After Odysseus reveals his identity, he takes revenge of the wooers and severely punished anyone that was associated during the occasion. He was justified with his actions when he struck back. His punishments were brutal but neccasary. He gave the wooers what they deserved. 432 Words 2 Pages...
The next phase involves deception in which Odysseus tells a tale to conceal his true identity. This is followed by a scene in which he foreshadows that Odysseus will come back sometime in the future. The final section is the recognition in which Odysseus reveals his true identity to the ...
Odysseus was obliged to join the Trojan expedition – something he didn’t want to, since he was more than happy alongside his wife,Penelope, and his newborn son,Telemachus, and he knew from a prophecy that if he goes toTroy, it will take him a long time to come back home. So, he...
In a dramatic culmination, Odysseus reveals his true identity and, with Telemachus and a few loyal servants, orchestrates the slaughter of the suitors. This act restores order and reestablishes his rightful place as the ruler of Ithaca. 17. Reunion with Penelope After proving his identity through...
Odyssey ‚Odysseuscomes back and revealshisidentity. He comes back to find thesuitorstrying to take overhishome. They tried to takehiswife‚ Penelope. They also tried to take overhishome. Lastly‚ they tried to killhisson. So‚ as expected‚ he reacted pretty negatively towards to ...
The punishment that Odysseus gave to all of the people was justified because they were trying to help take over Ithaca. Also that they were trying to take his wife away from Odysseus and kill his son Telemachus. Anyone who was punished had a good reason to be either hung or tortured. Non...
After arriving in the land of the lotus eaters, Odysseus reveals his arrogance to both his crew and Polyphemus. As Odysseus shouted to Polyphemus, “I am Odysseus, son of Laertes, known to the world for every kind of craft - my fame has reached the skies” (212) instead, of showing hi...
Odysseus and his crew had just managed to escape from the Cyclops, Polyphemus, after driving a stake into his eye. But then, Odysseus told the blinded Cyclops his identity by shouting, “Cyclops – if any man on the face of the earth should ask you who blinded you, shamed you so- say...
Odysseus frequently displays hubris as a result of his tremendous courage and justifiable pride throughout books 9-12 of Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, although this flaw reveals that even heroes can have imperfections. For instance, concealing his identity is key to Odysseus defeating the Cyclo...
When Odysseus journeys to the underworld he realizes that his masculine identity depends not only on his heroic duties and warlike actions, but also on the people who surround him like his wife, son, mother and father. When talking to Achilles in the underworld, Odysseus learns that because ...