Dealing With Conflicts In The Odyssey By Homer

We live in an existence where we deal with conflicts everyday. They could be internal or external, but we do not face conflicts with terrifying monsters or nightmarish creatures. Conflict is a clash or an argument between opposing powers. Odysseus is a greek hero who spends 10 years wandering after the Trojan War to get home. On his way back home he encountered plenty of obstacles. Some of the barrier were created by the gods and some were created by mythical creatures. None of the complications stopped him from going back to his family in any way. In the epic poem,The Odyssey by Homer, some of the daunting conflicts that Odysseus faces are the Polyphemus, the cyclops, the Sirens and “The Land of the Dead”. While confronting these contentions

Odysseus remembered what Circe told him about the Sirens and keeping that in mind he made the right decision of staying near the cliffs of Scylla’s lair. According to Homer, “No, hug the cliff of Scylla, take your ship through on a racing stroke. Better to mourn six men than lose them all, and the ship too.”(704- 706). Homer uses the quote to clarify that he relinquished couple of men for most of the other men. Instead of losing the entire crew and his ship, he only lost six men. Even though, he lost few members of his crew, but he did not give up on his journey back home. In Homer’s view, “She ate them as they shrieked there, in her den, in the dire grappie, reaching for me- and deathly pity ran me through at that sight for the worst I ever suffered questing the passes of the strange sea. We rowed on.”(827- 832). The author tells the reader that it was really hard for Odysseus to behold his men get eaten by Scylla, but that didn’t stop him from moving on. He was determined to achieve his goal and ready to face new challenges. One of the difficulties that Odysseus confronted were the Sirens however conquer it utilizing his insight and his

Odysseus respects all of rules and rituals of the land and does not argue about anything. The text states, “...vowing to slaughter my best heifer for them before she calves, at home in Ithaca, and burn the choice bits on the altar fire; as for Teiresias, I swore to sacrifice a black lamb, handsomest of all our flock.”(584- 589).The author supports that Odysseus showed modesty by showing proper respect for the traditions of the land. Humbled Odysseus welcomes the spirits and guarantees to agian respect them when he gets back home. He portrays his bravery when travels to the underworld to meet Tiresias, where he is going to encounter many spirits. The author states, “From every side they came and sought the pit with rustling cries; and I grew sick with fear.”(598- 599). The author informs that after he sacrificed the sheep, he begins to behold the spirits approaching the blood of the sheep. Odysseus dauntlessly faced the spirits of so many dead people. Odysseus used humility and bravery to face this