Cyclops

Odysseus faces the unknown, he has Supernatural Aid, and there is a Reward on his Journey Home. Odysseus travels to unknown places while journeying home. He comes across the island of the Cyclops, Polyphemus. Odysseus goes into the Cyclop’s cave, “[wishing] to see the cave man”(Homer 565). He has never before met a Cyclops and does not know what he will act like. This relates to the “Hero’s Journey” because the essay states, “As they embark on their journey, the hero's enter a world they have…

faces many obstacles where he shows bravery. For example, when he is on the island of Cyclops he keeps calm in the face of danger, even when Polyphemus devours his men. This is shown in the text when it states,…

In the first story Sleep of the Just, I realized that it was a bit similar to my favorite play Madea. Since in Gaiman’s story, it shows betrayal towards Dream; making him trapped for seventy years. Not only making it hard for him, but the world suffered greatly for years without sleep. That refers back to when Medea was betrayed by her husband Jason; leaving her for another woman and basically shaming her as a woman. This makes the story of Gaiman’s and Madea parallel, since they both end up…

people must stay determined in order to regain everything that was once lost. Odysseus proved himself a true hero once he and his crew reached the island of the Cyclops, where he would meet Poseidon’s son, Polyphemus.…

Odysseus says, “’I wanted to see [the Cyclops] and claim the stranger’s gift… So we lit a fire and made our thank-offering, and helped ourselves to as many cheeses as we wanted to eat; then we sat inside till he should come back with his flocks’” (111). Odysseus is impulsive and does not think before he acts. He is very selfish and only wants to see what glory the Cyclops gives him. He expects everyone to bow down to him, let alone know who he is, contrasting Odysseus when he fights the suitors…

lot of recognition for him. Although he may have these powers, this strength sometimes went to his head. One instance of this is when Odysseus and his crew are sailing away from Polyphemus, the cyclops. Without thinking of the possible consequences, Odysseus shrieks out at Polyphemus with anger: “Cyclops, if ever mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him Odysseus, raider of cities took your eye: Laertes’ son, whose home’s on Ithaca!’”(503 - 505). Even with the knowledge…

In overcoming these temptations and obstacles, Odysseus learns important “life lessons.” Therefore, Odysseus learns important life lessons in “The Cyclops”, “The Sirens”, and “The Cattle of the Gods”. After Odysseus has pierced Poseidon, he has told his name and made clear that Odysseus has blinded Poseidon. Odysseus identifies himself to the Cyclops, by boasting, “O hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands,/ if I am thine indeed, and thou art father:/ grant that Odysseus, raider of cities”…

spite, but in order to ensure his crew’s survival. The cyclops could easily catch “two [men]…

success.” Having stolen and lost he learned to not be greedy and be weary with success. “The most complicated trial of Odysseus was his encounter with the Cyclops. He must break away from Polyphemus’ cave and kill Polyphemus during sleep but he could not push the sealed rock because only Cyclops was the ones to remove it. The power of Cyclops was immense for Odysseus, so he was compelled to cheat to run away from his death. Formerly, Odysseus employed his shrewdness as a supplement to his grand…

Polyphemus is a shepherd, and yet he is also savage and bloodthirsty, a clashing difference between the shepherds of the Golden Age and the brutality of the Silver and Bronze Ages. The image of the wine cup (plying the cyclops with wine) also symbolizes the use of trickery to lull the cyclops to sleep before Odysseus and his men escape; a tool that is often used in myth to bring irony and comic relief to a…