A hero is someone who will risk his life to protect others. A hero is brave, courageous and strong. Yet a hero also has weaknesses. Odysseus is a hero that has to leave his family to fight in the Trojan War, he has a clever idea and with the help of a god, the war ended. However, he insults Poseidon because he didn’t say thanks to him.
Throughout the movie, Phil helped Hercules on his journey to becoming a true hero and finding his place. After an intense period of training, Phil managed to transform Hercules from a scrawny boy to a strong man. They then set out for the city of Thebes, where there were many catastrophes and problems. Hercules hoped that if he could prevent some of these disasters and help the people of Thebes, he would then be considered a true hero. In Thebes, the Threshold, Hercules tried to convince the people that he is a hero, but no one believed him.
They called in the Spartans to rescue civilians and active members still alive and to also kill all covenant forces. John and his team did just that almost flawless but the ran into a bit of trouble when inside of a museum the discovered to hunter's and pinned them behind a bolder. It took all of johns strength and the other Spartan's with him to defect the two also James another spartan messed up his arm during the battle. They had won the battle but this is the moment when the truly loss something much more the plant reach. The convent was in a museum trying to learn about the human's so that they can learn where there headquarters were so the could destroy them.
He then solves a riddle from the Sphinx, which has been terrorizing a kingdom, and in return, the kingdom gives him their queen's hand in marriage, which is his biological mother. The characters most affected by this main theme of “blindness vs sight” are: Oedipus, the king, and Tiresias, the blind prophet. Oedipus is affected because he himself is not blind but he is blinded by ambition to find the killer of Laius, which would save his city from a horrible plague. Tiresias, who is actually blind, is a prophet that has insight greater than that of a man. Oedipus, whose eyes are fully functional, does not see how corrupt the life he has been living is.
Major Symbols in the Odyssey Laertes' Shroud Homer's world in The Odyssey looms large, and it presents symbols, ranging from specific objects to geographical entities, that are large in their significance. Examples include the shroud that Penelope weaves for Laertes, the great bow of Odysseus, the sea itself, and the island of Ithaca. The shroud that Penelope weaves for her father-in-law, Laertes', eventual funeral symbolizes the cunning with which she confronts the suitors. She lacks the power to fight them with physical strength so she wards them off with her wits. The suitor Antinous bitterly tells the story of the shroud to the assembly in Book 2: Penelope devoted herself to the shroud for three full years, promising she would choose
One of the most famous gods in Greek Literature. The author suggests us that he is respected, and admired by others. An example is when the muses sing about his story and people referred to him as “the father of gods and men’’,[7] and ‘’ how he is the best of gods and greatest in power’’. [8] Zeus had fate in his favor since he was a baby. His grandparents Ouranos and Gaia, especially Gaia tried to protect him from the acts of his father Kronos.
Calypso holds him prisoner there for seven years until Hermes, the messenger god, persuades her to let him go. Polyphemus - One of the Cyclopes (uncivilized one-eyed giants) whose island Odysseus comes to soon after leaving Troy. Polyphemus imprisons Odysseus and his crew and tries to eat them, but Odysseus blinds him through a clever ruse and manages to escape. In doing so, however, Odysseus angers Polyphemus’s father,
Odysseus had many chances where he could have been given great glory but would just let other’s have the glory. Odysseus solved many problems while on his epic quest in the Odyssey where he had to use his knowledge and wisdom to save his shipmates. Although these small little adventures were not helping Greece to much Odysseus was able to stop others from getting hurt if they ever have to meet these terrible creatures and scenarios which helps Greek’s even a little. This just shows how when he isn’t even trying to stamp himself in history he does it
Living a life with immortals and Gods around you, it was not ordinary to be a mortal and carry the strength of a God. He fights the monster Cyclops, the suitors who are going behind is back at home and trying to steal his wife, sleep with Circe to save his men who has been transformed to swine. He clearly demonstrates bravery when he crosses through the strait because he knows he is risking being killed by Scylla and Charybis. When Odysseus fights with suitor, there were many suitors. He carried out the plan anyway, showed his bravery and put aside his fears.
The book is about a 12 year old boy named Percy Jackson, who found out that his father is the Greek god Poseidon. Which makes him a half blood (mortal/god). He is accused of stealing Zeus's lightning bolt and now him and his friends are on a journey to clear his name.The basic theme of the story was, Never give up. The elements that aid the theme were imagery, Characters, and conflict. The author did marvelous job getting his point across.