In “Calypso” by Suzanne Vega, Calypso is described as described as selfish, deceptive, and lonely. Vega characterizes Calypso as selfish. “And though he pulled away—I kept him here for years—I let him go” Odysseus pulled away from her over the years on the island, but that now she is going to let him go. As Vega continues labels Calypso as deceptive. “But he’ll know their ways now—I will stand upon the shore –with a clean heart” Calypso is saying Odysseus will be wiser for having known Calypso and that Calypso was lying about having a clean heart. Finally, she illustrates in our mind that Calypso is lonely. “And the sky will burn—it’s a lonely time ahead—I don’t ask him to return—I let him go—I let him go” Calypso starts being lonely again
Dolores Stewart Riccio is an American author that writes cookbooks, poems, and novels in the mystery and thriller genres. Born in Boston and brought in New England most of the settings of her Circle of Five series of noels are set in Pembroke, Massachusetts where she grew up. She was married to Ottone Riccio an author, teacher, and poet best known for the Intimate Art of Writing Poetry. From that first marriage she had two children son, Charles Sundance Anderson and daughter Lucy-Marie Sanel both of whom deem themselves among the Penobscots of Maine. Dolores is Scotch-Irish though she held a traditional Penobscot funeral on Indian Island on Old Town, Maine for her son when she died in 2007. For her cookbooks, she has always preferred to use her married name Dolores Riccio as she credits her Native American husband who was insistent that she try many experimental dishes. Conversely, she uses her maiden name of Dolores Stewart when she is writing her poetry. Not one to abandon either of her heritage or past life she decided to use both of her names when she pivoted to the writing of fiction novels. She has recently moved back to Pinehills in Plymouth the small town that she had always adored growing up as a child in nearby Pembroke. She lives at the Avalon Apartments a pleasant and peaceful apartment complex in town, where
Once Odysseus has served enough time in a place against his will, he would be determined to leave that place. Odysseus’ journey towards home was now going to be able to be finished. For seven years Calypso held him prisoner on the island of Ogygia and he was determined to leave and see to the rest of his journey. Calypso agrees to let him go and she gives Odysseus some advice and guidance saying, "Only I will not aid [you] on [your] way, for I have no ships fitted with oars, nor crews to bear [you] over the broad oceanridges; but I will freely give [you] counsel and not hide how [you] may come unharmed to [your] own native land"(47). Calypso recognizes Odysseus’ greatness. Calypso says she will give some advice, but Odysseus will have to prove his greatness by making his own ship and understand how he will make it home.
This shows that Odysseus’ self-serving nature extends beyond material greed into the equally sinful realm of pride. In a classic display of hubris, Odysseus taunts the Cyclopes fulfilling the sole purpose of stroking Odysseus’s ego. At first it appears that our hero is lacking foresight, but Odysseus tells Polyphemus his name in hopes that tales of his cunning will spread throughout Greece: a very selfish goal, directly resulting in the endangerment of the lives of both him and his men throughout the remainder of their travels.
Sometimes, parents and children do not see eye to eye on every issue. In the passage from Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun, the narrators have points of view that are different from those of their parents. In Confetti Girl, the father and daughter have different views on English class, which leads to tension. In Tortilla Sun, the daughter and mother have different judgement on the mother going to Costa Rica. In both passages, the children and parents have their own separate opinions on topics because they have grown up in different times.
"Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race,” as quoted by William E. Gladstone, supports my thought that selfishness is what causes most of our problems in the modern world. Currently, we are living in an era that is filled with much gluttony and selfishness. However, selfishness is a trait that all of us possess, but the amount of selfishness that we have can determine the type of person we are. For instance, parents should always put their children’s needs before their own. Selfish parents would rather buy materialistic items for themselves than anything useful for their children. In Sophocles’s “Oedipus Rex,” the protagonist is literally blinded by his own arrogance. This attitude begins before he even travels to Thebes, and that is apparent due to the circumstances of his father’s death. Oedipus seals his own fate with his egotistical attitude and he cannot change his destiny after everything is set into motion. During his journey on the road to enlightenment, Oedipus’s selfishness causes him to transcend from being completely ignorant of his fate to holding on to the last shreds of denial to having an overwhelming sense of realization.
... Odysseus' experience with Calypso reflects his strength and diligence, though he cries all day everyday. It is quite ironic. Calypso seems to represent womanly jealousy. She knows he has a wife waiting in Ithaca for him, yet she continues to retain him for her own selfish happiness. She seems to be a little unsure if she is greater in beauty than Penelope when she assures Odysseus that she exceeds Penelope by far in that area. It seems that she knew what his reply would be and merely wanted to hear it from his mouth.
“Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is the man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.” The Odyssey by Homer is about Odysseus adventures in the sea battling different creatures to come home Ithaca. In the epic poem The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus is a fool because he doesn’t have a good heart, he cheats on his wife, and he is self-centered.
In that regard, it was no wonder Odysseus’s is such an atrocious leader. A great example of Odysseus being disloyal is on Calypso’s Island. “…He lay with her each night, for she compelled him.” (892) This quote shows how Odysseus is disloyal to his grieving wife, and sleeps with a goddess daily. A leader cannot expect loyalty when the leader is notorious for being unloyal. “Now Circe, ‘loveliest of all immortals,’ persuades Odysseus to stay with her.” (903) This is another quote that shows Odysseus cheating on his wife, while his wife is at home is at home distraught over her missing husband. A great leader leads by example. By that philosophy, it should not be expected of Odysseus’s men to be loyal to him, when Odysseus cannot stay faithful to his own wife. Consequently, Odysseus is also extremely selfish, on top of being incredibly
In the epic poem Odyssey by Homer the main character Odysseus is seen as a person who deceives others and tells lies to them. Odysseus has deceived many people in the past years in search of his wife in the last twenty years. He deceives many people and to his wife Penelope as he disguised himself as a beggar. He tells his wife lies like the way he disguises himself and also lie to the cyclops about his name. Odysseus was a person who fool people very much and tell them lies about himself on who he really was to his very own family.
They expect all people to avoid prejudice and allow time to understand the circumstances of stranger’s lives. Though Odysseus did appear seemingly out of nowhere to Nausikaa and her maids, she requests that they return to her side; “stay with me! Does the sight of a man scare you? Or do you take this one for an enemy?...no: this man is a castaway” (6. 213-214, 220). Nausikaa is embarrassed that her maidservants would determine the danger of a man in need so unjustifiably. On the other hand, the unfair assumptions made about Odysseus on his own island, Ithaka, are even worse. He and Eumaios are walking a path, and the goatherd, Melanthios, meets them. Melanthios quickly makes unjust judgments, and insults Odysseus for being a beggar, even kicking at him (17. 278-298); since Odysseus is in disguise, he must control his temper, but Eumaios quickly steps in to defend the man. The swineherd tells his co worker that if he hoped if Lord Odysseus was around, Odysseus would do away with anyone who treated another human like Melanthios treated this beggar (17. 312-314). Eumaios is ashamed that a peer would disregard a human as the goatherd did. The kind pair, although on the separate islands of the Phaiakians and Ithakians, defend Odysseus, unknowing that he is a king. Nausikaa defends him to her maids, and Eumaios defends him to
Odysseus portrays his selfishness right as the book begins and this shows how truly incompetent of an individual he is. One form of selfishness Odysseys shows is adultery. He is unfaithful to Penelope many times throughout the book. He reveals this trait specifically when he is with Kalypso on Ogygia and with Kirke on Aiaia. Odysseus shows his selfishness when he steps foot on Kalypso’s island because he chooses to stay with her for seven years. He did not care about the crew’s feelings on the matter, since all’s he cared about was himself. By the time the seven years were up, the crew members finally realized they had to make Odysseus leave. These actions also make a liar out of Odysseus because he said he wanted to return home more than anything, yet he did not even make the slightest attempt to leave. On Aiaia, Odysseus was forced to sleep with Kirke to save his men from staying swine, but he still committed adultery. No matter what the reason, adultery is a choice that can be controlled. An additional negative quality Odysseus obtains is being self absorbed. This trait is seen when Odysseus traveled to the Land of the Dead. He shows his selfish qualities in this example because he travels there initially for his own benefit. Odysseus also has attendances to t...
He eventually went back home after twenty years of leaving. However, he had many adventures in between in his journey. At one point he was trapped- willingly- in an island with Calypso. They were together for nearly seven years. During the last few years, Odysseus had a change of heart and decided that he wanted to leave. When Calypso was ordered to let him go, he confessed, “Yet it is true, each day I long for home, long for the sight of home.” ( Homer, 893). This quotes shows that Odysseus doesn’t just want to leave the Calypso’s island, yet he want to go home. WHen he said “home”, he was talking about his wife, Penelope, and his son Telemachus. Odysseus shows the definition of nostos. He is away from home and he is looking forward to going back. He wants to go back to the comfort of his wife and child. He misses them and believes he will feel safe back at his home. His focus on his family and home give him courage to take the risky actions of traveling through the sea while the God, Poseidon hates
Caramelo has been quite an interesting novel. It describes a Hispanic family to the tee. Sandra Cisneros chose her title perfectly for this book. Life’s hardships and possibilities are explored throughout this fascinating novel.
However, Calypso’s “love” is more like sexual desire. Calypso holds Odysseus on her island for sever year, and “in the night, true, [Odysseus] would sleep with her in the arching cave - he had no choice - unwilling lover alongside lover all too willing…” (Odyssey 5, 170-172). Calypso is a selfish goddess who wants to dominate Odysseus without considering Odysseus’s feeling. The fact that Calypso sleeps with Odysseus every night demonstrates that she treats Odysseus more like as sex captive than a real lover. Even though she claims, “ I welcomed him warmly, cherished him, even vowed the make the man immortal, ageless, all his days” (Odyssey 5,150-151), the hospitality that she shows here is just a tool to help her possess Odyssey. By making Odyssey ageless and immortal, Calypso can hold Odyssey and satisfy her possessive obsessions forever. Calypso’s sexual desire can be further proved in her angry speech. She says, “ Hard-hearted you are, you gods! You unrivaled lords of jealousy-scandalized when goddesses sleep with mortals, openly, even when one has made the man her husband” (Odyssey 5,130-133). Calypso is angry because female gods and male gods are treated unequally about the affairs with mortals. She asks Odysseus to become her husband because she wants to achieve sexual equality. However, at the end, Calypso releases Odyssey since she is afraid of the punishment from Zeus (Odyssey 5, 153). The fact that Calypso easily submits to Zeus’s
In this Epic Poem the value of loyalty is expressed by many characters. First of all, Odysseus, a Trojan War hero, shows his loyalty by never replacing his wife, Penelope, for someone else. Odysseus is stuck on the island of Kalypso, who is a beautiful sea nymph, when he is tempted to fall in love with her. Odysseus is loyal enough to Penelope and focuses on getting home to see her. Without this value, Odysseus would have fallen in love with everyone on his journey home. Odysseus shows how loyalty is a value that everyone needs in life. In addition, Eumaios and Philoitios, residents of Ithaka, display their loyalty by fighting for Odysseus not against him. Odysseus is disguised as a beggar and tests the faithfulness of Eumaios and Philoitios. He wants to see if they are still loyal to him so he asks them if they would fight for Odysseus if he comes back. They answer by saying, “You’d see the fight in me!” showing how they still care for their leader (20.260). In the end, their loyalty pays off because Odysseus knows of their trustworthiness, so he does not kill them in battle. Eumaios and Philoitios’ integrity is something that Odysseus and others honor. Finally, Penelope’s faithfulness to Odysseus plays an important part in this novel. If Penelope did ...