In Homer's centuries-old masterpiece, "The Odyssey," Homer portrays the story's protagonist, Odysseus, as an epic hero through the extraordinary way he responds to the call, challenges, and return. ... In "The Odyssey," hunger is a main cause of temptation. ... "(Homer 227-228). ... (Homer 443). ... Many parts of the Odyssey enables us to see Odysseus as the epic hero. ...
The first known poems in the classical epic tradition were the two Homeric epics: The Iliad and The Odyssey. Although the authorship of The Iliad and The Odyssey are traditionally attributed to Homer, both poems were actually formed through the oral tradition (Beye 3). ... Even if Homer was the initial narrator of both epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey would have undergone many changes with each recitation (7). ...
Two heroes that possessed seemingly opposite heroic traits are Odysseus from The Odyssey of Homer and Jesus from The New Testament. ... The Odyssey of Homer, perhaps one of the greatest epic poems of all time, portrays Odysseus" journey home. ... In book 5, Odysseus turns down a life of immortality in order to return home to his wife. ... Is it your native land you need, Your dear home? ... But of course, Odysseus stays true to his heroic traits and decides to decline Calypso's offer and return home to his wife. ...
In the beginning of the story, Goodman Brown is faced with a decision to stay home with his wife another night or to take off on his journey. ... Allegorically, he embarks on a psychological and spiritual odyssey. ... Goodman Brown is tempted to turn around and go home, but he sticks it out, and continues onward. ... Although Young Goodman Brown felt a " loathful brotherhood by the sympathy of all that was wicked in his heart" he could not ever return to a state of blind faith upon returning home (pg. 97). ... Young Goodman Brown returns to his home the next morning as a new man. ...
They both took part in a journey away from their homes and their people to a strange place, or in this case, multiple places. ... Gilgamesh was so crafty and determined which allowed him to kill Humbaba, which allowed for Gilgamesh to return home. ... On his nine year journey home Odysseus came across a nymph called Circe. ... No matter the circumstances, Odysseus wanted to stay loyal to his wife and come home to her and his son. ... Through out the book The Odyssey, Odysseus has proven that he could be sly and smart. ...
It will always be based around a central heroic figure, contain grandiose speeches and have as its background a hugely important event, take Homer's "Iliad" set against the remarkable backdrop of the Trojan War, for example. ... This is reminiscent of the intervention of Aphrodite in Book V of Homer's "Iliad" to remove her son Aeneas from the battlefield. ... Furthermore, the undergarment seems a parody of the "glorious armour" of Achilles in Homer's "Iliad", and even more so with the seeming importance of the pettico...
Anti-heroes have been around for centuries. Their origins can be traced back thousands of years, especially in ancient Roman and Greek mythology. Literary works such as the Iliad and Odyssey by Homer show evidence characteristic of an anti-hero. Anti-heroes are protagonists who, unlike the traditio...
