“Ulysses did not lose his wits” (Evslin 45). Ulysses is known to be very sharp in all aspects. In the book The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin, Ulysses shows a lot of his calculating traits as well as sharp-witted and having a lion heart.
Ulysses has been shown as a very calculating person, this means that he is smart and thinks his situations through. As a matter of fact, he showed this when Polyphemus asked for the stranger's name. Ulysses thought this situation through. He knew that it would end a certain way so he got prepared. When they giant Polyphemus asked Ulysses his name he replied by saying his name was Nobody. So when the other giants heard him yell in pain, they would ask what happened, Polyphemus would say Nobody did this to him. Moreover, knowing that he couldn't withstand the beautiful voices of the Sirens, he still told his men to tie him to the mast. It was very thoughtful of him to put wax into his crew’s ears. Ulysses was smart enough to put this together for the safety of all of his …show more content…
For example, Ulysses had told the Gods, “I will not accept all this evil as inevitable but will stretch my sails to the following wind and speed for Ithaca” (Evslin 14). Almost like ordering the Gods around, he told them he wouldn't deal with their meddling anymore. Including, when he asked all his men to hold the giant cyclops, that was as “tall as trees,” (Evslin 17), He showed a very brave act by stabbing the monster in the eye. Instead of requesting one of the other men he risked it himself. Another example is when he went to go adventure Circe's Island alone, “I shall go ashore myself -alone- to see what there is to see and make sure there are no terrible hosts, giants, man-eating ogres, or secret sorceries” (Evslin 48). With him listing out all of the bad things that could happen to him, Ulysses was being brave enough to go alone. So for this, it goes to show that Ulysses had the heart of a
Ulysses has been shown as a very calculating person, this means that he is smart and thinks his situations through. As a matter of fact, he showed this when Polyphemus asked for the stranger's name. Ulysses thought this situation through. He knew that it would end a certain way so he got prepared. When they giant Polyphemus asked Ulysses his name he replied by saying his name was Nobody. So when the other giants heard him yell in pain, they would ask what happened, Polyphemus would say Nobody did this to him. Moreover, knowing that he couldn't withstand the beautiful voices of the Sirens, he still told his men to tie him to the mast. It was very thoughtful of him to put wax into his crew’s ears. Ulysses was smart enough to put this together for the safety of all of his …show more content…
For example, Ulysses had told the Gods, “I will not accept all this evil as inevitable but will stretch my sails to the following wind and speed for Ithaca” (Evslin 14). Almost like ordering the Gods around, he told them he wouldn't deal with their meddling anymore. Including, when he asked all his men to hold the giant cyclops, that was as “tall as trees,” (Evslin 17), He showed a very brave act by stabbing the monster in the eye. Instead of requesting one of the other men he risked it himself. Another example is when he went to go adventure Circe's Island alone, “I shall go ashore myself -alone- to see what there is to see and make sure there are no terrible hosts, giants, man-eating ogres, or secret sorceries” (Evslin 48). With him listing out all of the bad things that could happen to him, Ulysses was being brave enough to go alone. So for this, it goes to show that Ulysses had the heart of a