What is a hero in your eyes? As a tragic hero, Odysseus contains tragic flaws, which include curiosity and being stubborn; these flaws negatively impact the story by not learning from his mistakes. Odysseus was king of Ithaca and was married to a woman named Penelope. Penelope and Odysseus had a son named Telemachus. Telemachus was just an infant when Odysseus had to leave for Troy.
A tragic hero is described as having excessive curiosity and being stubborn; these flaws negatively impact the story by not learning from his mistakes. Odysseus shows his heroic characteristics when “Cyclops, if anyone asks you who it was that put your eye out and spoiled your beauty, say it was the valiant warrior Ulysses, son of Laertes, who lives in Ithaca.” Odysseus is a tragic hero because he is always curious and is sometimes stubborn. Most of the time he puts his life or one of his men`s at risk.
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An example of this tragic flaw is when "Odysseus shows his heroic characteristics when Odysseus wants to explore the cyclopes` land further he tells his comrades the rest of you loyal men stay here, while I and my men try to find out who these men are, whether they are cruel, savage and lawless, or good to strangers, and in their hearts fear the Gods." This flaw causes Odysseus to be curious and could risk his life or even his men’s