Free Will In Odysseus In Homer's Odyssey

People are only able to find success when they adhere to their values. This is shown in The Odyssey when Odysseus uses his value for cleverness to escape Polyphemus. When Polyphemus asks what Odysseus’ name is he tells him it is Nobody. Later, when Odysseus and his crew attack the Polyphemus he shouts so loud that other Cyclops come over and ask what or who is ailing him. Polyphemus responds, “Nobody’s killing me now by fraud and not force” (5.455).

None of Odysseus’s men were really loyal to him because of their lack of obedience and honesty. In this episode the men learn that their disobedience causes them their lives when Helios the sun god realizes his scared cattle had been killed. Helios furious goes to Zeus and begs him to punish Odysseus’s men, or he will take the sun and go “down to the House of Death and blaze the sun among the dead” (Odyssey 12. 412). Zeus with no choice left but to punish Odysseus’s men whips up a storm and strikes his thunder bolt to destroy Odysseus’s ship soon after they leave the island. No one survives but Odysseus.

Moreover, after Jocasta reveals that the murderer was said to look like Oedipus, Oedipus says, “I am dreadfully afraid the blind prophet could see. But tell me one more thing that will throw light on this” (43). Oedipus’ continual investigation reveals his determination to find the killer at all cost, even to himself. His commitment to finding the complete truth at any cost reveals his determination.

While Andrei Konchalosvsky attempts to stay true to Homer’s The Odyssey, he extracts certain scenes which minimizes Odysseus’ incisive and prideful comportment. After Odysseus and his men impale the cyclops’s eye, the film simply shows them quickly sneaking out once the boulder is out of the way. However, in the epic poem, the audience is proffered evidence on Odysseus’ cunningness by describing how he devised a plan to use the sheep to escape the cave.

When Polyphemus first meets Odysseus, he does not welcome Odysseus and his men properly, but instead frightens his men’s instead. “We Cyclops never blink at Zeus and Zeus’s shield” (Homer IX.309). “He bolted them down like a mountain-lion, left no scrap, devoured entrails, flesh and bones. ”(Homer IX.329).It also seems that there are no rules or laws on Polyphemus’ island (since hospitality is not part of his culture) Cyclops lack respects towards the gods; offer visitors hospitality, but instead, the Cyclops sees them as “food”.

You would’ve reacted the same exact way if you were in the same situation, time, body, mental state, and shared the same fate. In Act 5, When Faustus told his scholars about his misery, the First, Second, and Third Scholar told Faustus to, “Yet, Faustus, call on God.” (5.2.27). Faustus still doesn’t call on God, and then asks his students to pray for him, since he is scared of the devil, but isn’t he supposed to be scared of God and how he’ll torture him after death? Why would he choose to lose his current life and the afterlife when he has that one last chance to repent?

He lies and risks other’s lives to let himself live. A hero should be valiant and willing to put others before himself. On his way back from the Trojan War Odysseus and his men had to fight the monster, Scylla, in order to go back to Ithaca. Odysseus wouldn't tell his men that eight of them are going to be eaten. It states in the novel “No mention of Scylla--how to fight that nightmare?--for fear the men would panic ”(pg 278).

For any reason. If you fall off, there’s a penalty... We don't want to change the Future. We don't belong here in the Past... Not knowing it, we might kill an important animal, a small bird, a roach, a flower even, thus destroying an important link in a growing species.

Atticus knew what he was doing but did not care what people thought. Maycomb being both full of conformist and small leading to the judgement of the one person in town that would end up being the non-conformist and don’t care about comments from others; Atticus could have said no,but he did not. Next, would be when Arthur Radley(“Boo”) kills Bob Ewell. “ Bob Ewell’s lyin on the ground under that tree down yonder with a kitchen knife stuck up under his ribs he’s dead Mr. Finch. (Harper 266)

A wise person once said, “If you have something worth fighting for, then fight for it.” . The main character Samuel, is in a situation where he has to fight to get back his loved ones. The Wood Runner a must-read tale that teaches a valuable life lesson that holds true even for toys teenager: Fighting for what you want can have a positive outcome. In the Wood Runner, the author uses conflict to teach that you must fight for what you want, and let nothing get in the way of it.

Turning away from his best friend just exemplified how he was scared and intimidated and that is the worst way to act going through life. The main lesson to take out of Hosseini’s quote is to make the decision that will be the most beneficial to the future because just by one wrong decision, life can go a whole different

Walter does not want to kill Krazy-8 and, after getting to know the man he plans to release him. Just as he is about to turn Krazy-8 loose but Walter realizes Krazy-8 has made a makeshift knife from a broken plate shard and probably most likely will try to kill Walter with the plate. Walter strangles him to death with a bicycle lock. This shows that Walter has had a lot of decisions to make concerning himself and his family. Walter never wanted to kill emilio and Krazy-8 but he did it out of self defense since they pulled guns out on jesse and walter and they had to do something about it.

The last key point that is important to realize is that Odysseus thinks through his choices and advice. We have already seen that Odysseus is a thought out planner and a social situation genius, yet he is also wise with the choices and advice he decides to take. When Odysseus returns to Circe for the funeral, Circe gives Odysseus some significant advice that can help him get home. She tells him about the Sirens and the monsters and gives him advice on what routes to take and what precautions to take. Odysseus could of easily ignored this information, seeing as he is a crafty man who thinks very highly of himself, but Odysseus realizes that the advice will benefit him and his crew, so he decides to put this advice to use.

In one of the most heartfelt moments of The Odyssey, Odysseus meets his mother in Hades on his journey back to Ithaca and discovers of her passing. So she spoke, and my heart yearned To embrace the ghost of my dead mother.

Hero — noun. “A person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.” A hero can come in many different forms, and can be one for many different reasons. Does one have to match the definition of a hero, or can they be more? In Homer’s