Justice Was Justified In Odysseus Of Homer's Odyssey

After Penelope’s test, Odysseus reveals himself. When he does this he punishes the wooers and those who were associated with them. Yes Odysseus’ actions are justified. Everyone that was punished deserved it, and the punishment was not too severe.

"Odysseus" was Justified for his action because the "wooers" went into his own property and disrespected it. They were not welcomed in his house and land so there for that is also considered "trespassing" which is against the law. Also on top of that they "vandalized" his things which is another action against the law. They vandalized his things by raping his servants, eating his sheep, and drank his wine. Today if "Odysseus" did this it would not be tolerated and he would be sent to jail, but in this time period you are on your own so he took care of the business that had to be done.

Odysseus was the strong and powerful king of Ithaca. He was a courageous and loyal warrior who was known for his being able to outsmart his opponents. Odysseus returned to home after an almost twenty year absence to find that his home and kingdom had been taken over. He became enraged at the wooers, especially Antonius and the handmaidens at their total lack of disrespect for his home, kingdom and family. Odysseus decided that killing all who were disloyal to him was the only way to gain back control of his kingdom. For this reason I feel that Odysseus was justified in his actions.

In Homer’s Odyssey, towards the beginning, Homer uses the specific epithet “raider of cities” to illuminate the negative side of Odysseus when he plundered without any self-control. Later, while Odysseus is fighting for justice by killing the suitors, Homer narrates, “And Odysseus raider of cities struck Eurydamas down” (418). When Odysseus is fulfilling his revenge against the suitors, he is still described as a “raider of cities” by Homer. Now, since Odysseus is fighting in the name of justice against the sinful suitors, is Homer still using the epithet in a negative way? Or is Homer using the epithet to express a more positive aspect of Odysseus? Moreover, does Homer emphasize that the “raider of cities” has changed with respect to his self-possession? Homer illuminates the transformation in the “raider of cities” due to his mastery of self-possession.

There are a lot of deaths in Books 21 and 22. I strongly believe the violence that Odysseus had done towards the suitors and maids are somewhat justified. While Odysseus was away doing his own business, the suitors gathered the courage to court his wife. They were supposed to remain loyal to Odysseus, but some of them chose to act against him. The suitors wanted to claim his property as theirs. When Odysseus came back looking like a beggar, most of the suitors treat him with disrespect because they looked down on him. According to the book, Antinous said “Not a shred of sense in your head, you filthy drifter! Not content to feast at your ease with us, the island’s pride?” (pg.433). He did not know who his true identity was, and recklessly said

In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus takes revenge when he returns back home to Ithaca after 20 years of war and travel. He has good reasons to want revenge. All the deaths are justified, not just the death of the suitors. He does not kill people because he wants to do so, he wants revenge. In the cultural context, Odysseus’ revenge is justified in many ways.

My first reason why I believe justice was served was because the wooers were trying to steal his wife Penelope. While Odysseus was on his Odyssey, the wooers took advantage of him being gone to try and take everything that he had. Even though they tried really hard, his wife Penelope never cheated on him. Penelope stayed true to her marriage even though she missed her husband so much. Along with attempting to take his wife, they also ate Odysseus out of house and home.

In the novel “Odyssey” a man named Odysseus was in disguise and pretended to be someone else. His home was taken over by a group of people named the wooers. After Odysseus went on a long journey for many years, he finally revealed his identity. He got revenge on the wooers and killed them all as their punishment. Odysseus finally claimed his home back but he lost friends and family on his journey, so he was justified in killing the wooers. Everyone that was involved with the wooers received their punishment and everyone that was killed did deserve it. Killing the wooers seems very harsh but when you consider how long Odysseus was on his journey and during that time how many of his family and his men were killed, Odysseus’ actions seem justifiable.

Odysseus was justified in taking action against the suitors. Part of any justification of Odysseus's behavior resides in the dishonorable way that the suitors treat his home and its inhabitants. Homer shows honor as a critical aspect of Greek society. It is the reason why the war against {{T}}troy is fought. Honor is vitally important to the Homeric classical setting. It becomes evident that the suitors bring a sense of dishonor to odysseus's home. The fact that they overtake the residence without any regard for the man of the house itself is one example of dishonor. Additionally, the suitors vie for Penelope's hand in name only. the suitors are there for the prizes of Odysseus's home and show little in way of respect for the traditions and sense of decorum that Penelope displays.{{P}} penelope herself says as much in challenging the suitors to string Odysseus' bow.

In the epic poem The Odyssey, written by Homer, the main character Odysseus has been lost for twenty years. During these twenty years many men had come to try to marry his wife and destroy his home since he was presumed dead. However, when he finally returns home, he is outraged by the dishonor that these suitors have brought upon his family. In order to bring justice to his name, Odysseus kills all the men in a very bloody battle. His search for justice is successful, and it is important to the central message of the story.

The time I faced a trial was when I was trick or treating in Destrahan about 4 years ago I was knocking on door to door with my two sisters and that is when we went to the one neiborhood nobody was on and so my sisters and I went to go knock on a brown brick house and when we knocked on the door several times the final time a man with a scary mask on came from behind a black truck and started to run after us and we was really terrified and my sisters and I ran and got into my mom truck and we drove off and we never went back to that place again.

The Odyssey gives a great outlook on how a person can develop through time as well as how one’s actions can cause the trouble later and lead to unfortunate circumstances. In the book, there are several cases when Hubris, an excessive pride and arrogance as characteristic of a particular, is shown by different figures. Consequently, this is often followed by Nemesis, as justice has to be determined by the gods for the actions taken to maintain a heroic status, most of the time in form of a punishment. In “The Odyssey” by Homer, Hubris is exhibited by the main character and hero, Odysseus, in the Ancient Greek world, who proves it by his self-confidence in his adventures. Homer uses inter alia alliterations, similes, concrete details, and vivid imagery throughout the

Odysseus shows his heroism through his bravery. When Circe turned his men into swine, Odysseus confronted her: "I drew my sharpened sword and in one bound held it against her throat"("Circe, the

The character who best responds in some significant role of injustice is “Oedipus the king”. Just by looking on the first few paragraphs, you may conclude Oedipus has some significant role in which his injustice is cruel. His injustice action, he was the killer of his real father which he confuse with his step-father. Then he marries his own mother and builds up a family. Having a daughter which was born to this world with bad reputation, where everyone knew their family history which back then women were forced to marry rich people in order to obtain a good lifestyle which his daughter never did. Even Tho, he being the king of Athens.

Justice is to follow the laws and make the wrong doings right. In a novel by William Styron, a father tells his son that life is a “search for justice.” Oedipus, the main character from “Oedipus the King,” has a hero complex and will stop at nothing to achieve justice. Not even if the one doing the one at fault is himself.