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Examples Of External Conflict In The Odyssey

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The external and internal conflict found in the section of the Odyssey, Scylla and Charybdis are abundant there are external conflicts of Odysseus standing in face of death, or deciding to keep his crew going and being level heading even in the face of immense danger. An example of this external conflict was shown to us by him standing on the ship’s deck with two heavy spears and facing the great sea monsters, ”so I tie on my cuirass and took up two heavy spears, then made my way along the foredeck - thinking to see her first from there, the monster of the gray rock”(Homer, 196). This quote shows that Odysseus was not afraid to fight for the sake of his crew, this shows a external conflict of him fighting something real. During this battle
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