Perspectives on Sirens Society has proven to be evolving throughout the years, as the problems are being addressed and taken into account. However, many still get distraught when glancing back into the ways of the past, even conveying their opinions in miraculous ways to provide their perspective on how it should be. There are many forms of doing so, and one way is in the form of a poem to express different sides to people or characters. In relation to one of the world-wide conflicts, gender inequality, Homer’s expression of women in the Odyssey, has caused poets, such as Margaret Atwood with Siren Song, to provide depth to their personalities. With the Sirens, Homer uses a more peculiar tone to describe the harpies, a deviant view on the powerful beings; while Margaret provides more human and complicated traits. Margaret purposefully displays the Sirens as more relatable and …show more content…
In Siren Song, the Poet provides a more complicated personality to the Sirens, developing more pathetic and frustrating ruses, compared to Homer’s more immortal and powerful description. For instance, the Sirens are described as more alluring and haunting, drawing men in to die with attributes such as when “...the wind [falls], and a calm [comes] over all the sea...” to lure the men even closer because “[lulling] the swell” is more serene than harsh waters (Homer Book XII Lines 735-737). By using this description on the waters to the advantage of the Sirens, for men are more likely to jump off the ships into calm waters than a raging storm. Homer puts the emphasis on this particular part because it is a more eerie and mysterious setting. As well as it makes the Sirens