What Are The Obstacles In The Odyssey

In books 21-22 of the Odyssey, Odysseus completes the "arrow-through-the-ax heads" challenge, and reveals himself as King Odysseus as Telemachus and Philotius lock the doors to the palace, preventing the wooers from escaping the oncoming ambush. After the slaughter of the wooers, several of the living people are killed mercilessly by Odysseus and Telemachus. Whether or not these killings were ever the right thing to do was never justified.

At then end of the Odyssey, Odysseus kills all of the wooers and everyone associated with their plan. I believe that his actions were justified because of what the wooers did. I also think that no one was punished that should not have been. The punishment might have been a bit too severe, but i do not blame him for what he did.

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 the story, “The Odyssey,” it is about a man known as Odysseus, he was away from home for 20 years. He was away from home for that long due to being in war, being kidnapped, all of his men and his ships being destroyed. When he does return to Ithaca he finds out that his house is full of men trying to take his wife away from him. After he heard about this he plotted to get them and knowing all this his actions were justified. They were justified because, the wooers are trying to take his wife, they threatened to kill his son, Telemachus, and when he was dressed as a beggar they were rude and unpleasant towards him.

An Archetype Hero In the famous epic poem, “The Odyssey”, Odysseus is known to be the larger than life hero. Although some parts of this may be true, like his bravery, victories, and great accomplishments, Odysseus also has his faults. He is unfaithful, has a large ego, and is very selfish towards his men. His wrong doing cancels out and rises above his hero-like qualities.

Eurymachus promised Odysseus that if he does not kill them they will give back to him have they have taken while he was gone plus more. Eurymachus told Odysseus “So spare us, who are your own people. And afterward we will make amends to you by a public levy for all the food and drink that has been consumed in your house. We will each bring a contribution to the value of twenty oxen, and repay you in bronze and gold, till your heart softens. Meanwhile, no one could blame you for your anger.”(Odyssey, Book 22, line 54-59). The Suitors are willing to pay Odysseus for everything they have done plus more, but he does not accept their payment whatsoever. Odysseus said “Eurymachus, not if you made over all your patrimony to me, everything you possess, and anything else that may come your way, would I keep my hands from killing until you Suitors had paid for all your transgressions. The choice now lies before you, either to face me and fight, or else to run and see if you can escape death and doom, though I do not think any of you will get away alive.”(Odyssey, Book 22, line 60-67). Odysseus’ mind is made up. He does not care what the suitors have to say he is going to kill them even though the suitors are willing to ask for forgiveness, but that’s not enough for Odysseus and he proceeds to kill all of them. Eurymachus see that and speaks up “My friends, this man will not refrain

One of many questions asked is is Odysseus was justified in his actions. Many would agree that he was not justified. What Odysseus did to the wooers was not right. Instead of politely asking the wooers to leave he decided to kill all of them. This shows that Odysseus was not justified in his actions.

In The Odyssey, Odysseus is struggling to come home from the Trojan War. While he is away, wooers, also known as suitors, tried to take over the palace while Odysseus was fighting in the war. At the end of the novel, Odysseus severely punishes the wooers who were in on the plot to take over Odysseus’s palace. At the end of The Odyssey, when Odysseus punishes the wooers, his actions were justified. Odysseus’ actions were justified because all of the wooers were punished for the actions they performed. The wooers’ actions were related to their punishment, meaning they deserved the punishment that Odysseus gave them. In The Odyssey, no one got punishment they did not deserve. They did not get punishment they did not deserve because they were

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.

If Odysseus had not killed the wooers, and instead just kicked them out, they would eventually come back with a plot to murder him. Athene actually warned Odysseus, in Book 13, before he arrived back in Itacha by saying, “I will tell you all the troubles you are destined to suffer in your well-wrought house; but you must, of necessity, endure all, and tell no one out of all the men and the women that you have come back from your wanderings, but you must endure much grief in silence, standing and facing men in their violence…” This quote basically means that Odysseus cannot happily come home as he wishes to do, but he must first kick the suitors out, or take their lives. Also, Telemachus holds lots of rage towards towards the wooers, due to everything they put him through. He expresses this by stating, “If only gods would give me such strength as he has to take revenge on the suitors for their overbearing oppression. They force their way upon me and recklessly plot against me. No, the gods have spun out no such strand of prosperity for me and my father. Now we must even have to endure it.” After Odysseus confronts the suitors, he says, “Now the choice has been set before you, either to fight me or run, if any of you can escape death and its spirits. But I think not one man will escape from sheer destruction.” So, Odysseus gave them an option, thus the punishment was not all that harsh, and

The question posed to the reader of The Odyssey is “Do you think Odysseus was justified in his actions of revenge against the wooers who has taken over his home. “ The thesis will focus on the response of Odysseus being justified in his actions against the suitors. The reader will explain the reasoning with examples from the novel. The setting of The Odyssey was ten years following the Trojan War where Odysseus was being held captive.

Once Odysseus reveals his identity he kills all the wooers. Odysseus isn't very humane about it. He kills them all in a bloody mess. In my opinion this punishment was to severe. I don't think he should've killed them especially the way he did.

In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus returns home to find that 117 rowdy suitors, believing Odysseus to be dead, had overrun his palace, courting his faithful though weakening wife, Penelope, and going through his stock of food. Both his servants and the suitors alike abuse Odysseus. Odysseus is outraged and takes his revenge out on the suitors and maids by massacring them with a horrible end. Even though killing anyone sounds like a cruel and unjustified punishment, Odysseus needs to show that he is a strong leader. Odysseus’s actions are justified because of the suitors’ disrespectful behavior towards Odysseus’s family and home.

The suitors that swarm Odysseys ' house in the hopes that they may acquire her hand in marriage. They are a rowdy, arrogant, and decidedly unpleasant bunch, made only worse by their complete lack of concern for Odysseus and his household. But their incessant pursuit of their prize, though what ultimately condemns them, is, by the context already noted, justified. Though they are the primary antagonists in the story, and they certainly suffer the harshest fate (perhaps except for the sailors), amongst their ranks were some perfect decent, well-natured men. It is simply a natural response (in the context of this culture) for a man, Odysseus in this case, to take revenge upon men, whether they be justified in their actions or not or whether they are well-natured or not, who threaten the stability of his household. This is despite the fact that he himself has been the aggressor at many times. Had he been killed in that pursuit, it would have only been considered natural, and so it is natural that the suitors were killed in theirs. The suitors thought, through a successful marriage to a beautiful woman from a wealthy family, they would be able to further their household in terms of success. A notion that, in the world Homer portrays, is not entirely fanciful.

There are many times in The Odyssey where Odysseus’ actions are questionable whether they were justified or unjustified. When Odysseus’ saw the way the suitors were treating the women, how they were stealing Odysseus’ things, and eating all of his food which made him mad. Odysseus’ proceeds to get the cowherder and swineherder to help him and Telemachus to take the suitors down. After Odysseus’ returns his actions towards those in his palace were justified when, especially when he killed Antinous and Melanthius.