The characterization, setting, and music establishes the tense mood in the ¨Odyssey”, and it develops the theme of Odysseus finding his way home. The tense mood of Odysseus’ journey home and all the times of redirection creates tense mood for readers, and the film makes it seem more realistic. They show the in detail parts of the story that you can not imagine while reading. The setting seems realistic in the story, so that it is believable for viewers that have already read the book. The film is directly based off the book, and you can tell that it is supposed to be the same thing. They do not miss anything that the book tells, but they add more to it to create more of a plot. The film added detail and realization to your imagination …show more content…
The characters, setting, and music make the mood easier to understand and find in the film. They make it so you feel how the characters are feeling. The characters are the ones who make is intense and tense between them and Odysseus. “Now watch me hit a target that no man has hit before, if I can make this shot” (Homer pg 1107.) Odysseus says this to make the scene tense, because the crowd does not think he will be able to do it. The readers know that he can, but nobody else does. As the new scenes start, you have no idea if the next character is going to be good or not. You hope that they are going to help Odysseus, but usually something goes wrong and Odysseus is redirected again. The characters make the redirections not get old, because they always have a new way to put off his journey. They also make things intense between them and Odysseus. They often get mad at Odysseus and cause him problems, and it is usually his shipmates who cause the problems. This makes things more tense with Odysseus. The music adds intensity to the scenes as well. It adds to what is going on in the film, because they want to add more to the story. It creates a bigger and better mood to the scenes as they go on. They make it more intense, tense, happy, and sad. The music makes you really feel what is going on with the characters. The music goes along with setting usually, …show more content…
It is so important to viewers that Odysseus gets home, because we can see what is going on in Ithaca as well as with Odysseus. We want him to go home to the horrible setting that is happening in Ithaca. His family is in danger and need him, but he does not realize this but he does want to get home to them either way. The viewers see both settings, which adds tension and the importance of Odysseus to return home. Everytime he is redirected on his journey home the setting in Ithaca becomes more vivid to us, and we want him to go home even more. The settings of the scary island that Odysseus ends up at makes things more tense, and it makes us stay hoping that he returns home. The viewers are always rooting for Odysseus to return home, and the setting makes that more important. The way the characters treat him makes you want him to return home to Penelope and Telemachus. These characters are what makes the importance of him returning home, even more important to us. They are being treated bad because of what they think of Odysseus. Penelope had to soon pick a new husband if Odysseus does not return to that makes the mood for viewers tense. Penelope is the character that makes you want Odysseus to return home the most. Telemachus is waiting for his father to come home as well, for he does not know him well and
What makes the movie different from the novel is that the character Teiresius shows up closer to the beginning. Another example that makes the two pieces different from one another is the crew they travel with. Odysseus’ crew actually all die off, but Pete and Delmar never die and stick with Everett for the whole movie. These pieces are both very similar, but the movie has its own twist, therefore transforming The Odyssey into a movie about a prisoner’s epic journey. The movie really has a good way of transforming the book.
One of Odysseus's many qualities is determination. He remains determined throughout the entire saga to get back to his family. During Odysseus's Odyssey he encounters many obstacles, beast, god, and nature. Odysseus must get through all of these hardships before he can make it back to his family and home. On his way back Odysseus is next to Charybdis and she swallows his boat. He must holds on to the branches of a fig tree to survive, "But I clung grimly, thinking my mast and keel would come back to the surface when she spouted. And ah! How long, with what desiree, I waited! Till, at the twilight hour...the long poles at last reared from the sea"(12.560-64). Odysseus shows his determination to get home, because it would be easy for him to just let go and drown, but no Odysseus hangs on so he can see his wife again. Once he is at home he finds suitors at his house. Odysseus kills one of them and the others beg for mercy, ??Not for the whole treasure of your fathers, all you enjoy, lands, flocks, or any gold put up by others, would I hold my hand??(22.65-67). Odysseus is determined to get revenge on all of the suitors and he will not be satisfied until they are all dead. Without his strong will and determination Odysseus would not have made it through his trials. Although determination is a must for a journey such as Odysseus?s cunning is also just as essential.
This was a major step in the hero’s journey because it helped Odysseus discover and meet new friends, mentors, enemies, challenges, skills and new knowledge. This self-knowledge began with Odysseus not having any friends who trust him whatsoever. The main reason to do so is, in book nine, Odysseus doesn’t make any new friends considering the fact that he has a problem with letting his hubris get into the way of letting him believe someone is actually good enough to be friends with him. Here, it is clearly articulated that he was too boastful for him depend on anyone. This is major because not only does he avoid dependence, but he also avoids trust put on him. If he is too selfish, no one will believe his word, as they will think it’s all for himself and not any for them. The part of the epic which identifies this is when Odysseus gives specific instructions to his crew to not open the bag which was given by Aeolus. Only Odysseus knew that the bag contained powerful winds which could help them reach Ithaca, but this is hidden from the crew. They had already identified Odysseus as selfish, so they expected the bag to be full of treasure, and how mankind is, they wanted some too. To the readers’ surprise, this all changes the minute he enters Ithaca. He is welcomed by his dog, Argos, and was helped a kind shepherd who filled in Odysseus
Odysseus’ character is challenged in many ways throughout books 5 through 12. In some instances he holds strong, and in others he fails. His sense of adventure sometimes overwhelms him. The length of time Odysseus spends away from Ithaka also dilutes his desire to return, and possibly dilutes his desire to live. Under certain circumstances, any man can succumb to the evils to which he despises. A perfect example is Akhilleus in the Iliad. He started out an honorable man. With the death of his friend, he turns into a maniac who wants nothing but death for the enemy. Odysseus starts out wanting nothing but to return to his family and his homeland. Over the course of the many years away, this feeling dwindles and he is left with nothing but adventure to prolong his reason for living.
In The Odyssey, Odysseus Journey is the main part of the story but there is more too it . The Odyssey has parts from a form of writing called the hero's journey. There are many types of the hero's journey stories . The Odyssey followed the Hero's Journey quite closely in its progression though the story and its arch. One thing is being able to understand the concept of The Hero's Journey makes it so much easier to to understand The Odyssey and other stories like it
Without the memories of their homes, wives, and children they would be just a shell of who they were. Odysseus would sooner die than to never see Penelope again and be ... ... middle of paper ... ... n or ever see his son. If he couldn't ever get back then there would have been no reason to ever leave.
Home is extremely important to Odysseus just as home is important for most Greeks. Greece is not a huge country. At no point in history did Greece become a large empire taking over great amounts of land. Greece is a specific place and the Greek traditions are found only within the borders.
Odysseus is very wise; he is able to get out of any situation he finds himself in and can also deceive anyone he finds the need to. Odysseus has the sort of cunning that one may expect to find in an action hero. However, Odysseus is able to do almost anything he wants with these skills of his. He is able to make up stories on the spot, such as when he told Athena that he was in fact not Odysseus but instead a weary traveler from Krete. Said he, “Far away in Krete I learned of Ithaka- in that broad island over the great ocean” (XIII, 327-328), and Athena knew it was Odysseus only because she was a goddess. Odysseus is very resourceful: he uses the things that are available to him. One instance of this trait is when he devises a plan to escape Polyphemos’s cave alive. Using the sheep as escape mechanisms is very clever. If he was not with his men in the cave, there would have been no way for them to get out. Also calling himself Nohbdy to trick Polyphemos into saying that no one hurt him is an ingenious idea. No one else would be able to execute his plan the way he did- with swiftness and bravery. O...
Going to his journey home, he no longer needed to reach the olive fields with stones that warm in the sun as his child plays, and his wife helps with the harvest. His journey has changed to get his vengeance and in the end die so he can reunite with his family. I bring this up because dieing is a change as is the change Odysseus goes through by essentially becoming no one, a regular Joe so to say. This is what I believe...
Odysseus was within arms reach of home but because of how naive he was he was forced to keep going on his journey. After all of Aeolus’ hospitality and such a powerful gift Odysseus is still mindless at what this meant and because of him not being cautious, he could not complete his adventure. It’s surprising knowing that after being on a powerful god’s bad side and being forced back to sea, that Odysseus can be even more of a fool.
Throughout the novel, Odysseus is on the constant race to get back to his family again. This is a sign of love and compassion, even though he doesn’t show that every time, like when he blinds Polyphemus. Odysseus wanted to know if his father was still well and alive, because he had been gone for 20 years now, and he has no clue what has happened to Laertes. I believe that there is a rollercoaster of emotions inside Odysseus at this point. On one hand, he had been wanting revenge on the suitors, and now that he has, he must feel accomplished. Then on the other hand, he is happy that he has gotten back to his family, and he shows concern for his father. I also infer that the reason that the parents of the suitors wants payback on Odysseus is because he had been gone for a long time, and he just showed up, and killed everyone. The parents didn’t even know for certain that Odysseus was back, they just knew that if someone had the strength to do it, it would be
The tone in the story is very different in the 2 parts. In part 1, it could be said that the tone is one of excitement and danger, because it is following Odysseus on his endeavors against the ocean and the gods. In part 2, the tone could be one of sadness because Odysseus must disguise himself as a beggar, and he cannot reveal his identity to his family and they cannot be reunited. They tone was also kind of mysterious, because the readers wonder what will happen when he converses with his family in disguise, because the reader knows about the disguise but his family has no idea who it is.
Throughout the book every time and after he conquers the new challenges Odysseus answers the question, which is repeated throughout, with a different answer. Each time he conquers a challenge on his journey home he learns a new lesson towards humility and answers with a new perspective. “‘I am no god,’ said the patient, good Odysseus. ‘Why do you take me for an immortal? But I am your father, on whose account you have endured so much sorrow and trouble and suffered persecution at men’s hand.’”(P 214 L 186-189) Although he is viewed by many people as very god-like Odysseus realizes that he is an ordinary man and is not a god. Odysseus’ desire to return home is another example that makes him an everyman. In this epic tale the word home had a double meaning for the hero. Home was where his family was and where he wanted to be. The physical element of being home and with his family was a huge deal for him. The other meaning of home was being safe and secure. His aspiration to return home and to return to his safety in sometimes shows that he is also a rather weak man. It is a human instinct to want to go home and stay safe instead of always being brave and
In The Odyssey, Odysseus's longing for his home and family is what drives the story. That is his one goal in the entire book, and that really states something about his character. In Book 5 we are first introduced to the character Odysseus. The strange thing is that he is weeping to himself when we first meet him. He is weeping because he pines for his family and home as stated in lines 327 and 328, 'Yet it is true, each day I long for home, long for the sight of home.'; As he plainly states, Odysseus greatly misses his home, and his tears show us just how much he misses it. In the duration of the story Odysseus has to make several sacrifices in order to get to the home he longs for so much. In Book 12, Circe foresees that Odysseus will have to let some of his men die. 'The Ithacans set off. But Odysseus never reveals to them Circe's last prophecy – that he will be the only survivor…'; This shows how much he's willing to do and...
Despite having affairs with other women, Odysseus wants to return home because he misses his family. We can see this when Odysseus is sitting on top of the rocks by the sea on Calypso’s Island and is crying because even though Calypso might be attractive and beautiful, he feels obligated to be with her and that nothing can be compared to his life with his family at home. His main goal and priority is to return home to his family, not to help others that want to come home with him. At first, Aeneas was not very interested in find the city of Rome; he was doing it more because the gods told him that he was destined to do it. However, it became more about personal goal when he met with his father in the underworld. The conversation with his father sparked motivation in him and inspired him to truly want to build the Roman Empire and become a leader. Lancelot saved Guinevere when she was about to be burned alive from King Arthur’s orders because he loved her. He didn’t do it because other people told him to, it was his personal