Trust is created by truth and honesty. Mistrust, however, is formed from lies and deceit. The king of Ithaca, Odysseus, is the epitome of mistrust. He is an epic failure because he doesn’t trust the people around him.
An example of this is his mistrust of himself, his friends and his mentor Athena. He doesn’t trust Menelaus and Agamemnon to keep him safe during the Siege of Troy. This, and the fact that his son was born the day Menelaus and Agamemnon sail into harbor, are the reasons why he doesn’t want to go to war. He doesn’t trust Athena to keep him safe during the Siege of Troy. This is why he prays at Athena’s statue to stop the war. He doesn’t trust that he will be home by the time Telemachus is a man. This is why he tells Penelope to …show more content…
He doesn’t trust his men to win the Siege of Troy, so he builds the Trojan Horse to win the siege. This is why he says that he alone defeated the Trojans. When Athena appears to him on the way to Troy, Odysseus begs her again to stop the war. Again, this is because he is scared that Athena will not be able to keep him alive. The Trojan Horse was built as a trick, which was to get the Greeks into Troy without being spotted and killed. This was done because Odysseus wanted to end the war. He got sick of fighting so he resorted to his tricks and lies to win, then claims all of the glory for himself, even though he didn’t want to go in the first …show more content…
Odysseus tries to stop the war by pleading to Athena and when he realizes that he can’t stop it, he believes he will not come back and tells his wife to marry another. After that, he tricks the Trojans with a wooden horse and proceeds to murder all of them. On the way home, he humiliates a Cyclops, tricks a witch and gets all of his men killed by sea monsters. When he gets home, he proceeds to make everyone except three people, them being his son, Telemachus, the shepherd, and another servant, that he is an old man. In short, Odysseus is a lying, coward of a man, who depends on his tricks to get out of
An example of this is his mistrust of himself, his friends and his mentor Athena. He doesn’t trust Menelaus and Agamemnon to keep him safe during the Siege of Troy. This, and the fact that his son was born the day Menelaus and Agamemnon sail into harbor, are the reasons why he doesn’t want to go to war. He doesn’t trust Athena to keep him safe during the Siege of Troy. This is why he prays at Athena’s statue to stop the war. He doesn’t trust that he will be home by the time Telemachus is a man. This is why he tells Penelope to …show more content…
He doesn’t trust his men to win the Siege of Troy, so he builds the Trojan Horse to win the siege. This is why he says that he alone defeated the Trojans. When Athena appears to him on the way to Troy, Odysseus begs her again to stop the war. Again, this is because he is scared that Athena will not be able to keep him alive. The Trojan Horse was built as a trick, which was to get the Greeks into Troy without being spotted and killed. This was done because Odysseus wanted to end the war. He got sick of fighting so he resorted to his tricks and lies to win, then claims all of the glory for himself, even though he didn’t want to go in the first …show more content…
Odysseus tries to stop the war by pleading to Athena and when he realizes that he can’t stop it, he believes he will not come back and tells his wife to marry another. After that, he tricks the Trojans with a wooden horse and proceeds to murder all of them. On the way home, he humiliates a Cyclops, tricks a witch and gets all of his men killed by sea monsters. When he gets home, he proceeds to make everyone except three people, them being his son, Telemachus, the shepherd, and another servant, that he is an old man. In short, Odysseus is a lying, coward of a man, who depends on his tricks to get out of