Cyclops

must use his head to outsmart his enemies—mainly Polyphemus, a cyclops and Poseidon’s son. In the text, Odysseus and his men fashion a stake to drive into the eye of the cyclops. However, they must wait for the right time to strike, and hide the weapon under a pile of dung. They know Polyphemus will never look there. Odysseus uses his sharp mind to both fashion the stake and conceal it. In a separate scenario, though still with the Cyclops, Odysseus is asked his name. To this he answers “Nohbdy:…

The next theme is perseverance. Penelope and Odysseus especially showed the most perseverance. One of the reasons that they showed the most perseverance is that they both are survivors. Odysseus was gone for twenty years, ten in the Trojan War and ten more in his voyage home. Penelope has persevered against the intruders for about four years, playing one against another with plenty schemes, in example, when she knitted a shroud for her father-in-law, Laertes. Odysseus' perseverance is…

The Journey Of Odysseus Odysseus is the bravest most talented warrior ithaca has ever seen.Don't you agree? He was the man that led the greeks to their victory at Troy. He Also led His men into the battle of ithaca and he came up with the idea of the trojan horse.Odysseus is the most intelligent and bravest warrior ithaca has ever seen. Odysseus is a very intelligent man and with that he was possibly the best leader ever. He was very smart to string hi bow very carefully and made sure that he…

A hero will protect people, has noble qualities, and is admired. Breaking and entering followed by stabbing the homeowner and killing his people are all qualities that no hero should have. Odysseus is one of those characters that are debated about whether he was a hero or not. The Odyssey by Homer shows how Odysseus is not a hero is a murderer, harmful to people and monsters alike, and a thief. Odysseus’s people got maimed for both his direct and indirect actions. Circe and Odysseus talk about…

order to overcome the obstacles that prevent him from returning home. Odysseus shows arrogance as one of his characteristics in the story, The Odyssey by Homer. One example of this is when in part 1 of the text, Odysseus and his crew encounters a Cyclops on…

Odysseus feared not a soul. Throughout Odysseus escapade with the Cyclops, the cunning hero says, "we climbed, the briskly to the cave. But Kyklops had gone afield, to pastore his fat sheep, so we look round at everything inside." (IX, 232-234). This is a depiction of Odysseus heroism, despite the unknown territory Odysseus and his men explore the treacherous inhabitants of the Cyclopes' cave. The narrative informs the reader the Cyclops is uncivilized and unpredictable. Entering the Cyclopes…

This simile is taken from Book 20 of The Odyssey of Homer. Odysseus is debating whether or not to kill the household maids who are laughing on their way to meet the suitors at night. When he witnesses the women who work in his own house go to bed with the suitors, who are dishonoring him and his family, he gets very angry. He is compared to a growling female dog, which is trying to protect her pups from an unknown person. Odysseus, likewise, feels the same vulnerability of a mother dog with…

This is why Odysseus is risking his life for his men because if Odysseus was not tied down he would have ended up killing the whole crew by the sounds of the Sirens so he’s taking the risk of being tied. On the island where Polyphemus and the other cyclops lived, Odysseus uses his intelligence while trapped in the cave…

major fault that defines Odysseus through the “Cyclops” passage is when he reveals his true identity to Polyphemus. At the start, Odysseus kept his identity hidden by using the name “Nohbody.” Yet, as he gains so much hubris from escaping the cave, he reveals himself. Homer writes, “Cyclops/if ever mortal man inquire/ how you put to shame and blinded, tell him/ Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye/ Laertes’ son whose home’s on Ithaca” (“The Cyclops” 1.457-460). One can note from this that,…

As an example, when he faces Polyphemus, Poseidon 's son and a Cyclops, he drugs the Cyclops with alcohol by saying “here, Cyclops, try this wine--you top off the banquet of human flesh you’ve bolted down”(222), and while the Cyclops is sleeping he stabs him in the eye. This shows his ability to plan ahead for an attack. In order to use this skill of trickery he is brave because he thinks about being…