Behind the Surface of Odysseus’ Personality Traits An adventure is a tale about great travels; most people don’t think that it involves many characters who are all different. In the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus goes on a voyage from Troy to get back to his home, Ithaca. Being the main character, his journey has many downfalls and challenges. He, in the end, overcomes all his hardships and reunites with his wife and son. While reading the story it was clear, Odysseus has many well-described
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Everybody has character traits that describe who they are and it is not uncommon for people to share some. A character trait Odysseus, from the epic poem The Odyssey, share the character trait of being optimistic. I have been optimistic through the hardest time and the easiest times. I was optimistic I would make Advance dance when I tried out for the dance program here at the high school. When trying out for advance I knew only the best freshman would make it. I felt confident after audition
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Odysseus is really brave in this story because he faces all these mean creatures and faces all these problems just to get back home after ten years. And he is not even sure if he has a home to go back to because of the suitors they are trying to marry his wife and threating Odysseus son. This shows what he had to go through to get back home. So first Odysseus came to this island and faced a creature called the cyclops who is Poseidon’s one eyed son. Odysseus needed to escape but he couldn’t kill
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To begin, Homer employs thematic details to achieve the product of the Trojan War narrative in the Iliad by implementing impersonal characters and interchangeable details. Homer does not exclaim any date or year in any point of the text to link the Trojan War to reality. Nor does Homer acknowledge the connection to what is happening in Greece while the war is in progress. The lack of significant details relays that this story is in the realm of fiction rather than fact. Furthermore, Homer continues
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Was Odysseus a good hero? The generic definition of a hero is “a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.” There is many ways that Odysseus can be considered a hero, but i feel as though there are more ways he can be considered not a hero. Three reasons that will prove that he isn’t a hero is: Odysseus didn’t take advice from people which led to great consequences, and also Odysseus was very self-centered and didn’t care for others lives, and
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Christopher Reeve, the producer of, Superman, stated that “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” Throughout time, a hero has represented an individual who sacrifices himself for a cause greater than themselves. Odysseus the protagonist from The Odyssey faces many hardships for his country returning home from the Trojan War. Martin Luther King faces a similar struggle through his fight for the equal rights of African Americans
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Define heroes in your thinking. Whenever I have that question, the first thing pop up in my head is Odysseus. The story that talk about him was wrote long time ago by the Homer. He was wrote at the greatest heroes in Greek mythology. With me, Odysseus is describe the word heroes mean. Odysseus is not just the person that are strong, brave, have superpower, but the three major things make Odysseus be a hero are leadership skills, intelligence, have weakness and overcome it. One major thing that make
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“Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.”(Ovid) This quote demonstrates the theme of Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling by portraying that one who is happy can protect the things they love without doubt or hesitation. If you input Rikki-tikki’s character to this quote, its output is true to the story in which Rikki-tikki protects his family and keeps them out of harm. The theme of the fictional story Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling is that bravery can occur at its
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Have you ever read a superhero book? The superhero is always a strong guy with big muscles right? Well I think in Homer’s the Odyssey, Penelope is the true hero. She is the true hero because, she waits 20 years for Odysseus, she tricks her suitors into thinking she’s doing a blanket for about two months, and she makes a challenge to string a bow and arrow, and shoot it through 12 axes. One of the reasons I think Penelope is a hero is because for 20 years she waits for Odysseus dealing with intense
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An Odyssey of Honor We all know what an odyssey is; for some each day is an odyssey and for others life is The Odyssey. For Odysseus, returning home to his land and his loved ones is the Odyssey. In scenes of deep sorrow, crying serves as a personification of Odysseus’s honor. Furthermore, Odysseus’s sobbing is a vehicle to memorialize the honor of his comrades. In moments depicting this grief, Odysseus illustrates a hero must have legendary achievements and noble qualities, but above all, Odysseus
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