Who Is The Monster In The Odyssey Persuasive Essay

Landon Conroy Mr. Schmidt English 9 Honors 3 April 2024 Title of paper The battle between monster and man has always been one-sided and this is because man fears the monster but the monster doesn’t fear man. Even though we have evolved throughout time, we have done nothing to eliminate our fear of these monsters and give ourselves an advantage over them. Some examples in “The Odyssey” were when Odysseus and his crew faced Scylla, with their new spears, weapons, and a ship, but the monster still took 6 crew members easily, even though the men had all of the equipment. The men were also scared to death. Another example is when the boys from “The Lord of the Flies” were automatically scared when they thought there was a beast on an island. Both

What does this show about how they evolve? Archetypal creatures/monsters have always put fear in a man's heart. This is always the being that keeps humans' heads on a swivel. This is developed in Homer’s The Odyssey when Circe, who is a minor god of magic and sorcery, directs them toward the passage with Scylla, which is a six-headed monster, with 12 tentacles, and cries like a baby. This monster takes 6 men, one for each head, from every boat that passes. She sits in a nest in a narrow passageway that also contains Charybdis, which is also a monster. This happens the second time the men come to the island. On their journey home from the war in Troy, the crew doesn’t know she’s coming because Odysseus doesn’t tell them that Circe told him to go there. Even though they had all of these weapons, like spears and swords, and a boat full of men. Odysseus knew they still stood no chance against her and it was inevitable that something was going to happen:“That was all, and it brought them round to action. But as I sent them on toward Sycilla, I told them nothing, as they could do nothing. They would have dropped their oars again, in panic, to roll for cover under the decking.”