Trust is something so valuable in a relationship, platonic or romantic, that it can later show who someone is as a person, and their reputation. During the epic, The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus builds as a character and the reader can see the leader’s courageous a side, but also the selfish side of him. Along the way to Ithaca, Odysseus acquires a bag of winds as a gift from Aeolus, God of the winds. This bag creates a debacle during their trip home. Odysseus’s crew opens the bag of winds without knowing the truth about what was really inside it. In the passage 32-61 in book 10, Odysseus’ trust in his crew lacks and therefore they come to betray him. The betrayal goes both ways, the crew, and Odysseus show their own faults. The passage about
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Odysseus never trusts his crew with steering the ship and therefore doesn’t trust them with the bag of “gold”. He decides to “[work] the vessel’s sheet [himself], no letup, never trusting the ropes to any other mate” which should not be the case with your crewmembers. Creating this distrust between them just makes the crew’s curiosity grow even more. Odysseus lied to his crew, leading them to believe “[he] was hauling troves of gold and silver home” (10.40). This lie shows Odysseus’ distrust This curiosity of theirs destroys their chance of returning home for a while. None of it would have happened if it wasn’t for the fact that Odysseus did not tell his crew that there was in fact wind inside the bag. In a way, it was a test for the crew to see how far their curiosity would take them. Much like Pandora’s box, the crew felt compelled to open the bag. But unlike Pandora’s box the reasoning for opening the box was jealousy, and anger toward Odysseus. In the story of Pandora’s box, Zeus sent Athena and Hephaestus to create the first human woman with a box. The box was not to be opened, but because she was told not to do it, her curiosity compelled her to finally give in and open it. All the unfavorable qualities escaped and plagued her and the others who lived within the world. The story of Pandora and her box distinctly relates to the story of Odysseus and the …show more content…
Odysseus came to sleep like the crew gravitated to opening the bag (10.51). The way “won” was used in the line connects to the fact that a higher being persuaded them in someway to open the bag. Odysseus feels an “enticing sleep” come upon him, which leads the reader to believe it was a god or some kind of spell that placed this “enticing sleep” on him (10.35). He was so close to his homeland, yet all of the sudden this sudden sleep knocked him
Odysseus never trusts his crew with steering the ship and therefore doesn’t trust them with the bag of “gold”. He decides to “[work] the vessel’s sheet [himself], no letup, never trusting the ropes to any other mate” which should not be the case with your crewmembers. Creating this distrust between them just makes the crew’s curiosity grow even more. Odysseus lied to his crew, leading them to believe “[he] was hauling troves of gold and silver home” (10.40). This lie shows Odysseus’ distrust This curiosity of theirs destroys their chance of returning home for a while. None of it would have happened if it wasn’t for the fact that Odysseus did not tell his crew that there was in fact wind inside the bag. In a way, it was a test for the crew to see how far their curiosity would take them. Much like Pandora’s box, the crew felt compelled to open the bag. But unlike Pandora’s box the reasoning for opening the box was jealousy, and anger toward Odysseus. In the story of Pandora’s box, Zeus sent Athena and Hephaestus to create the first human woman with a box. The box was not to be opened, but because she was told not to do it, her curiosity compelled her to finally give in and open it. All the unfavorable qualities escaped and plagued her and the others who lived within the world. The story of Pandora and her box distinctly relates to the story of Odysseus and the …show more content…
Odysseus came to sleep like the crew gravitated to opening the bag (10.51). The way “won” was used in the line connects to the fact that a higher being persuaded them in someway to open the bag. Odysseus feels an “enticing sleep” come upon him, which leads the reader to believe it was a god or some kind of spell that placed this “enticing sleep” on him (10.35). He was so close to his homeland, yet all of the sudden this sudden sleep knocked him