Odysseus’s journey—a long, exhausting, and trying adventure seemingly designed by the gods to test him—has ended, but his struggles have not. How has the nature of his struggle changed? Why is his homecoming not complete and his metaphoric journey not over?
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
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Odysseus's nature of his struggle has change greatly. Now he is not off dueling Monsters beyond belief, he is at home trying to help Penelope understand where and why he has been gone for 20 years. His homecoming is not complete and his metaphoric journey not over because he still has the challenge of basically building a complete new relationship with his wife along with his son.
Michaela Flippin
Now he finds out that he has to get his wife back. Suitars have moved into his house so now he must win the test of the bow.
His Homecoming is not yet complete. After twenty years of fighting monsters, and passing trials set up by the Gods themselves, he has returned home. Now, his wife does not even believe that he is her husband.
Odyesseus's struggle now is that he has to try to make penelope understand who he is and why he has beeen gone for 20 years . His journey is not over because he has to try to make fall in love with him all over agian. And he needs to try to build a relationship with his son also.
Because of the problems at home Odyssues journey was over but his struggles were not.his homecoming was not complete until he killed the people who tried to kill his son for revange.
Now he has to get his crown, wife, and kingdom back from the suitors. His homecoming isn't yet complete because he hasn't been reunited with Penelope yet, and he still has to overthrow the suitors.
Since the Gods test of getting home has ended there still is the struggle of being known once more by his home and family.So he's facing emotional problems more than physical problems. Still since really knows of his homecoming his trip or test is still incomplete.
I'd have to agree with Michaela, now that he is home, he isn't battling monsters, but he still has to battle the suitors, and get his old life back.
They do deserve the same fate because they did not have to follow the leader, they have their own mines.The advanteges of this is that no other leader can come try it again, but I see no disadvantages.
Odysseus's journey designed my the gods may ended but his struggle still is not over he still has to be known my his family and loved ones. After 20 years of not seeing his wife or family it would be pretty overwelming to see them all again.
Instead of fighting seamonsters,gods,and cyclopes he is fighting other humans.His homecoming is not complete because he still hasnt met his son or wife.
His stggles hae not chnged bacause of the reaction of Penelope when he arrived home. His journey isn't over because Odysseus has been away from home for a very long time and the reaction of Penelope didn't make him feel at home because she didn't think or believe it was really Odysseus.
i think that the future of his family is in good shape. i also think that the journey from Odyssues past will make him a better person in the future.Though I do not think Odyssues is home for good.
ivy i agree with what you said odysseus and Penelope are both overwelmed to be seeing each other in a long time.
I do think that Odyssues' disire for revange is common in soceity today because i think everyone wants revange on someone who did him wrong.
I think it is a little of both because describe her beauty and grace also with her witts and brains so i think it is a mixture.
I agree with Ivy.
He still has to prove to his wife that it is really him.
Sha doesn't believe him because other men has tried to come and pretend to be him.I think that it says that she wants her husband to be the real deal.
Sha doesn't believe him because other men has tried to come and pretend to be him.I think that it says that she wants her husband to be the real deal.
He now has to convince his wife penelope that he's home and not an imposter. Penelope questions him and gives him small tests.
I htink that it evens out. I mean odyssues goes out and fights monsters and war, a more physical challenge. While Penelope stays home and waits for her husband to return in sorrow, a more emotional challenge.
I think that it is saying that women cry and men hold their fellings in but i dont think that thats true because men cry too(maybe more than).
good jog sha.
In "Ithaca" the reader or person who he is telling this to or even odyssues if he goes on another journey. I agree with advive completly.
I find part IV more interesting because it has more moving things that will make you cry.
His toughest challenge for me was proving to penelope that he was her husband, but lucky he pulled it off and they are all happy.
I agree with delayna
the nature comes between himself vs his head, the journey was a test , it has ended and now he most h;ange himself, so even he can recongize himself. Athena helps him to change his appearance , this is a metaphor whowing he has changed. This cause Penelope not to realized who he was...
His struggles have changed extremely because he now has gone home to a wife that doesn't know if they are even married because he has been off through obsticles for 20 years. She doesn't know what to believe about him.
-Zach Geddings
Instead of a physical struggle with the gods he now has a emotionkal struggle with his wife. He now has to take his home and wife back from the suitors.
I agree with you darren, because the gods challenged him with many obsticles that he thought would be impossible but some how he seemed to push right through them with some falls.
-Zach Geddings
Odysseus struggles have changed from him trying to get home to him becoming a stranger in his own land. he is turned into a begger and forced to wait for revenge. His homecoming nor his journey is complete because he hasn't been runited with his wife or thrown yet.
Odysseus's journey is not over because he still has to find a way to get his wife back.The suitars have moved into his house.And the only other way to get his wife back is to win the bow test that determines who Penelope will marry. Then he has to now get to know his wife and his son.
The nature of his struggles has changed from less physical to more of mental and emotional. When he was traveling back with his men he had more physical struggles than mental and emotional. yes he did have mental struggles then too but he had more physical struggles. his physical struggles would be like defeating cyclops or scylla. but now that he is back to ithaca he has mental and emotional struggles like getting his wife to know it is truly him and reuniting with his son.
his homecoming is not complete until the suitors are gone and he is back at home with no struggles. his metamorphoric journey is not over because he has to defeat the suitors and prove he is the true odysseus.
michaela
i agree with you but you skipped ahead to when hes already reunited with Penelope...
brandon
Athena helped to change his outward apperance. not to match his inward one as well but just to disguise him from everyone..
i agree with you chad but could you go deeper into the topic your answer seemed pretty short but it did prove a point.
his homecoming is not complete because not every one knows who he is yet
and some people may not believe him
his metamorchic journey is not over yet because he is a begger and he still has to build the relationship with his wife and his son again i would hate for some one who i love dearly not to know who i am if im me then every one should know exactly who i am and i will never change who i am because god didnt make me who i am for nothing he made me who i am for a good reason he might not have made you exactly like some one else but it is because he has a plan for you and me!!
♥♥♥chelsey♥♥♥
i agree with wren but how do you know for a fact that the gods test is complete? because as you notice odysseus was in contact with athena. but i think it is still a test by the gods so they know for a fact if he is a real man on his mental and emotional side. i guess they are trying to balance all three: his mental, his emotional, and his physical. so they know he is a true hero at heart and strength and mind.
now that he is home he has many other struggles and has to overcome all the journeys at home, because he was away for so long and now has to take care of all the problems that had built up over the years.
His jorney is over but now he has to coveince Penelope that that is is really him, Odysseus.
i also agree with darren.
the journey isnt over because penelope dont think the person in front or her is odysseus so he got to prove to her that its the real him.
But Dainelle.
i realy think that he didn't need
to change his appearance were any suitors greater then a 20 year journey of life and death and surving without having to fight with a sword but having to pevail anything..
and don't u think after a war traveling the great seas and fight gods and monsters and everthing else u would change..
But u have to think he is a farther , has a wife , and has a kingdom .
Always he didn't change into a begger.. and there were no suitors to fight..
DO u think Penelope would accept him after 20 years , she'll think he is a ghost, god, and thinking he is dead..
His homecoming is not complete, because is trying to get Penelope to belive its really him.
I agree with you Delayna.
Michaela Flippin
Wren what are the physical challenges in your mind?
Michaela FLippin
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