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Examples Of Odysseus As An Epic Hero

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Life is a trip because it is full of twists and turns, ups and downs, sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad. Life is challenging, everyone encounters obstacles for instance in black panther when t'challa gets dethroned by killmonger and is forced to make his way back up to the top by training and finally defeating killmonger to get the throne back. JustsimplyJust like in the movie, when 2 spy cars help the mater save himself from the bomb, people get hurt and help just like in the car. Just like In the epic book, The Odyssey written by Homer, the main character Odysseus is an epic hero because he is helped an harmed by gods, he goes through a journey, and he possesses superhuman strength and craftiness. To start, Odysseus is an epic hero because he porters being helped and harmed by the gods. First, he is harmed by the god Poseidon who sent a monster to break Odysseus’s ship. Homer writes “Oars flew off from their hands the blades went knocking wild alongside till the ship lost its way” (Homer 1226). This quote proves he was harmed by the gods because when Scylla breaks his boat it sets …show more content…

People might think he doesn’t display confidence when he sacrifices his men instead of trying to kill the monster Charybdis. Homer states “The nightmare cannot die, being eternal evil itself horror and pain there is no fighting her” (Homer 1223) this quote shows that he didn’t want to fight but would instead sacrifice his men to get through. However, he shows godly confidence when he kills the Cyclops. Homer says “Now by the gods, I drove my big hand spike deep in the embers” (Homer 1218) this quote proves that he has godly confidence by taking down the big Cyclops to save his army. This is why I think that in the epic poem The Odyssey, written by Homer, Odysseus is an epic

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