Odysseus As A Dynamic Character In Homer's Odyssey

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A dynamic character in literature is a person that under goes an important inner change of perspective. In many literary works, authors use these types of characters to teach a lesson that people can change, and learn to respect the lessons that they learn on their journeys. In Homer's Odyssey, the character Odysseus undergoes many different trials that teach him to be a better person. Homer's The Odyssey still teaches readers many lessons today, including the values of hospitality, modesty, and determination that Odysseus learns as a dynamic character.
We as people living on this earth need to protect and take care of each other. The Greeks may have had a more selfish reason to have such good hospitality, but they still would help out complete strangers. The Greeks were firm believers in xenia, or hospitality, and there is so much proof of that in the Odyssey. In Homer’s The Odyssey Nausicaa …show more content…

Phaeacians we are,” The princess of Phaeacia didn’t know Odysseus, and didn’t have any sort of protection against him, but she invited him into her home and told him that he would be treated as a king. The Greeks knew that if they refused to invite a stranger into their home, then there would be some sort of punishment from their gods, "Antinous wheeled on him, lashing out at him: 'Your highness, swineherd- why drag this to town? Haven't we got our share of vagabonds to deal with, disgusting beggars to lick the feasters' plates… must you invite this rascal in the bargain?" (Homer 366) This quote is an example of awful xenia. Antinous was a guest in Penelope’s home, and a beggar came to him asking for food, and Antinous refused to give it to him. He even insulted him and threw a chair at the beggar. The suitors got their punishment for this terrible behavior when Odysseus later murdered them all. When the suitors first arrived at Ithaca, Penelope

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