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Essay On Masculinity In The Odyssey

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in both Ancient Greece and modern society, the lives of men are perceived to be of higher importance due to their masculinity. Meeting societies views on masculinity helps men do as they please. Their masculinity is made to be a very important thing, so when men have a physique they think they will not be told anything because their looks give them an excuse. With an image, men begin to feel higher up because of their strength, they do incorrect actions and also cheat. In The Odyssey we can see this masculinity portrayed by none other than the archetypal hero, Odysseus. Odysseus has been taken seriously because of his physique and strength that Athena built, he has killed many suitors with his incorrect, warrior like, actions, and has also cheated because of his war background. In both ancient Greece and modern society, body image is of high importance because with it people can judge you based on how they think you would be as a person. They opinionate your strength as a person by your body image. …show more content…

In The Odyssey we see that Odysseus is a very aggressive and violent figure because of his warrior like actions and his strength to do as he pleases. Odysseus becomes very violent towards all the suitors and with his war tactics begins to pick each one off. After Odysseus kills Antinous, he angrily tells the suitors, “now all your necks are in the noose – your doom is sealed” (Homer 22: 42). This shows that after being made stronger and also going to war Odysseus has begun to be aggressive and do what he wants to others. Once Odysseus kills all the suitors nobody thinks anything of it, they see it as actions that come from men that have become strong enough to hurt those that do wrong to them. In modern times men it is the people that tell the men that it is okay to acts with aggression because that makes them

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