The Inconsiderate Adventures of Odysseus Homer’s epic The Odyssey , translated by Robert Fitzgerald, is a vigorous 10 year journey that challengs the hero's mentally and physically, but not everything is done with morality and consideration. The main protagonist is the leader Odysseus, this epic follows him and his crew after the Trojan War, and their timely return back to their homeland ,Ithaca. In order to return home Odysseus and his crew go through stops and challenges His leadership and decisions affect the way the reader and his crew sees him. In this story the character Odysseus is not an admirable character, for his almost barbaric actions and unruly decisions make it hard to believe otherwise.
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Throughout the story Odysseus’ loyalty is displayswhile his is being unfaithful to his wife, Penelope. During Odysseus’ encounter with Kirke,” She swore at once, outright, as I demanded, and after she have sworn, and bound herself, I enters Kirke’s flawless bsof love.” ( X. 388-390). Odysseus immunity to Kirke’s spell have given him the opportunity to sleep with her, so he takes the opportunity while penelope waits in Ithica. One of the reasons he is still alive is because he is always thinking about getting back to Penelope. With Penelope in his mind, he should not be unfaithful to her, he should focus on getting back to her his home. Other people Odysseus doesn’t not keep his loyalty to, are his menhis men. When the fleet reachs the land of the Laestrygon it says,” All my squadron sheltershere in, inside the cavern of this bay,...My own black ship I chose to moor alone on the sea side, using a rock for bollard.”( X.97-116) During this stop, Odysseus is risks his men’s lives. He has no loyalty towards them because he decides that he wants to escape first and let his crew die if something happened. Not being loyal is just another trait that is nowhere near admirable and it's another trait that Odysseus …show more content…
His manipulative characteristic is a deceiving trait that that gets him out of the idiotic circumstances he gets himself in. During the encounter with the cyclops Odysseus tells Polyphemos,” My name is Nohbdy:mother,father, and friends, everyone calls me Nohbdy.”( IX.497-498) Odysseus ussthis name so if Polyphemus callsout for help, no one would think he is in trouble. The wit that Odysseus have put so his crew could get out without getting eaten is deceiving to the cyclops who is just protecting the stuff from the thieves trying to steal them. After receiving the gift of the wind from Aiolos and losing it he returns and ask;” Make good of my loss, dear friends! You have the power!’’ ( X. 78-79) In this one circumstance Odysseus’ wits did not work and he have to pay for that. Aiolos gives him as a gift,he loses it, and Aiolos does not forgive him. Odysseus is in many situations that he can’t get out of using his wits, so his manipulation doesn’t everytime.Even if the manipulative manner got Odysseus out many problems, it isn’t admirable and it tricksmany