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Theme Of Darkness In The Odyssey

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Sweet soft serenades seem so warm and inviting, but once evil gets ahold of it darkness is always in the shadows. Odysseus experienced this first hand, and survived. Its very easy to deduce the exact character of Odysseus. The way you can tell is through the role he plays in the story along with how he behaves and lastly the conflicts he faces and prevails. Odysseus plays the protagonist in the story. The story is centered around him because the sirens are trying to get to him. Also Cerce told him that he was the only one to hear the sirens and live. This proves that he is the protagonists and the main character (Homer) Odysseus behaves very bravely and heroic as they approach the vile sirens. He uses wax to plug his companions ears to

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