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Archetypes In Odyssey

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Lauren Diels
Mrs. Goodbar
Honors English 1 Period 1
22 May 2023 Your everyday basic hero is someone that is big, strong, selfless, maybe has some sort of power. But the Greek had a different meaning of a hero. Heroes in Greek mythology must follow certain archetypes. Not only does Odysseus from The Odyssey follow the archetypes but so does Moana from Moana. Odysseus and Moana both follow the archetypes, facing supernatural foes, visiting the underworld, and having supernatural abilities.
Both Oddyseus and Moana are heroes because they follow the archetype of a hero by facing supernatural foes. Oddyseus faces a big one eyed monster called Cyclops. ¨So with with our brand we bored that great eye socket while blood ran out around the red hot bar.¨ (Homer, Line 382-383) Odysseus´ has a plan to take a huge branch, sharpen it, and then stab the cyclops in the eye. Odysseus does …show more content…

Oddyseus’ underworld is called the land of the dead and he goes with Circe ¨¨Then I addressed the blurred and breathless dead, vowing to slaughter my best heifer for them before she calved¨¨ (Homer, Line 584-585)Odysseus talks about being in the land of the dead and what all he sees This is important because this quote explains that Odysseus sees a bunch of things in the land of the dead which include a heifer getting slaughtered before she gave birth. This is a very scary sighting and nobody wants to experience that. Moanas underworld is called the Lalotai. She ended up there after falling in and trying to get back Maui's hook. The lolatai is the realm of monsters and she has to go to the bottom of the ocean to get there. This is important because visiting the underworld is just another reason that Moana is a hero. She did not only find the hook but she also got it back from this humongous crab. Odysseus and Moana are both heroes because they both visit there own special

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