Aeaea

In Homer’s The Odyssey, men acquire all the power, and women live only as aides to men; however, women assert their dominance over men in many occasions where they actually strip men of their dominance. At the end of Book 21, the main character, Odysseus, strings his bow, and shoots it through the row of axes winning Penelope’s competition. By doing this, Odysseus asserts his dominance which he has not had in many years because women stripped him of it. Odysseus’ entire demeanor relates to dominance

The Odyssey is an epic poem written by a Greek poet named Homer. The Odyssey is an epic poem, in the poem The Epic Hero, Odysseus, is out fighting a ten-year war to bring back Helen of Troy. After the war is over Odysseus sets, sail back home but is faced with many setbacks, a man-eating whirlpool (Charybdis) Singing Mermaids (Sirens) and A Hydra-like creature (Scilla). In the Odyssey; Odysseus shows traits that are astonishing to humans as he acts almost God-like; by keeping calm in high-pressure

Odysseus is a strong warrior and he's courageous. When he was traveling on the island he was stopped by a cyclopes, he and his men lied about who they are and why they landed there, but the cyclopes didn't care at all, all he cared about was keeping them there on the island. When he grabbed two of the men, beat their brains out, dismembered them and ate them, Odysseus was gonna kill him right than and there but he remembered he couldn't move the rock that blocked the entrance. In the morning the

the hero more relatable to the readers. Odysseus is one of the many examples of a character who repeatedly shows heroism. One way Odysseus shows that he is a true hero is when he “rushes to save his men from the enchantress” (387) on the island of Aeaea. This shows how he put his crew’s needs over his own and show that he has a tremendous amount of bravery to charge into save his crew from a very powerful witch.

original depiction of Circe from being an evil nymph using her powers for her benefit, using her power to create better men for their own good, to produce the theme that power is used as a lesson. For instance, in The Odyssey when Odysseus’ men arrive on Aeaea, Circe land, they walk right into the palace. She turns them into swine, however Odysseus does not know for sure. Odysseus decides to sneak around. Odysseus thinks that “she [will] turn [them] into pigs or wolves or lions.” Moreover, they all will

especially in tough situations, what he does is ultimately of his doing and free will, as demonstrated by his tenacity when coming across many hardships. An example of this is later on in Odysseus’ story, as he and his men sail away from the Island of Aeaea to complete their journey home to Ithaca, they encounter many obstacles. The sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis terrorize and put Odysseus’ men and journey into peril, as his crew is struck with the terrifying might of the sea monsters.

Name Who it is What he/she did in The Odyssey Who would play him/her in a movie and why? OR Description of character traits Odysseus King of Ithaca Protagonist Denzel Washington Polyphemus The cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus Odysseus called out to Polyphemus, laughing at him and telling him that it was not "No Man", but he, Odysseus, who had blinded him and fooled him Jack Black Athena The goddess of wisdom, skills and warfare Odysseus’ strongest supporter out of the gods- wants to help Telemachus

Since ancient times, though occupying an entirely different position in a society dominated by men, the female gender still holds and exerts a certain sphere of influence and power. This sphere of power is commonly underestimated and belittled, and yet feared and suppressed by the very same men who refuse to acknowledge it’s power and influence. Feminine sexuality is frowned upon by men because it is the one of the most powerful aspects granted to women, but even through suppression, their influence

In the poem “Circe’s Power” by Louise Gluck, the poet draws on the characters and the plot of The Odyssey but transforms the point of view. In the poem there are many shifts in the tone of Circe’s voice such as how she starts off defensive in the first stanza explaining that “I never turned anyone into a pig. Some people are pigs; I make them look like pigs.” She is justifying her actions through her beliefs that the men were already “pigs” and she just helped them by making them turn into the animals

The Graceful Golden Pitcher and Silver Basin – Symbols in The Odyssey Soundtracks of movies are much more important than we give them credit for; not only do they fill up empty space, but they give hints to the audience about the tone and severity of any scene. Any story must have these cues to the audience about what they should be feeling at the moment. These cues do not just exist through soundtracks of movies, but also through symbols and hints in books. A notable example of a book that very