Scylla and Charybdis

While Odysseus is traveling the the rest of his crew, trying to get home the get trapped by the cyclops, they are tempted by the sirens, the men get turned into pigs, and they face Scylla and Charybdis while they are sailing. While Frodo is traveling to Mordor, Frodo is attacked by many dark riders, they are chased by many goblins and a huge fire demon. They are attacked by a cave troll, they fight in many battles, Frodo is stabbed, Gollum…

“Ulysses did not lose his wits” (Evslin 45). Ulysses is known to be very sharp in all aspects. In the book The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin, Ulysses shows a lot of his calculating traits as well as sharp-witted and having a lion heart. Ulysses has been shown as a very calculating person, this means that he is smart and thinks his situations through. As a matter of fact, he showed this when Polyphemus asked for the stranger's name. Ulysses thought this situation through. He knew that…

had to endure the most was the loss of his men, as every obstacle, or monster, they faced caused him to lose his closest friends and crew. The most prevalent example of this is when Odysseus speaks of his journey through the caves of Scylla saying, ‘But just then, Scylla seized…

"Has Calypso learned about my whereabouts or may it be a beast of true ferocity and might?" Odysseus questions to himself. The Cyclopes, the Lotus Eaters, the Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis, nor the flesh-eating Laestrygonians could truly not compare of what is to expect of Odysseus. The massive growls grew stronger and stronger as Odysseus was petrified at what he saw. The brutal, ferocious, savage of the Underworld, that…

The Odyssey falls right into place with Joseph Campbell’s, “Hero’s Journey” as Odysseus travels far and wide to complete his journey. He voyages through all of the twelve stages present in the hero’s journey while discovering, fighting, and traveling with his men till the very end. While on his voyage he becomes and meets characters that match the Hero’s Journey archetypes as they help or prevent him on his journey. The interpretation of the stages of the Hero’s Journey below helps to describe…

The waves moved gently with the wind. Odysseus shouts some orders to his crew, while the sun beats down on his face. The smell of the water filled the nostrils of the crew, as they sailed for home. In The Odyssey and O Brother Where Art Thou, Odysseus and Everett went on long journeys to get back to their family. However, they did not embark on the journey alone, each had a crew that came with them. The crews were not extras in a Batman movie, they were huge parts of the journey that added to…

face, were way more consequential and mandatory to resolve. He was expected to be a leader to almost 1,000 men, and I was expected to be a leader to at least 20 kids. His journey contained many life or death situations like sailing through Scylla and Charybdis. Odysseus shows his role in leadership by this quote: “Now I the strength of Hercules behold, A towering spectre of gigantic mould, A shadowy form! for high in heaven's abodes Himself resides, a god among the gods; There, in the bright…

In Homer’s The Odyssey, Homer shows how Odysseus is / is not a hero in many ways with some cancelling out the other. In the beginning of the story he fights in the the Trojan war half heartedly and sparring some of the civilians. He however boasts about his victory claiming he won the war without the help of the Gods angered Poseidon. This causes Odysseus and his crew unable to return to Ithaca for year thanks to Poseidon's monsters blocking the way. He loses some men on the way. While…

The Odyssey Questions Question 8. Yes, Odysseus remains hopeful in a particularly bleak situation. B. Blinded by Odysseus and his men, Polyphemus fills with rage and guards the cavern exit with ill intent to kill any who dare attempt escape. Although little hope remains in the hearts of Odysseus’ men, he knows that there must be a way for him and his comrades to escapes death’s outstretched hands. While many would have been consumed by overwhelming feelings of grief and despair, Odysseus uses…

Despite the dramatic differences between Odysseus’ ravaging journey and my mundane journey by comparison, similarities in theme manifest themselves within both journeys; although, Odysseus’ hardships, depicted through an epic poem during 11th century BC in Greece, The Odyssey of Homer, occur centuries before my time, yet contains a fundamental resemblance. Obstacles impeding Odysseus’ odyssey back home to his original lifestyle reflect the struggles of my journey to discover my lifestyle (what I…