How do you classify an admirable hero? Is it by his morals: selflessness, loyalty, and courage? Is it by his actions: putting others first, helping everyone, and standing up for their beliefs? The Odyssey, written by Homer, is about a man, named Odysseus, going on his many adventures while trying to travel home. Some believe he is an admirable hero for outsmarting his enemies and overcoming his trails. Though Odysseus may posses many heroic qualities, he is not a hero. To begin, Odysseus is very
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Throughout the Odyssey the theme of hospitality is shown through many different characters in a good way which helps Odysseus on his journey home. During Odysseus’ journey home he encounters many characters that show him great hospitality which helps him get home and kill the suitors. On one of his stops a character named Circe turned all of his crew into pigs, but when she sees Odysseus she turns them back into humans. She also feeds and gives them a place to rest for a year. When Odysseus and his
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After a vast hero had seen the remarkable birth of his child, he had embarked on a journey with his men to battle in a brutal and callous war. Embarking on his vast journey, he had left his faithful wife and newly born child to fight in a vicious war. The Odyssey is a Greek epic which captures the boundless journey of Odysseus, as he strives to return to Ithaca after battling in the Trojan War. Homer had been a prominent writer who had expressed the vast legends and myths of Greek gods and goddesses
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Odysseus and Aeneas are characters created by Homer and Virgil. Homer’s character and story was constructed about eight hundred years prior to Virgil’s, but both stories center around one thing. The Trojan War and what happened after the fall of Troy is the basis for what happens in both stories. On the winning side you have Odysseus, and on the losing side you have Aeneas. This can be paralleled by the authors of these epics. Homer is a Greek which is the winning side, and Virgil the Roman
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Odysseus: The Epic Hero Odysseus, ruler of Ithaca, is an epic hero. He is made to be very well known in the Odyssey written by Homer long ago. He is also known to have all the qualities of an epic hero even some that are not always the best. That is why Odysseus could be nothing less than an epic hero. Odysseus is most always loyal to his men. Odysseus shows his loyalty when he takes his men “... to the ships, tied them down under their rowing benches, and called the rest”(148) therefore, he was
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reason behind all of the conflicts that take place, and throughout the entire epic, pride is depicted as a destructive force. Pride is the cause of the war, the source of sub-conflicts between the characters, and the motive behind the actions taken by Achilles throughout the story. The entire epic of The Iliad occurs in the middle of a ten-year conflict in the city of Troy between the Trojans and Achaeans. As is the case with most wars, the cause of the Trojan War is arguably quite pointless because
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virtues were very important, however due to most seeking them the vices were a huge downfall for most. Some would go to great measures to uphold their honor, but excess of pride and dignity could cause one to seek out glory and fame. In the Iliad Achilles decision to not fight Agamemnon and withdrawal from the battle. He is close with the gods and has superhuman strength. As a modern reader however I would consider him to be less than heroic. His deep-seated flaws in character impede this great warrior
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probably not a good enough way to describe Capitu's hair. Bento crossed out Thetis and nymph and instead wrote “a beloved creature, which is a word which embraces all the powers.” Thetis was one of the 50 Nereids and their leader. She had her son Achilles with King Peleus, who she didn’t really like. Bento described Capitu's undertow eyes like Thetis' because she was the goddess of the sea. The sea has an undertow current that drags people in just like Capitu's eyes dragged in Bento and made him love
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There are certain characteristics that make literature so interesting and entertaining, which are the facts that certain works have the capacity to create a trend or a genre, therefore it gives the piece of work a feeling of transcendetality. Two great authors from the Western civilization that take part of a modern literary culture that is characterized for its epic stories and epic characters that follow along the definition of an epic hero. An epic hero is a brave and noble character in an epic
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good at war. The walls are huge and strong. All the Greeks manage to do in 9 long years is to rape and pillage nearby small towns. Troy still stands. The Iliad starts with an argument between Agamemnon (top guy) and Achilles (best fighter) and ends, 24 days later, with Achilles killing Hector. This is a terrible loss for the Trojans. Finally, it is Odysseus (the hero of the book the Odyssey) who figures out that they should make a giant horse and hide a few people in it and pretend to go away
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