The Free Will Of Odysseus In Homer's Odyssey

In the epic, The Odyssey" by Homer, Odysseus must travel and conquer many traps that the gods lay before him to reach his goal of getting hoe to Ithaca. he and his crew maneuver their ship directly into the island of the one-eyed cyclops who will eat anyone in his oath. Odysseus must use his intelligence to outwit the brazen monster, and save his shipmates from death. Also, the team must overcome the trials that the great and cunning goddess who is own sister to the magician Aeetes, Circe, puts in front of them. Such as when she turn the sailors into swine, and she wants Odysseus to sleep with her, and live with her for a year. Long enduring Odysseus knows the only way to get off of Circe's island is to listen to her requests instead of fighting back. …show more content…
Circe tell him about the sirens on how they lure people in with their music, and they kill them. It is up to Odysseus to determine whether or not he listens to Circe about how to get past the intriguing island. Whether he chooses to listen or not listen to the nymph will determine his fate. Since Odysseus has been trapped on Calypso's island for ten years, his only goal once he sets sail is to get back to his homeland. The many traps that lay before Odysseus and his crew make the journey of attaining their goal longer and much harder, and the traps end the journey of getting home for all of the sailors except for the sharp-witted Odysseus. He is eventually the last survivor, and this proves he is a hero because to conquer the challenges the gods put in front of him to limit his expedition of getting home, he uses his brain over his brawn to achieve his target destination of Ithaca. Nevertheless, Odysseus is a hero because he reaches Ithaca without being killed by the monster-like creatures that are in his