The Odyssey Essay

2. Eurymachus tried to change violence because Odyssey was trying to prove to the suitors that he was Odysseus and he shot an arrow that no one ever hit, instead he shot an arrow at a man and the arrow feathers hit the chain which made him drop his wine he was drinking from. B) Odysseus replied when Eurymachus said that he going to have bloodshed that Odyssey came into combat mode so quickly. 3. The nurse and Telemachus tried to convince Penelope that the stranger is Odysseus and that they had…

characteristics to have, but most of all, you must know the essential key values of life. In the Odyssey, Odysseus, is what makes a “true man” and today people could strive to be more like him in there lives. The Odyssey shows many key values that are essential today including, loyalty, courage, and strong family morals. To be loyal to someone or something may be hard at times, but in the end it will pay off. In the Odyssey, Odysseus is tempted by the trickery and the sorcery of the beautiful…

poem all add to the different aspects of societal women in Greece. Homer uses the women Odysseus encounters and many more mortal and immortal women to reflect on the significant roles women played in ancient Greek society in his famous epic, The Odyssey. The first influential woman that is learned about in…

first glance The Odyssey appears to be a story about Odysseus’ personal journey, it is composed of many smaller odysseys that coalesce into the greater narrative of Odysseus’ homecoming. Odysseus’ odyssey is physical, in which he must grow and utilized his physical strength, while on the other hand, his wife Penelope undergoes and emotional journey in which she strives to stay true to herself and her morals. Their journeys converge in their son Telemachos. Not only is his odyssey necessary to…

In Homer’s The Odyssey, Homer executes his motifs through his characters’ development. The Odyssey exemplifies a prolific journey of the protagonists, Odysseus, as he endures the odds of the ancient Greece to his homeland. Odysseus’s actions capitalize the faults and competence of humans in society. Revenge is one of the epic’s motifs that demonstrate the power emotions can obtain above rational thinking. Revenge is a powerful inhibitor that moves Odysseus and the Greek gods to enforce their…

In Homer’s “The Odyssey” the gods play a huge role in the life of Odysseus and the live’s of his family. The gods intervene and interfere in three major ways. They aid Odysseus and his family on his journey back home by giving them social advice and keeping them safe from storms and the unknown. The gods also intervene into their lives by prohibiting Odysseus from reaching home. Without them intervening and interfering in Odysseus and Telemakhos’ life, Odysseus would never have saw Ithaka again.…

In both The Odyssey and “Jack and the Beanstalk” the tree archetype shows the strong emotional feeling in their lives. The ‘tree’ archetype is present in The Odyssey, as Odysseus and Penelope’s bed frame which is made out of a tree, that shows love and growth. Penelope effectively tricks Odysseus into recounting her their secret, to which he says, “Shaped that stump from the roots up into a bedpost, drilled it, let it serve as model for the rest” (Homer, 1264). This tells that Odysseus knows of…

Analysis of The Odyssey by Homer Around 750 B.C.E the author Homer created the epic, The Odyssey. The epic is set in Bronze Age Greece when gods were believed to still frequent the Earth and mortals with extraordinary powers existed. The Odyssey describes Odysseus’, the main protagonist’s, journey home from the battle at Troy. He is met with many obstacles that prevent him from returning home for many years. The epic examines how the power of cunning is superior to the power of strength, the…

1. In Book 5 of the Odyssey written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Calypso is a character archetype by being the lover. Calypso saved Odysseus and then ultimately fell in love with him. Since she fell in love with him, Odysseus was trapped there for years. “But it was I who saved him-saw him straddle”(5.136). Calypso also presented her great love for Odysseus, in which she cared for him and wanted to live in immortality. She felt that if she offered him immortality, that he…

Cruelty: In literary works such as; novels, plays, and epic poems; it is a crucial motivation or a major social or political factor. Today you will learn how cruelty functions in The Odyssey as a whole and what cruelty reveals about the perpetrator(s) and the victim. There are many times when in Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ when Odysseus is shown no mercy, only cruelty, but the tables turn when Telemachus and Odysseus return to Ithaca and give the suitors a taste of what their family had felt for…