parallels the The Odyssey in a variety of ways. ... Ulysses Everett Mcgill, parallels Odysseus in The Odyssey. ... This is similar to Penelope about to be getting married in The Odyssey. ... Odysseus defies Poseidon and believes that he can control his fate without the help of the gods. ... and The Odyssey are just a few of the parallels between the two works. ...
In his epic, The Odyssey, Homer uses the trip of the Greek messenger god Hermes to reflect the arduous journey of the protagonist Odysseus back to his homeland, Ithaka. ... However, while going back, he aggravates the god of seas, Poseidon, who punishes Odysseus by delaying his return to Ithaca for ten years. ... Likewise, Odysseus is forced by the god, Poseidon who he cannot question, to wander ten years on the sea reluctantly. ... However, Odysseus suffers for ten years away from his home and faces dangers that Poseidon brings him, enduring seven years on an island with Kalypso, nostalgic...
