How Does Odysseus Show Strength

In The Odyssey, the main character, Odysseus, shows many characteristics that help him throughout the story. He shows strength by overcoming hard obstacles. He shows courage by never giving up. He also shows clever by figuring out a way to escape many obstacles. Odysseus has many other characteristics, but in my opinion, these are the most important. Odysseus’s most commonly recognized characteristic is his superhuman strength. He shows his strength when he defeats all of the suitors in the Great Hall. When Odysseus fulfills the task given to him by Penelope, his plan was to kill all suitors living in his home. With the help of three other men and the gods on his side, he was able accomplish this. This quote explains Odysseus’s strength very well, “While he had arrows he aimed and shot, and every shot brought down one of his huddling enemies. But when all barbs had flown from the bowman’s fist, he leaned his bow in the bright entry way beside the door, and armed: a four-ply shield hard on his shoulder, and a crested helm, horse tailed, …show more content…
When he and his men get trapped inside the cyclops's cave, he figures out a way for them to get out. His men suggest killing him but then he remembers that he needs someone to move the boulder. Then the men try to move it themselves but the boulder does not move. Then Odysseus comes up with a plan. He says that they will get the cyclops drunk, stab him in the eye with a large stick, then the cyclops will open the boulder to get help. Then the men will escape under the bellies of the sheep that belong to the cyclops. This quote explains how the men escaped on the bellies of the sheep. “Blinded, and sick with pain from his head wound, the master stroked the top of each ram, then let it pass, but my men riding on the pectoral fleece the giant’s blind hands blundering never found” (1120). As the reader can see, Odysseus’s plan succeeded as they escaped on the bellies of the sheep and away from the