Odysseus reunites with his father and regains his family and kingdom. After twenty years, risking his life and others, he manages to complete his mission sailing home from Troy. There’s 4 different types of journeys that Odysseus experienced; physical, mental, spiritual and emotional. Physical journey is the challenges and obstacles a traveller can face. Odysseus faced the Cyclops, Scylla and Charybdis, the Sirens, and etc. Mental journey is when a traveller goes insane by something or time. After twenty years of sailing, Odysseus was going insane. Spiritual journey is a process of turce and education through enlightenment, meaning, forgiveness. Odysseus had to earn back his mens’ trust back and have truce to work together. Emotional journey is the lost/grief of denial, anger, depression and acceptance. Odysseus had to accept that Argus is gone and the fact that the Suitors tried
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Argus wasn’t the only one who was loyal to Odysseus… his wife Penelope also. In the epic poem Part 2 The Return of Odysseus by Homer is about Penelope stalling for odysseus for when he comes back. The Suitors wanted to marry Penelope but she wanted to stay loyal to Odysseus because deep down, she knew he was still out there. She didn’t want to be rude so she made a deal with them. She would weave a close grained web before marriage but she was taking her time and at night, she would take it all apart to redo it in the morning so it’ll eventually not be finished. “First a close-grained web I had the happy thought to set up weaving: ‘Young men- my suitors, now my lord is dead, let me finish my weaving before I marry’, So everyday I wove on the great loom, but every night by torchlight I unwove it for three years.” (Homer 1322) Penelope challenged. Penelope says she’ll marry the man who can string Odysseus’ bow and shoot an arrow through twelve ax handle sockets. The Suitors all tried but all
Argus wasn’t the only one who was loyal to Odysseus… his wife Penelope also. In the epic poem Part 2 The Return of Odysseus by Homer is about Penelope stalling for odysseus for when he comes back. The Suitors wanted to marry Penelope but she wanted to stay loyal to Odysseus because deep down, she knew he was still out there. She didn’t want to be rude so she made a deal with them. She would weave a close grained web before marriage but she was taking her time and at night, she would take it all apart to redo it in the morning so it’ll eventually not be finished. “First a close-grained web I had the happy thought to set up weaving: ‘Young men- my suitors, now my lord is dead, let me finish my weaving before I marry’, So everyday I wove on the great loom, but every night by torchlight I unwove it for three years.” (Homer 1322) Penelope challenged. Penelope says she’ll marry the man who can string Odysseus’ bow and shoot an arrow through twelve ax handle sockets. The Suitors all tried but all