Socrates once said, “All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.” These words by Socrates highlight the terrifying voyage that Odysseus takes over the span of twenty years and how through the souls of the dead, virtue, pride and passion allowed Odysseus, the main character, to grow into an epic hero. In The Odyssey, the author Homer, takes the reader on a thought-provoking journey with the use of figurative language and literary devices wherein Odysseus becomes a hero in both the physical and the spiritual sense. Odysseus is undoubtedly a flawed man, a mortal man, as evidenced by the language of the novel, but it is in his journey, through the obstacles he faces that he grows into a heroic man by utilizing his ingenuity, and comes away from the journey with pride and passion.
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The Land of the Dead is represented as a black hole over which winds are unleashed upon Odysseus and his men to drive them away. Inciting force is exemplified in the poem, for example when “Aeolus, king of the winds, sends Odysseus on his way with a gift: a sack containing all the winds except the favorable west wind” (The Odyssey line 47). This battle of the winds transports the reader into understanding the depth of Odysseus character development. In spite of the dangers that face Odysseus, whether the wicked winds or the Cyclopes, he continues to grow as a hero by attempting to save his men. It is in the face of grave danger that Odysseus thrives, he overcomes the obstacles by tackling the forces of nature that try to oppress his spirit. Repetition is also commonplace in The Odyssey, as illustrated in part one of the epic poem. Specifically, the poem reads, “seeing this ghost I grieved