Comparing The Odyssey And Siren's Song

Through the imagery of both Homer and Margaret Atwood we see the difference in the Siren’s attitude in each poem. In The Odyssey, the Siren says, “honeyed voices pouring from our lips.” This imagery is a seductive tactic used by the Siren to lure the men closer. Odysseus tells us that his heart wanted more. This shows how the desire to get closer to the Siren was toxic. In “Siren Song” the Siren uses imagery to mock herself and make the reader feel bad for her. She tells us that she is “squatting on the island looking picturesque and mythical.” It is inferred that she is simply unhappy and bored where she is.

Both poems share a first person point of view and their authors use different examples to portray the Sirens. In the Odyssey, the reader obtains a bias from Odysseus and how he personally views the Sirens. While in the “Siren Song “ the reader acquires a point of view from a Siren herself. In both poems they are portrayed as flattering to deceive. An example from the Odyssey is “

The Iliad and The Odyssey are tales written by Homer centered on the drama of the Trojan War. First poem deals with the time during the end of the war, while the latter, which occurs roughly ten years later, explains the disastrous journey of Odysseus fighting his way back home. The character of women in the Odyssey is to exhibit the many and diverse roles that women play in the lives of men. These functions vary from characters such as the goddess ' that help them to the nymphs who trick them. Women in the Iliad exhibit their significance in the lives of the ancient Greeks because they are so prominent in a world so dominated with military relations.

In all three works of art, the epic poem (The Odyssey), Atwood’s poem (“Siren Song”), and Waterhouse’s Ulysses & The Sirens, all portray the Sirens differently by the author's tone. Waterhouse uses art to set the dramatic and threatening tone while The Odyssey uses poetry to set the dramatic tone. The tone of Atwood’s poem depicts the Sirens as being mischievous yet bored.

Margaret’s style was prose fiction and known for her feminist perspective. “The Siren Song” is a perfect example of her style. She wrote about prose fiction which is, Classical Greek (romances) Usually as long as a short novel. She wrote amazing books, poems, etc. people loved all of them. Many people or classes such as this one still read poems by her. Her interest in Greek is amazing from the stories she makes. An extraordinary person for amazing books. (Atwood, Margaret. “The siren song.” Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2015.)(Atwood, Margaret. “The siren song.” Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, n.d. Web. 10 Nov.

The Sirens in the Odyssey represent more than just a maritime danger to the passing ship. They are the desires of man that he cannot have. The Sirens can also be construed as forbidden knowledge or some other taboo object. Whatever these singing women actually are, the sailors are wise to avoid them. As usual, the wily Odysseus cheats at the rules of the game by listening to their song under the restraints constructed by his crew.

In Homer’s “The Odyssey” the sirens are depicted as dangerous creatures who are set out to ruin the men’s lives through alluring voices. Evidence of this can be seen when Circe tells Odysseus that there is,”no wife rising to meet him”(12.48) who draws to close to the sirens, and that there will be “no happy children beaming at their father’s face”(12.49). By these quotes, it is evident that emphasis is placed on the man and that the sirens (the women) will ruin his

In the book Odyssey and the film O Brother, Where Art Thou shows many ways how the hero’s journey are used throughout. The reading Odyssey is about a man that goes on a adventure for ten years and faces many challenging problems. For example cyclops, zeus, and . In the film O Brother, Where Art Thou a group of three runaway slaves are being hunted and face many challenges similar to Odyssey. The film O Brother, Where Art Thou and Odysseys are similar because O Brother, Where Art Thou is modernized through the reading Odysseys.

Homer and Atwood showcase the multifaceted nature of the myth of the Sirens through various perspectives, with varying tones, and utilizing imagery. Homer recounts the narrative of a man sufficiently shrewd to hear the siren's tune and not lose his life; meanwhile Atwood portrays a siren, alluring men to her island to trap them. Although the tones differentiate from each other within the two passages, both utilize cleverness with trickery. Odysseus runs with his life secure, and the Siren feels accomplished; her “boring song…works every time.”

Sirens are known to be creatures that caused many deaths of sailors. In Homer's "The Odyssey" sirens are relentless beings who sing to capture sailors to destroy their ships and murder them. In Atwood's "Siren Song" the sirens are portrayed as beings trying to escape this curse they were born with. In the "Siren Song", the narrator of this poem despises the life she has.

There is still one more monster in the Odyssey, the one I deem the most monstrous. The Sirens. They might not sound like much when you first hear about them, but when you really think about it they are absolutely terrifying because of how they kill you. The Sirens don’t just eat you or suck you down a hole. They kill you with desire.

Half naked woman, the sirens are pretty attractive. In Homer's poem, The Odyssey has a variety of different way's The Odyssey is told. Although the sirens have fabulous looks, they can be deceiving. Their beautiful music can lure men to jump of the side of passing boats.

The characters in Greek Mythology have multiple interpretations. Among these characters include the dangerous, yet gorgeous Sirens, bird-women who sit on a cliff singing bewitching songs that captivate the minds of innocent travelers and entice them to their deaths. In Homer’s The Odyssey and Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song,” both poets provide different representations of the Sirens. Homer portrays the Sirens as irresistible in order to establish men as heroes, whereas Atwood depicts them as unsightly and pathetic so she can prove men are foolish and arrogant using imagery, diction, and point of view.

To call the Sirens in the Odyssey simplistic would be a gross understatement, only appearing to sing their ego appealing song to Odysseus, saying ‘Come closer, famous Odysseus-Archaea's pride and glory’(Atwood 14).’The Siren Song’ on the other hand, portrays the Sirens in a much more multidimensional manner. Margaret shows the humiliation that the sirens feel as they urge the reader to “Get me out of this bird suit”(Margaret 12-13). She shows the desperation as the Sirens reveal their mystifying call song as “A cry for help”(Margaret 22), and she shows the tongue in cheek regret the Sirens feel as they proclaim “Alas it is a boring song but it works every time”(Margaret 25-27).

In most cases, after someone watches a movie based off a book, they would acknowledge that the book was better than the movie. I would agree that the epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer is much better in providing details, Odysseus’ strengths and weaknesses, and overall the journey that takes place in the story than the movie is, although it is entertaining. To begin, in the movie when Odysseus starts his journey towards home, he has one ship, whereas in the book, Odysseus has a fleet that came along, and in a series of events, he only ends up with one. They had sailed to the Land of the Laestrygonians in hope for rest, as they had just been blown far away from Ithaca with Aeolus’ bag of wind. The Laestrygonians were later revealed to be a race