Cyclops

of giving a gift of hospitality, he eats six of Odysseus’s men. Odysseus’s extreme pride and selfish needs affect his loyal crew. As a result, Odysseus devises a cunning and witty plan to obliterate the insolent Cyclops, as revenge for eating his men. Odysseus makes sure that the Cyclops gets drunk, then tells him that his name is “Noman” and continues to…

same time, however, his actions demonstrated that overall he is worthy of being a literary hero. Though it is true that he was cruel at times, Odysseus had very good justifications for his actions. The cyclops and suites are perfect examples as to why. In the story, Odysseus had stabbed the cyclops right in the eye…

Polyphemus; however, the movie version did not capture the same effects as the book. The Odyssey shows Polyphemus as the Cyclops who has a bulky figure with smashed-in nose, crooked teeth, and a beady eye. These features of the Cyclops evoke comments from the audience along the lines of “he is unappealing” because of the way his features are depicted in the scene. The Cyclops is able to maneuver the slab of rock to…

Odysseus encountered Cyclops twice in this section of the book, once with his men when he landed on an island full of them. They didn 't make any contact with them at all, though shortly after seeing the island of the Cyclops they landed on an different island that they believed was safe and possibly uninhabited. They ended up being very wrong when they discovered a cave filled with sheep, cheese, and one blood thirsty giant. Did I mention that they knew he lived in the cave and continued to…

When Cyclops returned at night, he eats two more of Odysseus’s men for supper. After losing four of his men, Odysseus followed with his plan by getting Polyphemus drunk. Polyphemus asked for Odysseus ' name, and Odysseus told him that his name was “Nobody.” When the giant passes out, the Greeks stab the Cyclops ' eye, which blinds him. Odysseus and his men sailed off while Polyphemus cried in pain, and Odysseus…

The journey that Odysseus goes on improves his character by all of his experiences that shaped him into the person he is now. Book 9, the cyclops changed him because of the aptitude that he had to use to escape safely. Book 5, the nymph and the shipwreck taught him to be more careful about his surroundings. Book 11 the underworld made him judicious and unpretentious because of the talk he had with the dead. These journeys and experiences that he went through helped him shape into a person who is…

identity was put into play when the Cyclops asked Odysseus his name while he was trying to intoxicate him to execute the plan of escape “ 'Cyclops, you ask my name and I will tell it you; give me, therefore, the present you promised me; my name is Noman; this is what my father and mother and my friends have always called me.” (Homer IX 6). Odysseus keeping his false identity proves him well once again while being able to execute his plan and get back at the Cyclops after taking his vision away…

get trapped by one Cyclops and he eats the men in pairs. Odysseus…

crew out of many tight situations. One situation, for example, was when Odysseus and his men were trapped in the Cyclops Polyphemus's cave. Although Odysseus's curiosity wasn't what landed him into the situation in the first place, his demonstrations of powerful speaking were what eventually helped him escape. He manages to win over Cyclops in the story with a few clever words. "'Cyclops, try some wine. Here's liquor to wash down your scraps of men. / Taste it, and see the kind of drink we…

Furthermore, Odysseus has superman qualities who make him a godlike among others man. Penelope propose to the suitors that whoever using Odysseus’s bow shout through the axes will marry and will take all her belonging. The suitors tried to string the bow many times but all of them fail in the attempts. However, Odysseus was the only one who had the strength to string the bow “Holding it on either side, pulls the strongly twisted cord of Sheep’s gut … so, without any strain, Odysseus strung the…