Cyclops

The story “The Wanderings of Odysseus” from the book “The Odyssey” by Homer, shows the adventure and difficult tasks Odysseus must face, nevertheless the dangers of many mythical creatures out at sea, land and sky. This book shows how Odysseus as a hero to his crewmates and to many others. In the adventures of Odysseus wanderings, there were many prosperous moments where he made bold moves to protect and sustain his crewmates mentally and physically throughout the chapters of nine and twelve.…

To modernize the Odyssey, I believe that we should have a new, creative movie with a whole different setting and time period. My modern movie proposal is one that includes minorities and a new main character to give the viewers a new adventure to experience that still ties in with the book. The title of this movie is The Underwater Voyage because my movie is focused on the main character’s journey back to her home. This new character is named Odisia, which I hope closely resembles the original…

desires. When entering the Cyclops' cave, his men suggest that they should quickly take supplies and leave, but Odysseus refuses because he "wished to see the cave man, what he had to offer – no pretty sight, it turned out, for my friends" (153). In the same story, Odysseus wants to once again bask in his own ego by informing him of the men who his defeater was. Once out of the cave, Odysseus sours his sweet victory by turning back, taunting the Cyclops and saying "'Cyclops, if ever mortal man…

something outside. My men and I all looked at each other with crooked faces wondering what could make such large sounds with its’ feet. Then we saw it, the root of all the problems we would face on this island. The cyclops, whose name is Polyphemus, was coming to rest in his cave. The cyclops put a huge boulder over the door, so that we could not get out and so that no light could come in. Polyphemus made…

Odysseus clearly demonstrates the values important to Greek culture. For instance, cleverness is one of the characteristics he is most known for, outsmarting the cyclops is a great demonstration of cleverness;…

tell his men not to fight back against the monster. This leads to more casualties than are necessary. This behavior shows that Odysseus is more bold than he is courageous. Odysseus makes bold decisions at Helios’ island, with the sirens, and at the Cyclops’ island. However, he is courageous with the suitors and the Lotus Eaters. Odysseus shows his bold behavior in many different situations throughout the book. At Helios’ island, Odysseus decides to leave his men alone so he…

In our enormous world, powerful beings are sculpted by artists and authors of all sorts to express the exquisiteness that is heroism. In the epic poem The Odyssey, the main character Odysseus faces multiple trials consecutively, in an attempt to reach his homeland Ithaca. During these trials, he also demonstrates a very obvious and apparent heroic nature, which is seen throughout the epic. From an objective standpoint, there are several cases from the beginning to the end where he develops his…

Polyphemus and his humble attitude around king Alcinous. One of the most prominent examples of Odysseus’ courage is when he is able to gather up enough audacity to challenge Polyphemus, the horrendous cyclops who captured and ate four of his men. When Odysseus and his men are trapped in the cyclops’ cave, only Odysseus is smart and brave enough to make a plan to get his men out. He is getting ready to execute his plan while keeping up his men's confidence, “And all the while talking to my men /…

Odysseus' selfishness costed him the lives of many of his men while in the cave with the cyclops. As a leader Odysseus should put his needs and what he feels last and everyone one of his men first. While on the island with the cyclops, Odysseus' men suggested to him that they steal the food and cattle and get away from the island. Odysseus refused his men's suggestion and ended up losing many of them…

Everyone run towards the back of the cave!” Yelled out Thorin. Everyone instantly obeyed and darted to the back part of the cave. Everyone was pulling out their weapons, preparing to fight a cyclops, when suddenly three more appeared. Well this is splendid, not only do we have to fight one, seven-foot Cyclops, but four of them, thought Bilbo. Instead of the Cyclopses attempting to fight the horde, they all smacked the ground with their clubs, exposing a giant hole beneath the dwarves and Bilbo’s…