1. Appearace of women in Odysess
In the Odyssey Homer actually tells the reader very little about the physical appearance of the women. ... The effect is that these men are only thinking about her beauty and they don't care about what could happen to them when Odysseus returns. ... She has twelve feet, all hanging in the air, and six necks, very long ones, and on each is a terrifying head, with three row of teeth in it crowded close together, filled with dark death" (Odyssey, 12: 86-92). ... Kalypso brings out a manly weakness in Odysseus; one that all men fall victim to. ... There is a sense of a much stronger characte...
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- Grade Level: High School