Odysseus's greatest fault was his pride which first gets him in trouble at the beginning of the book. When he refuses to give credit to the Gods after defeating Troy, this angers the Gods which leads to his trip home being extended by almost 20 years. During his journey home, Odysseus encounters many monsters and Gods that teach him a lesson on the sin of pride. The sin of pride leads to many of Odysseus mishaps some of these most significant and humbling misshapes where, when some of his men ran into the lotus eaters, when he encounters the Sirens,and his encounter with Scylla and Charybdis.
The first example of Odysseus being taught to be humble is with the lotus eaters. In the book on the lotus eaters Odysseus sends two men to check out …show more content…
“‘Friends, have we never been in danger before this? More fearsome, is it now, than when the cyclops penned us in his cave? What power he had! Did I not keep my nerve, and use my wits to find a way out for us?...’”(Homer, 1007, ll. 766) this quote shows that Odysseus is very full of himself and believes that he can handle whatever the Gods throw at him (like the cyclopes). Odysseus also believes that if he tells them about these terrible monsters that they are about to encounter then his men will panic so instead of warning them he leads them blindly into the lion's den. Odysseus soon realizes that he can't in fact defeat these monsters and is forced to listen as the men he lead blindly into the den cried out his name as they were gruesomely killed. This is a huge blow for Odysseus’s pride because not only was he the person who was supposed to watch out for and lead these men but he also deceived, them which; ultimately lead to their deaths.
In conclusion, because of Odysseus's inflated pride he is lead through a series of terrible events with the Gods ultimate goal being to humble him. The Gods try to humble Odysseus in many ways but it takes him wandering for 20 years, being showed that his will to continue can be taken away, tied to a ship while listening to a siren's call, and losing all of is men in one gruesome way or another for him to finally get the picture that he should always give the Gods credit over
The first example of Odysseus being taught to be humble is with the lotus eaters. In the book on the lotus eaters Odysseus sends two men to check out …show more content…
“‘Friends, have we never been in danger before this? More fearsome, is it now, than when the cyclops penned us in his cave? What power he had! Did I not keep my nerve, and use my wits to find a way out for us?...’”(Homer, 1007, ll. 766) this quote shows that Odysseus is very full of himself and believes that he can handle whatever the Gods throw at him (like the cyclopes). Odysseus also believes that if he tells them about these terrible monsters that they are about to encounter then his men will panic so instead of warning them he leads them blindly into the lion's den. Odysseus soon realizes that he can't in fact defeat these monsters and is forced to listen as the men he lead blindly into the den cried out his name as they were gruesomely killed. This is a huge blow for Odysseus’s pride because not only was he the person who was supposed to watch out for and lead these men but he also deceived, them which; ultimately lead to their deaths.
In conclusion, because of Odysseus's inflated pride he is lead through a series of terrible events with the Gods ultimate goal being to humble him. The Gods try to humble Odysseus in many ways but it takes him wandering for 20 years, being showed that his will to continue can be taken away, tied to a ship while listening to a siren's call, and losing all of is men in one gruesome way or another for him to finally get the picture that he should always give the Gods credit over