Telemachus Anima Quotes

From Telemachus’s return to the reunion with his father, we come across a great amount of anima in Book sixteen. Anima is first portrayed with: “Don’t get up on my account, stranger. I’ll make another seat” (Hinds 164). This is Telemachus talking to the “stranger”. Anima is well represented because Telemachus is showing signs of hospitality, open-mindedness, and self-control. I found this very important because throughout the book, we see innumerable amounts of violence, and only sometimes do we see positive events happening. Although a smaller action, this example of anima is important because it tells us that Telemachus will always put others before himself and offer the best care to those in front of him. More anima took place in the book on page 168 in book 16: “Let’s not waste time now with the field hands—not until we have reclaimed your hall!” (Hinds 168).

Anima is portrayed by Odysseus when he is demanding Telemachus to do different actions in the plan to return to Penelope. Through these actions by Odysseus, he presents open-mindedness and self-control. The characteristics of anima- open-mindedness, creativity, intelligence, empathy, self-control, and hospitality, make identifying anima more serene (QSP 5). Anima is very important because it is something in us that defines who we are. Anima can define how or in what way people look at you. Without anima, our lives would be very bland. Similar to this, there was a lack of anima when Telemachus doubted that “the stranger” was truly Odysseus at first. “You can’t