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Compare And Contrast Odysseus And The Cyclops

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I believe Odysseus and the cyclops have equal blame for what happened. I believe Odysseus is to blame for his rudeness towards the cyclops and for trespassing onto his land and taking his food. I also believe the cyclops is to blame as well for his outrageous behavior and for well, eating several of Odysseus's men in response to them trespassing. So in all honesty I can't blame one more than the other. In other words, that is why I can't say for certain who I would be cheering more for.

I found myself cheering more for Odysseus than the cyclops. The reason why would be because I knew this story centered around Odysseus and not the cyclops so I automatically felt that Odysseus should win. I also felt terribly sorry for the cyclops. I believe
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