Epic Hero Essay

Fukuzaki 1 Sarah Fukuzaki Mrs. K. Hon. English 9 24 October 2011 The Ways of a True expansive Hero I wish you well, all the same you do it, but if you hardly knew in your own midriff how many hard embarks you were fated to undergo before get fanny to your country, you would stay here with me and be the lord of this dwelling house and be an immortal, . . . (B. 5 L. 205-210) Even though Calypso hints that Odysseus go out face many challenges, he expresses his valour and persuades the beautiful Goddess that he would still like to return to his good-natured wife, penelope, and his homeland, Ithaca. Throughout the epic poem poem The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus displays many valiant traits by ferociously battling through obstacles placed in his travel plan and confronting challenges much(prenominal) as temptation, monstrous cannibals, a trip to the underworld, and death. The plainly carriage Odysseus can save his and his crews lives through this tremendously toug h move around is by using his heroic traits, such as scholar air and strength. As a true hero Odysseus reveals his intelligence by coming up with a way to obstruct his ship from crashing, due to the tantalizing voices of the sirens. I carried wax on the line, and dictated it thick on their ears. They tied me up, then, plumb amidship back to the mast, lashed to the mast and took themselves again to rowing. (B. 12 L. 115-119). By tying himself to the mast of the ship it handicapped him to move towards the sirens alluring song. He also cover his crews ears with wax which Fukuzaki 2 limited the crews sense of hearing allowing them to row traverse pass the sirens without crashing the ship, which is needed to return back to Ithaca. Also when Odysseus and his shipmates ar being held captive in a cannibals cave, Odysseus quickly uses his brain, and devises a plan to escape the cave by using the things near(a) him to avoid being brutally eaten by Polyphemus, the cyclops. Thr ee up on(predicate) I tied them silently to! gether, twining cords of willow from the ogres...If you penis to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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