Why, maybe due to the way he deceived the Trojans or the way he swindled the giant Cyclops. In those instances Odysseus can be seen as a hero but when he evidently betrayed his beloved Penelope by laying with Circe and Kalypso, consider the options for the cunning warrior to choose. Become captive to sex or die. Besides, his men were turned into swine by Circe and although it would seem like an easy choice either way, Odysseus chose to save his men and his own life. This would be cowardly to people, but is truly an act to prevail and a sign of a real hero in
Deep down Athena really cared for Odysseus. Odysseus was always loyal to the gods and Athena felt responsible to help both Odysseus and his family get united again. Telemachus has now reached the point where even Odysseus is impressed. Telemachus matures through his journey with courage. He achieves self-confidence and dominance over the suitors.
As noted in “Apology”, Socrates is trying to defend himself and explain his behavior to the jurymen as he states “I must surely defend myself and attempt to uproot from your minds in so short a time the slander that has resided there so long” (22). Socrates discards exile and prison, and offers to pay a fine only to find out that the jury rejected his proposal and had sentenced him to death. Socrates was against this at first, but then he gives in as he states “He assesses the penalty at death. So be it” (38) because he had decided that he shouldn’t fear something that he has never witnessed before, in this case, death. In “Crito”, Crito comes up with two arguments on the ethical level: if Socrates gave into death, he is helping his foes win by giving in to what they want and he would be leaving behind his sons and family.
This is important as Telemachus has an important role in the plot for example when he helps Odysseus kill The Suitors at the end of the story, but that wouldn’t have happened if Athene hadn’t disguised herself as a close family friend and convinced him to leave. The fact that she used the disguise is vital as Mentes is a close family friend and if she had chosen someone else to disguise herself as, he may not have been fully convinced and therefore would have stayed and been ambushed. Athene is very fond of using disguises and deception throughout the Odyssey to help Odysseus. At the start of Book 6 Odysseus is in a difficult situation, he is stranded on Phaeacian land and completely naked. Luckily for Odysseus the night before Athene had visited Nausicaa
In the play, Hamlet is conquered by his thought. Hamlet could have easily killed Claudius during the confession but over thinks the situation and decides to wait until he can catch Claudius in a sinful act. Although, Hamlet’s thoughts have infringed on his ability to take revenge when he does act purely on revenge it ends in ruins. In the case of the
Jason accuses Medea of overreacting. He claims that his decision to remarry was in everyone's best interest. Medea finds him spineless, and she refuses to accept his token offers of help. While visiting Corinth, Aegeus, King of Athens, offers Medea to come live in his home city in exchange for her knowledge of certain drugs that can cure his sterility. Now guaranteed a home in Athens, Medea has cleared all obstacles to completing her revenge, a plan which grows to include the murder of her own children; the pain their loss will cause her does not outweigh the satisfaction she will feel in making Jason suffer.
Upon further investigation, Friar Lawrence should receive the blame. Admittedly, Tybalt has a large influence on Romeo and Juliet’s death, because he caused the fight. Romeo tried to avoid it, but Mercutio joined in and started the fight and later Tybalt killed Mercutio. Romeo got mad and killed Tybalt and got exiled from Verona. However, Friar Lawrence is more responsible than Tybalt for the deaths of our “star cross’d lovers” because he allowed Romeo and Juliet marry and it caused Romeo to avoid the fight at first with Tybalt, than later tried to stop the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio and caused Mercutio to get killed by Tybalt.
Were it not for outside forces, he would have lived happily as Thane of Cawdor, an illustrious title in itself. Macbeth does not even want to kill King Duncan. He says “chance may crown me without my stir.” Fearing the withes message means that he will kill the king in the future, he says “Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.” Macbeth writes to his wife, telling her about the withes and how one prophecy has already come true. As soon as she hears about it, she calls on evil spirits to fill her full of cruelty so that she will the King if necessary. Macbeth, on the other hand, does not like a possible future by the withes prophecy: that he will kill his King.
Caesar would have little reason to expect who he views to be his good friends to be plotting against him. This unquestioned friendship would ultimately lead to his death. Furthermore, Decius uses his trustworthiness to give him advice about the dream that Calphurnia has. Calphurnia has a dream in whish she sees blood running out of a statue with men circling it. She sees this as a bad omen, and convinces Caesar to not go to the senate house.
In the soliloquy, Hamlet is at first upset with himself about finding ways to avoid avenging his Father’s murder, like his spirit in ghost form told him to. This complaining turns into self hatred and then Hamlet is insulting himself outright. The main reason for this is he has agreed to get revenge on Claudius so his father’s spirit can be at peace, but he hasn’t done it yet. The fact that the Player seems to be more able to get into the mindset of revenge than he can further discourages him. This on top of the fact that Hamlet’s dad is dead and his mother married that man he hates most in the world makes for a pretty melancholy fellow.