Circe

Everyone no matter what or who they are has struggles. Even people with god like qualities. In The Odyssey, by Homer, the main character, odysseus, comes face to face with a hand full of challenges. Even though he is not your average human, and possesses characteristics of gods, he still has things in his life that he has to battle with. Odysseus finds himself in many different situations such as his men eating the lotus flower, poseidon coming after him, standing up to the suitors, and found it…

Odyssey Odysseus and his men travel to Aeaea, home of the beautiful witch goddess Circe. Circe tricks a group of Odysseus's men and turns them into animals. When Odysseus goes to rescue them Hermes comes and tells him to eat some type grass so the wine that turned his men into animals wouldn’t affect him. She told him the only way to get his men back would be for him to take her to bed. After he gets his men back he asked Circe for the way back to Ithaca and she replies he must sail to Hades,…

my life that was trying to defeat me in basketball. Like in the story of the Odyssey and my story we both had to overcome a bigger person. As Odysseus had encountered the goddess Circe I too will more than likely confront someone of that type. In the story of the Odyssey Odysseus and his crew fall under the spell of Circe. Where they did her drugs and it had ruined there life for awhile. Just like in this story in life people fall under the spell of doing drugs and it too ruined their life, but…

Women in Greek literature tend to fall into two categories: sweet, gentle, passive beauties or dangerous, intelligent, powerful sorceresses. They are either the trophy or the villain -- at the very best, a female character may be a goddess, her powers being controlled by Zeus himself. Forget being the hero or ruler of a kingdom; a woman was to be either an obedient wife or a slightly-psychotic witch. With all these horrible labels women carried during this time, it’s ironic how Odysseus,…

Odysseus says it as if it were normal to find Cyclopes. Odysseus then goes on to meet the cyclops without much fear of it, which turned out to not be a good idea for his crew. Before this, Odysseus talks of his “visit” to Circe, “...as Circe of Aeaea, the enchantress, desired me and detained me in her hall” (15-16). Odysseus was kept for a year by a supernatural enchantress, and only talks of it for a mere sentence. Odysseus even says an understatement such as “desire”, though she…

throughout his twenty year journey home. One way Odysseus is a hero is because he is loyal to his wife, Penelope. On his journey home, Odysseus is held captive by Circe and Calypso but never accepted their relationship. “I have been detained long by Calypso, loveliest among goddesses, who held me in her smooth caves, to be here heart`s delight, as Circe of Aeaea, the enchantress, desired me, and detained me in her hall. But in my heart I never gave consent”(9.17-23). This quote shows…

The Odyssey: the roles of the gods and goddesses Through the entirety of the novel, The Odyssey, both gods and goddesses have played major roles in the outcomes of many of the journeys. Not only have the gods and goddesses helped the characters, but some have plotted against them. They have influenced many of the adventures of both Telemachus as he tries to find both himself and his father, and Odysseus on his journey home back to Ithaca. Some of the gods and goddesses that have impacted this…

of Solomon, Toni Morrison stresses the impact of a sole childhood trauma on a character’s entire course of action, as well as the constant theme that surrounds it. She proves through extensive development of Macon Dead, Guitar Bains, and eventually Circe that a single event can provide a lens through which these characters view the world around them, and in turn influence every decision they make. Guitar’s life is guided by the tragedy of his father’s death, instilling in him a hatred for white…

his needs of getting home as soon as possible get over his crews needs to rest. Moreover, Odysseus informs taking help from Circe. Odysseus has just returned from the underworld and landed on Circe’s island. Odysseus and his men have a proper funeral-like event for Elpenor, one of Odysseus’s men who died after slipping of the roof of Circe’s palace. Once the event is over, Circe insists, “Come, take some food and drink some wine,/ rest here the livelong day/ and then tomorrow at daybreak you…

inability to contain it. In Book Ten, he has once again fallen in bed with another lady, Circe. He had a chance to kill her, "I drew the sharp sword that hung by my thigh and lunged at Circe as if I meant to kill her," (ll. 341-343). However, he had chose to bed her, "I climbed into Circe 's beautiful bed," (ll. 369), and with his men, eat and live in luxury for a year before returning home, "Meanwhile, back in Circe 's house, the goddess had my men bathed, rubbed down with oil, and clothed in…