Who Is Odysseus A Tragic Hero

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An epic story that inspired many authors to write their own version of it, “The Odyssey.” The mastermind of this story was Homer (Greek; W Hómēros), a blind poet, who majored in ancient Greek literature. He was said to be born around 800 B.C. and yet, we still read one of his greatest novels to this day. Odysseus, who is the main character of the story, has many obstacles to overcome. But luckily, his courage helps him find his way home. Without Odysseus’s courage, he would’t have been able to surpass the Cyclopes. Once he arrived to the Island of Cyclopes, he and his men scattered around the island looking for anything that seemed suspicious, and they came across one of the Cyclops’s cave. They commandeered the cave and ate the Cyclops’s cheese and drank his fine wine. Once the Cyclops came back, he asked what Odysseus’s name was and he responded by saying “My name is Nohbody: mother, father, and friends, everyone calls me Nohbody” (p.1118). After they’re done talking for a while, Odysseus and his men offer the Cyclops some wine to get him drunk and to fall asleep. Once the Cyclops is sleeping, Odysseus spots a tree in the back of…show more content…
He had the courage to see many men trying to take his place as the King of Ithaca and the husband of Penelope. Before Odysseus came back, Penelope proposed a contest that if you could string Odysseus’s bow and shoot it through 12 rings, you would get to marry her. Once all the suitors could’t string the bow, Odysseus asked if he could try, the suitors said no but Penelope said yes. Odysseus strung the bow and shot the arrow through the 12 rings. After he shot the arrow through the 12 rings, he started to shoot the suitors, killing them all with the help of his son, Telemachus. “So he ran- ran from the tables to his father’s side and halted, panting, saying: “Father let me bring you a shield and spear, a pair of spears, a helmet. I can arm on the run of
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