Characters in the Odyssey

archetype may be a character, a theme, a symbol, or even setting. The Odyssey by Homer is an archetype because it contains an archetypal journey, an archetypal hero, and an archetypal villain. Odysseus is an archetypal hero. An archetypal hero can be seen as someone who is heroic. Archetypal heroes are usually strong, brave, and willing to take a risk. Odysseus is an archetypal hero because he is very clever and has the ability to see himself out of any type of situation. In the Odyssey Odysseus…

Odysseus, is an important character that Homer depicts within the poem of The Odyssey, and one very interesting aspect of this character is his characterization of loyalty. Homer establishes loyalty as a strong and vital characteristic of Eumaeus through the passage in Book Fourteen in which the swineherd is introduced into the poem, approximately from lines 40 through 85. This portrayal of the theme of loyalty through the character of Eumaeus is a crucial aspect of The Odyssey, as this is the…

The Iliad and The Odyssey A common theme in the Iliad and the Odyssey is conflict. However, it is important to note that the Odyssey is in many ways a sequel to the Iliad where the Trojan wars started. Conflicts in the two stories dominate every scene, and the characters seem to have a preset mentality toward conflict. Both Achilles and Odyssey in the Iliad and the Odyssey stories respectively demonstrate an attraction to conflicts which costs the later a longer life. The theme of conflict in…

Three thousand years after it was written, people still read The Odyssey today. The Odyssey is an epic poem written around the 7th century BCE by the blind, Greek poet Homer. The Odyssey tells the story of a hero named Odysseus and how he tries to get back home after the Trojan War. Unlike many other books, The Odyssey continues to withstand the test of time and has become one of the most popular books today. This ancient epic has fascinated adults and teenagers alike for centuries. Few other…

O, Brother Where Art Thou vs The Odyssey by Homer The Odyssey by Homer is a Greek Epic based on its main character Odysseus and it took place in the classical Greece. The book was composed in the eight century B.C.E, centuries after the events it describes, and narrates several adventures with the objective of its main character to return home. Moreover, the movie O, Brother Where Art Thou was published in 2000 and also narrates the adventures of its main character Ulysses, a prisoner that…

2001 A Space Odyssey and the Odyssey have many similarities. The Ancient Greeks at the time of the Odyssey were wanting to keep themselves separated from the “barbarians”. The Greeks wanted to become more civilized during this time of discovery and exploration Homer portrays the beasts/peoples in the Odyssey as uncivilized and puts them in the same class as the civilized Greeks. An example of this is the Cyclops. The Cyclops is a pastoral nomad that goes against the customs of hospitality…

Intro In the book The Land Of Stories: An Authors Odyssey By Chris Colfer, The two characters, Connor and Alex Bailey must travel into short stories that Connor wrote. Why you ask? They are recruiting an army of literary soldiers to fight evil characters from other books. Weird, I know. In the end, they recruit all of the soldiers needed and fight the evil characters head on. In the book The Land Of Stories: Beyond The Kingdoms By Chris Colfer, Connor and Alex find out that the Masked Man(the…

The Odyssey Vs. Ulysses “The Odyssey” and “Ulysses” are both movies based upon the epic poem, The Odyssey. This poem was written by Homer, who was a blind poet. The Odyssey was considered to be a comedy. It was not what we would consider a comedy today, back then, most things were tragedies, so when something had a happy ending, they called it a comedy. “Ulysses” was made before “The Odyssey” movie. When comparing the two movies to each other, they have similarities such as the way…

millenniums ago in Ancient Greece, The Odyssey has become a highly praised piece of writing and has been read by many people worldwide. Two thousand years later, the film Batman Begins was released. Both of these works have achieved groundbreaking success in having a place in the hearts of its audiences. To begin, both The Odyssey and Batman Begins had plots written under the Hero’s journey format. As in many hero stories, the plot begins with the main characters, Odysseus and Bruce Wayne being…

The Odyssey has been and will, most likely, continue to be one of the most prevalent examples of a deep character conflict. In the case of the Odyssey, Homer is able to illustrate a vivid picture of two characters who are shown to go head to head with each other on several occasions due to not only their vastly different ideals, but also because of their contrasting strengths and weaknesses. In addition to contrasting in the strengths and weaknesses they possess, both characters also differ in…