Veterans Relating to Odysseus Have you ever realized the similarity of Odysseus to a veteran? Well the Odyssey in how Homer describes it, is just a soldier’s extensive journey returning home from a war that lasted continues ten plus years. Just like a veteran, Odysseus experience back home does not always go according to his plans, Odysseus finds himself stranded in a place that he once called home. Returning to somewhere which you lived all your life, after not witnessing it for ten years can seem
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Do you believe that there is one most important theme of the Odyssey? I’m going to be explaining why I believe that perseverance is the most important theme of the story. Perseverance is basically being determined to achieve something no matter how difficult it is. Based on this theme, the audience should learn is if you want to achieve something don’t let big challenges stop you from having it. Ulysses stopped at nothing to get back home to Penelope, wife, and Telemachus, son. He
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When people think of heroes, their minds jump from Odysseus to Cam Newton. Why? These two come from different cultures, different time periods, and even different universes or realities. On one hand, Odysseus battled mythical monsters in the Mediterranean Sea for 20 years, while Cam Newton played football on the Auburn Plains for 4 years. However, both will be remembered for their legacies – Odysseus in the Iliad and Odyssey, Cam in the Raine room (Auburn hall of awards) – and for performing miraculous
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In this particular painting, John William Waterhouse illustrates the moment when Odysseus and his men pass through the land of the Sirens. After examining the painting closely, I noticed a number of things that were significantly different than the original description of the Sirens in the book. I also took time to look at other paintings while comparing and contrasting, which helped me understand this piece a lot better. According to the book, The Odyssey, while passing through the Sirens, Odysseus
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A focal subject in "The Odyssey" is loyalty. Odysseus' commitment to his family, his nation and his god is immovable. Along his trip, Odysseus has the chance to be unfaithful to his better half. This would disgrace his nation and disregard his convictions. “Despite the fact that he now and then flounders and some of his choices have negative results, his faithfulness, adore for his better half and want to return home never fades.” p.58 Odysseus also has solid values with regards to self-control and
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Has Odysseus really changed all that much from his postwar travels by the time he meets the Phaeacians? In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus’ actions do reveal his behavior, but not necessarily in the way one would think. But Odysseus is often stuck in a sort of loop, in which some aspects of his behavior are dynamic, and others remain static, depending heavily on the situation the character is placed in. When Odysseus meets the Phaeacians, he displays changes in behavior as he begs for mercy, yet remains
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There are many comparisons between Inman from "Cold Mountain" and Odysseus from "The Odyssey." For example: journey, their wife loyalty, and hero return. I am going to tell you why they both are similar. First of all, journey, they both are compared because they were both was in a war and trying to return back home. But they can't because they have to make a journey/quest to return home. And how they both want to go back to the woman they love. While they are traveling there is going be consequences
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Many people trust others a little bit too much, and this may be okay at times, but at others it may be fatal. In a fatal situation, one may have little to no resources available and may be left for dead. In the Odyssey, the epic hero Odysseus takes his men through a series of quests that are limited in resources, and Odysseus must figure out ways to get around them. Because of this, through the use of external conflicts, Homer portrays Odysseus as a smart and trusting character. In the Odyssey
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The Odyssey v. The Hobbit In the stories "The Odyssey" by Homer and "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien, there are many similarities. The main characters, Odysseus and Bilbo, are trying to get themselves and their crews home. Bilbo and Odysseus have many things in common such as their cunning abilities in trickerySome of the similarities between the two are the settings, the challenges, the enemies, and coming home. First, the setting comparison. One place that can be compared in both stories is 'The
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Odysseus is not a modern day hero because he had multiple crewmen killed throughout their journey. Odysseus also killed multiple people on his journey home. At the island of the cyclops he lost many men to the cyclops Polyphemus. “Then, his chores being all dispatched, he caught another brace of men to make his breakfast. Line 255-257. ” When Odysseus made his trip back to his home Ithaca he slayed his wife’s suitors with the help of his son Telemachus. Odysseus also lost crew members on his way
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