The Role Of Pride In The Odyssey

In the epic poem,”The Odyssey” the main character, or protagonist, Odysseus, is a complicated hero. Unlike other Greek heroes such as Achilles, or Hercules, Odysseus is more than just a great warrior. Odysseus has faced creatures bravely and challenges that would have left any regular man running in the opposite direction. One of Odysseus's poor characteristics is that he carries great pride . Although Odysseus lost all of his men in the end, and became lost at sea for Posideon to play with. he never lost sight of his goal; to reach his home of Ithica.
Odysseus's story begins when he leaves his wife and child to volunteer as a Greek Warrior in the Trojan war for ten years- as was his duty. With his strength OD slayed countless numbers of the enemy on the shores of Troy with a mighty sword. When his numbers dwindled he devised the cunning plan of the famous giant trojan horse to infiltrate and conquer the sleeping city. Even in the face of death with Scylla and Charybdis; Odysseus was the one who called his remaining men to battle, gave them courage with his powerful speeches, and his inspirational courage. Whenever Odysseus was faced with a challenge OD conquered it, no matter if the challenge was god or beast. Odysseus differentiate These examples accurately capture how Odysseus …show more content…
As any human being does, Odysseus has a weak spot that. For example, when his crew was silently making their getaway, Odysseus was so overcome with pride that he shouted, not only his full name, but home address. This caused him to become the source of the Cyclopes rage, and eventually Poseidon's. Pride and omitton is Odysseus’s downfall, he sabotaged his way home and the life of his men by shouting with great hubris at the beast. He omitted his men of what was inside the bag given to him from Aeolus, which would have sated the curiosity of his men, and snuff out chance of accident or