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The Significance Of The Hero's Journey In The Odyssey

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The hero’s journey is an adventure that every protagonist takes. As a story goes on the main character takes a journey; a journey into a different world as himself and comes out a different person. Odysseus takes a journey of temptation and hardship; bringing him to realize that even though he may be a king, he is not the greatest. The Odyssey demonstrates the Hero’s journey accurately. At this point in the story, Odysseus is attempting to get the last point of the Homeric hero’s journey, returning home. Odysseus moves on to win his house back. He forms a plan with Telemachus, “Telemachus, get all the weapons out of the hall. When the suitors miss them and ask you where they are, set their minds at ease” (Homer 290). This shows that Odysseus just wants his title as king back, his wife back and his house back. Furthermore, the suitors are keeping his house and his family from him causing him to become impatient. Odysseus gets angry with the women of the house when wanting to take his house back, “He brooded...over what he should do...kill every last one of them, or let them sleep with the arrogant bastards one last time”(309). Odysseus does not want to have corrupt people in his house any longer. Odysseus keeps dragging along the end of …show more content…

Telemachus goes through all of the twelve stages of the homeric hero’s journey; for example, “My sons, yoke the combed horses to the chariot so that Telemachus may begin his journey”(42). This is where Telemachus starts his journey to seek out information of his father’s well being. Telemachus takes a trip to Pylos and retrieves his information on his father. Furthermore, “I came [to Pylos] to see if you could tell me anything about my father...Tell me how my father, Odysseus, met his end” (53). This shows that Telemachus has journeyed to a special world in order for him to get special information. Many different characters follow the hero’s journey in the

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