysseus or would you have run like any other person would’ve