Odysseus: An Epic Hero There are many characteristics of a hero; heroes usually have some type of problem(s) that they try to overcome. Heroes are Courageous meaning they attempt and/or accomplish a goal even when afraid. They are decisive, meaning they act when there are people in need. Heroes usually possess some type of inhuman qualities but are still humans and have flaws. They are also dedicated, when they set out to do something no matter what and who gets in the way the finish what they started. Odysseus demonstrates the qualities of a hero, he has the strength of ten men and, uses courageous and Dedicative traits to defeat his problems in this case Monsters, and Creatures to get back home.
Odysseus is an example of a hero and his
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"He bent the bow with little difficulty. With his right hand he grasped the string and let it twang beautifully. During all this, the suitors were amazed."(Odyssey, page 194).
The suitors attempted but could not bend the bow. In particular, "Leiodes was the first to try to bend the bow as Odysseus had. As he took the bow and attempted to stretch it, he failed to pull back the bow like Odysseus did, from all of his attempts his hands grew sore from the unsuccessful attempts.
Odysseus Is dedicated to reaching his main goal which is getting back home to be with his family. After living on Calypso’s island with her for seven years out of ten years he was gone, this was seen as a time that it looked like he might give up. He started to believe the island was now his new home, and was not quite sure if he wanted to leave anymore. However, when he put some thought into it, he realized that he had a family back in his homelands, Ithaca waiting on his return and he knew that he was still the ruling king on the throne.
Odysseus is determined throughout the entire book to get home to his family and does not let anything or anyone stop him from doing that. He goes and defeats monsters such