Both Odysseus and I have shown pride. In The Odyssey, Odysseus and his men are going to fight in the Trojan War. Odysseus found a way to win the war. He and his men built a horse and Odysseus told his men to hide in the horse late at night. The next morning two of Odysseus’ men went to go talk to the Trojan’s leader.
(Cross 10). Again, Odysseus prepares for the Trojan war and is clueless about the events following it. While on his voyage he is not met with a welcoming response and then goes through the tests, allies, and enemies. Unfortunately, he angers the cyclops who calls Poseidon, his father, and Poseidon creates chaos and utter destruction for Odysseus. ‘’...calling out to the god Poseidon, who was his father’’ (Cross 45).
While Odysseus and his crew are slowly moving away from Cyclopes Island, Odysseus tells Polyphemus that he is “Odysseus, Laertes’ son,” whose home “lies on Ithaca” (Homer 459 and 460). Because of his arrogant decision to tell Polyphemus the truth of his origins, he essentially dooms him and his crew. Polyphemus, who is Poseidon's son, asks of his father to punish Odysseus for his arrogance, whom grants his prayer. In cessation, Odysseus’ haughty decision to tell Polyphemus his whereabouts leads to his utter
This allows the cyclops to put a curse on him that causes that
Odysseus begins by stabbing the cyclops in the eye which causes the cyclops to be furious. He then tells his men to get on a boat and to start heading off to the ocean. After setting off to the ocean Odysseus starts to tease the cyclops and telling him that nobody did nothing to his eye. This
During the episode of “The Cyclops” in epic The Odyssey, Odysseus falls prey to several of the eight Greek evil thoughts. His pride, boasting, and greed make his character evil because of the way the Greeks used to believe. Odysseus decides to roam the cave that Polyphemus lives, and tries to take the Cyclops’ food; Polyphemus then eats two of Odysseus’ men on the spot and decides to imprison Odysseus. Odysseus then develops a plan to mess with the Polyphemus because he is the son of Poseidon, and Odysseus believes that hassling the son of Poseidon, Zeus’ brother that does not like Zeus, he would be doing Zeus a favor. Odysseus portrays 3 of the 8 Greek Evil Thoughts of Philargyria (greed), Hyperephania (pride), and Kendoxia (boasting).
An epic hero is someone who is characterized commonly on their nobility and bravery. However ,there are more attributes epic heros can posses. For example Odysseus, the protagonist in Homer's retelling of “The Odyssey”, shows many forms of excessive arrogance and pomposity. After conquering Troy, Odysseus and his men set off on their way home.
The Odyssey by Homer is an exemplary story that teaches life lessons to those going on a journey for themselves. It illustrates how the challenges and obstacles one may face can help someone become a better leader. The Odyssey highlights one man, Odysseus, a man filled with excessive pride, experiencing the wrath of the god Poseidon. He expects to arrive at his home, Ithaca, safely to reunite with his wife, Penelope, but unfortunately faces many temptations and setbacks. Due to the challenges he faces, it prevents him from arriving home as early as he thought he would.
In the beginning of the book Odysseus is impulsive and arrogant. After Odysseus blinds and defeats the Cyclops, he cannot contain himself. Out of pure impulsiveness and the inability to be humble, Odysseus yells out to the Cyclops, “If any man on the face of the earth should ask you/ who blinded you, shamed you do so–say Odysseus,/raider of cities, he gouged out your eye,/Laertes’ son who makes his home in Ithaca!” (Homer 9.556-562). Odysseus is so impulsive he has to scream out his name to the gods and the Cyclops.
But, after angering Poseidon by blinding his one eyed cyclops son, Odysseus must go through brutal situations to get home thanks to the fuming god. The theme, the search for justice, is very prevalent in this text because of the fight between Odysseus and the suitors, the reunion of Odysseus and his wife Penelope and when Odysseus visits his father Laertes and Athena must restore peace because of the fight that breaks out there. To begin, the theme searching for justice is shown clearly when Odysseus returns home and kills the suitors. The text states, “Odysseus took aim and hit him with an arrow in the throat.
When they get back to the boat and Odysseus yells out to the Cyclopes his name. Which means a harder journey for Odysseus and his men because Polyphemus is Poseidon's son. In this book Odysseus shows his pride when he yells from the boat and almist gets him and his men killed. In the movie Odysseus pride is most shown when he blames her situation solely on his men.
When writing The Odyssey, Homer organizes the story in a unique yet confusing way. The reader follows Odysseus in his journey that is written out of order and confusing to follow for the reader. Odysseus journey also provides many different themes for the reader to follow leads to even more confusion for the reader. In The Odyssey, the structure Homer uses and his own arrogance leads to a confusing nameless main character for the start of the story, the many different themes, and non-chronological events only lead to confusion for the reader throughout the story. Homer's choosing to keep Odysseus nameless at the beginning of the story creates a confusing start for the reader.
“When that fine ship of those Phaeacians comes back from helping him across, I want to smash it in the sea,” (321, 150-153). Homer details Poseidon getting Zeus involved and through Poseidon's pure rage, he planned to set an example by destroying the Phaeacians that helped Odysseus get back to Ithaca. While Poseidon is plotting against Odysseus, Zeus plans to avenge Poseidon by going after his crew. This shows how good friends Zeus and Poseidon are and they both get their revenge. On Odysseus’ journey back to Ithaca, he meets allies like Aelus, who helps him sail to Ithaca but also learns of Zeus’ immense power.
He becomes over confident and his actions almost always lead to consequences. “‘Cyclops, if ever mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye: Laertes’ son, whose homes on Ithaca!’” (Homer 457-460). Odysseus’s ego shines through in this instance. He decides that he needs to have the last word and that everyone should know who blinded the great Polyphemus, so he reveals his name to the cyclops.
Odysseus blinds and taunts the Cyclops Polyphemus, which leads to Polyphemus praying to his father, Poseidon, to curse Odysseus. The curse bestowed upon Odysseus by Poseidon is mentioned in book 9 lines 445-451 of The
