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Odysseus has made a couple clever plans that he struggles emotionally to accomplish as he and his men try to escape form difficult situations. Odysseus and his men are stuck in Cyclops’s cave and they are trying to escape. Odysseus is a smart and wise man and decides to tell the Cyclops a fake name, so that when the men stab the Cyclops in the eye, he won't be able to see Odysseus and his men and they escape from the cave. Odysseus is speaking in the quote and telling the Cyclops his name. "You ask me my name, my glorious name, / and I will tell it to you. Remember now / to give me the gifts just as you promised / Noman is my name." (72) Odysseus is a hero because he comes up with a clever plan for him and his men to escape. Telling the Cyclops that Odysseus's name is Noman is part of Odysseus's clever plan to escape out of his …show more content…

Once he has told the Cyclops that his name is Noman, Odysseus and his men wait until he goes to sleep and then stabs him in the eye and escapes from the cave, when the Cyclops opens the cave to let the sheep out. " My glorious name," Odysseus says this because part of his clever plan is to tell the Cyclops his name. "Noman is my name," Odysseus also says this because when his men stab the Cyclops in the eye, the Cyclops can say that Noman did it, and no one would ever know. As a result of this heroic assistance, Odysseus undergoes an emotional struggle. Odysseus comes home to Ithaca and he reunites with his

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