1. The Hero's Journey in The Odyssey
He strives with extensive wit, courage, power, perseverance, and strength that are almost superhuman. ... Not only is Odysseus heroic in perseverance, he is also heroic in the level of psychological strength that Odysseus has when there is a temptation. ... Here, Odysseus refuses immortality because he has a great mental strength to decline it. ... This mental strength of refusal can be found in his waiting wife Penelope as well and his endurance is supported by Thornton when he says, "Odysseus's men eat the lotus-flower and forget their home and identity; they eat the forbidden oxen of...
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