Cyclops

Odysseus is a effective leader he is intelligence and have a lot of leadership skills in inspiration and intelligence conversely, he could have demonstrated forward-looking better. He had also blind the cyclops even if it would be a risk the cyclops could of woke up before he stabbed him in the eye and saw him trying to stab him that's were his leader ship and intelligence skills came in. in contrast to that he had slept with another women than his wife that’s where forward looking skills are…

Odysseus is a tragic hero because he fought battles to help save his land and save his people Odysseus shows his heroic characteristics when “Odysseus tricks the Cyclops by telling him he is “nobody” and then stabs the Cyclops in the eye then getting his man safe out of the cave with the idea being disguised like sheep” (902). In Addition, The first tragic flaw Odysseus has is women. Odysseus easily falls into traps with his attraction to beautiful…

1 - The place that became famous as Bermuda Triangle is also known as Triangle of the Devil and would be associated with the supposed disappearance of several vessels and aircraft. 2 Apparently, Christopher Columbus even recorded something strange happening there: one night during one of his journeys he would have seen a huge flame if it hit the sea - an incident that historians believe was the fall of a meteor. 3 - The Genoese explorer would also have reported that the compasses behaved in an…

When a soldier comes home, they have difficulties re entering society. Odysseus had problems re entering society because he has been gone for twenty years. Almost all soldiers face problems much like Odysseus did. Odysseus was gone for twenty years and some soldiers can be gone for that long or longer. When soldiers are gone for that long they start to have relationship failures like Odysseus had. Odysseus’ wife Penelope thought that Odysseus was dead like a soldier’s wife might think. When…

crew and Odysseus are angry about not being able to go home, and will do whatever it takes to get there. Odysseus and the crew gets into a tough situation and ends up stabbing a cyclops in the eye and blinds him to escape. When they get a safe distance from the island, Odysseus, filled with anger and pride yells, “Cyclops- if any man on the face of the earth should ask you who blinded you, shamed you so- say Odysseus, raider of cities” (227). This is his weakness of self centeredness and pride…

The Odyssey: The View of Deception Homer cleverly reveals the concept of deception in The Odyssey leading into the connection of the protagonist, Odysseus, to return to Ithaca. The use of deception has been used for many years going back to the biblical era. The purpose of deceiving others is to cause someone to believe in something that is not true or mislead them to benefit in personal advantages. To successfully complete his journey and fulfill his desires Odysseus deceives others by not…

Did you know that the average American travels 13,346 miles per year? But, why do we travel so much? When we embark on journeys, we may all have different objectives or reasons on why we took that journey. But, in the end, journeys are meant to teach us something that can drastically change our lives. Something that Odysseus from The Odyssey by Homer, Kira Salak from The Cruelest Journey: 600 Miles to Timbuktu, and the character from ¨The Journey¨ by Mary Oliver all have in common is that the…

On the way however, they stumbled across the land of the Lotus-Eaters and encountered a cave. When they were in side of the cave, they realized that a cyclops named Polyphemus lived there and killed some of Odysseus men. Odysseus cunning nature, was able to defeat and kill the cyclops and saved his men. Yet, what Odysseus didn't know was that Polyphemus was the son of Poseidon, and when he found out that Odysseus has killed his son, he was enraged. so when Odysseus…

resourceful and cunning which is depicted in book 9 of The Odyssey when he and his men have let themselves in the cyclops’ cave and helped themselves to his food. When the cyclops returned he asked what Odysseus’ name was and in return Odysseus said “My name is Nobody. That is what I am called by my mother and father and by all my friends.” Following this instance when Odysseus has chalennged the cyclops Polyphemus and lets slip his real name, we can relate the homeric trait of hubris because…

Odysseus was a strong hero, that fought against adversity, and persevered, much like the modern heroes that we look up to today. Throughout the book, three traits that Odysseus demonstrated helped cement him as a hero. Those traits, were the ability to empower others to persevere through tough times, and talk his way out of problems. He is also very good at publicly speaking, whether it be to empower his men, or get himself out of a difficult situation. Two more traits that show that Odysseus…