Why Is Odysseus Justified In His Actions

Summary: The Test of the Great Bow: In the story, Penelope, Odysseus’ wife, gave her suitors a task that was impossible for every last one of them; they had to string Odysseus’ great bow and shoot an arrow through twelve ax-helve sockets. She know that the only person capable of completing the task is Odysseus, but upon seeing the weapon, accepts that Odysseus is dead. After every single suitor failed to accomplish the test, as Penelope expected, Odysseus reveals himself to the cowherd and swineherd, who then help him prepare the hall for a great battle.

When Odysseus returned he enters his kingdom disguised as a beggar. This allows him to witness first-hand how the wooers are acting. He is disgusted by the wooers

In the story "The Odyssey," Odysseus, the main protagonist and long lost ruler of Ithaca, is disguised as a beggar. Meanwhile, Penelope created a task for the suitors to execute. They had to string a bow and fire an arrow through twelve axe heads. After many failed attempts to string the bow, the beggar, Odysseus, easily strung the bow and cleanly shot his first bolt through the axes. Instantly, he revealed himself and killed all of the suitors and most of the women that worked for him

Second of all, he was also justified in his actions because while Odysseus was in Ithaca as the beggar the wooers were making a secret plot to kill his son Telemachus. The wooers believed that if they wanted Penelope to be one of their wives they would have to kill Telemachus. Odysseus not knowing that at the time started to figure it out when all the wooers started to target Telemachus a lot more often. Causing him to become even

First of all, all of the suitors deserved to die because they were all trying to win over another man’s wife without any hard evidence that he wasn't coming back. This scenario is very similar to scenes from television shows, where a man will try to make a pass at a girl then the girl’s partner will go to her and usually punch the other guy in the face. This guy usually does not know the girl is involved with someone else so he doesn't really deserve to get punched. But the wooers deserved to die because there was still a good chance Odysseus would come back and they were trying to marry her not take her out for dinner. Also, it had only been three years since Odysseus had left she was still grieving over him and so none of them actually cared about her because they didn't give her time to get back on her feet.

What kind of human kills for their own good? In the bloody journey of the Odyssey many men were killed by the hands of Odysseus himself. A lot of the men that died were killed by Odysseus but there was a good number of them that were killed by the actions Odysseus made. When it comes down to it Odysseus was wrong for killing the suitors. Odysseus killed the suitors out of his own insecurity, selfishness, and of course out of rage for what was done to him. But what was Odysseus expecting after being gone for 10 years? For everyone to just hold off on their lives just to wait to see if he will be coming back? Odysseus’ actions were not justified.

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.

After Odysseus reveals his identity, he takes revenge of the wooers and severely punished anyone that was associated during the occasion. He was justified with his actions when he struck back. His punishments were brutal but neccasary. He gave the wooers what they deserved.

After such a long voyage and finally being able to return to his own home, Odysseus endured more issues and problems with the wooers that had over taken his home to try and sway Penelope. Odysseus reacted the way any man would to protect his wife, son and his home. The revenge on the wooers and the unfaithful servants and maids was just. The servants and the maids were unfaithful to Penelope and slept with the wooers.

In my own opinion Odysseus shouldn't be nominated for a leadership award because, he leads his crew to their death, had bad intensions with a girl that wasn't his wife, and was reckless with all of the thing he did and is going to do. Odysseus didn't know what he was doing or thinking when he was on the island with Circe. Even though he didn't know what he was doing and didn't want to do it some part of him told himself to go and do it. Plus, with all of this other stuff going on he got a dozen crew members stuck in a cave with a Cyclops.

When Odysseus returned home to his wife and son, he took a very brutal approach to rid his home of the suitors who had invaded his household.  This revenge was also taken out upon the servants and maids who had been unfaithful to Penelope and had slept with the suitors.  Some may say this punishment was too harsh, and made Odysseus less than an honorable man.  However, Odysseus’s actions were justifiable.

Joseph Campbell once said, “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” True heroes are those who do something for others rather for themselves, Odysseus doesn’t exactly show this trait in The Odyssey. In The Odyssey, Odysseus along with his men try to go back home to Ithaca but due to Odysseus nature, only he actually returns alive. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus proves he is not a hero because he is arrogant, secretive, and unfaithful; resulting for readers to believe that every action has an consequence.

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