Blindness and sight can have many different meanings, one of which is being naive and wandering. Julius Caesar is a good example of being blind. He is unaware of his surroundings and does not know what is going on in the story and because of it in the end he gets killed and his kingdom taken. Odysseus is the opposite, in the story The Odyssey, Odysseus needs to fight for his kingdom back, he knows what's going on and was not blind and naive, and was able to conquer. Julius caesar was blind and was naive to the situation and lost his life and his kingdom, whereas odysseus could see and was able to asses the situation and conquer to get his kingdom back. Julius Caesar led his Rome to victory agianst pompey and was celebrated by Rome because of it. Two men by the names of Flavius and Marullus did not like it, they believed that caesar did not bring any wealth or conquests back to Rome. out at a ceremonial race a soothsayer warns him and says “beware the ides of March”, but he ignores the soothsayer. Caesar is offered the crown and refuses it three times, meanwhile in the background his companions begin talking about him and plan to stop and kill him at the Senate (SparkNotes). His wife dreams about his murder …show more content…
In the story of david and goliath the philistines fought against the israelites. The philistines had a big strong man named goliath that challenged them and their God. the king of israel said that whoever won in the fight would be able to marry his daughter and eventually become king. David stood up to the plate to fight against him, they gave him armor that was to big for him and he refused to use it. David just looked to God to help him and threw the stone and killed goliath. He then married his daughter and became king. Just like odysseus david knew what was going on and trusted God to help him win, He had a plan and stuck to it. David eventually also became king just like odysseus