... the "many fames- gained by bloodshed and war are closely related to the forces of Poseidon, as implied by Homer, then Odysseus's attempt to escape the clutches of Polyphemos was really his attempt to free himself from the madness that can be brought about by the experience of brutal combat. He ... is able to manage this escape through the use of a carefully devised plan. Since strategy and cunning are traits that belong to Athena, who has long been absent from Odysseus, ... this can be seen as the return of some degree of clarity to Odysseus's mind. Finally, upon making his escape, Odys...

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... , knowing that he was the only person in the cave that could remove the heavy boulder from the entrance way so Odysseus could escape. The third way that Polyphemus was outwitted by Odysseus was when, "Odysseus devises a way to escape the cave by tying his companions and himself to the underside of Polyphemus" rams." (pg.457) When Polyphemus lets his rams out ... to pasture Odysseus and his men are freed, in addiction to escaping they steal the rams and set sail. This shows wit on Odysseus" part because they not only escape the grasp of a large, strong Cyclopes unharmed but they also mana...

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... are introduced to two other characters besides Everett. These two people are named Pete and Delmar. Everett has promised Pete and Delmar that if they help him escape the chain gang in which they are confined to, he will in return provide them with treasures. This is a very important comparison between the movie and ... with his tongue. In the movie, we also see that Ulysses is also skilled with his tongue because he tricks Pete and Delmar into helping him escape by promising them treasures when in all actuality there was no treasure and his real motive was to get home to his wife Penny....

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... are introduced to two other characters besides Everett. These two people are named Pete and Delmar. Everett has promised Pete and Delmar that if they help him escape the chain gang in which they are confined to, he will in return provide them with treasures. This is a very important comparison between the movie and ... with his tongue. In the movie, we also see that Ulysses is also skilled with his tongue because he tricks Pete and Delmar into helping him escape by promising them treasures when in all actuality there was no treasure and his real motive was to get home to his wife Penny....

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... plan keeps the Cyclops alive, knowing that he is their only ticket out of the dreadful cave. Odysseus's plan is successful, and his next dilemma is figuring out a way to escape from the cave now that the Cyclops is injured, just as planned the Cyclops opened the cave to let out his sheep, Odysseus of course already has studied the patterns ... of the Cyclops and predicted he would do so. The cave is opened and Odysseus and his crew escape under the bellies of the sheep, another crafty plan from Odysseys, the Cyclops is utterly clueless to the fact that his prisoners are escaping, until ...

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... youth. While they journey, the two protagonists receive aid from the gods and goddesses. Each receives aid at the beginning of their journeys, Odysseus from Calypso in helping him to escape and Telemachus from Athena in helping him to embark on his journey as helpmate and legacy. Despite their moments of weakness, Odysseus and Telemachus both demonstrate parallel heroism through their ... his family (Homer 16). Then, ending the council, Telemachus prays to Athena to aid him in uniting his family. Answering Telemachus' prayer, Athena procures a ship, crew and supplies for Telemachus' esc...

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... , he was chosen to lead to the people of Israel out of Egypt and into the Promised Land. God leads Moses throughout the journey, and gives him the power to escape the Pharaoh when he splits the sea. The god Odysseus was favored by was Athena, who always helped and guided him. For example, Athena helps Odysseus out during the slaughter ... make him a shrine, bringing his worship to a new land. Both faced various obstacles along the way. For Moses, he had to cross the sea with approximately 600,000 people, to escape the wrath of the Pharaoh and the Egyptians. The stories of Odysseus and Mo...

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... anticipation to "eat and run" yet eagerness was proved to be a high risk Odysseus was yet again willing to take. After creating a great plan to escape, resulting in more risk they escape back with the sheep to their ship as their reward deceiving death once more. Odysseus' dignity over takes again and "blinds" his good judgment, much to ... ...

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... anticipation to "eat and run" yet eagerness was proved to be a high risk Odysseus was yet again willing to take. After creating a great plan to escape, resulting in more risk they escape back with the sheep to their ship as their reward deceiving death once more. Odysseus' dignity over takes again and "blinds" his good judgment, much to ... ...

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... with his wife Penelope. Contrary to Odysseus, Everett Ulysses McGill, in O Brother Where Art Thou?, was sent to the Mississippi state penitentiary for a few months before he was able to escape. However, upon escaping Everett was forced to bring the two men he was chained to along with him. In order to persuade them to ... escape, Everett told them he had to get home in order to retrieve a treasure he had buried in the valley that was about to be flooded out. However, the real reason ... ...

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... many themes to be explored and enjoyed. One such main theme is that of trickery. In many different scenarios, the reader sees a variety of characters using trickery and deception to escape from life threatening situations, and to commit devious acts. For whatever reason, trickery is a main underlying theme of the Odyssey that is very interesting to delve into. One of the ... illustrate the necessity to use deception to get out of life threatening situations. An example of this is the time when Odysseus hid his men under a flock of sheep to escape their captivity by Polyphemus. They had ...

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... at the Kingdom of Pheaecia by the princess Nausicaa. Having the protection of a god is also a certain quality of a hero. Athena constantly helps Odysseus during his travels. Athena helps him escape from Calypso's island, helps him land on Pheaecia, and she also disg! uises him when he finally reaches home in order to help trick the suitors. Finally Odysseus super human ... of the few that came back alive and lived. His strength and fighting ability helped him in the war. Also without his strength he would have not been able to escape from the Cyclops, Polyphemus. His strength was also u...

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... the epic, the themes and plots resemble each other. The first theme in the movie that is recognizable from the book is that the three main characters who decided to escape from their dull, overworked lives are always using their intellect rather than their strength to overcome obstacles while on their journey home. When they are in the face of danger ... , such as when the police have discovered their hideout, they use their brains to devise a way to escape. In the book, Odysseus uses his cunning to defeat the suitors when he returns home. In the movie and the book, the plot involves mai...

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... Lynette (1872). Ulysses is a poem about a mighty king who decides to pass his thrown to his son to pursue his dream of traveling the world. He feels it's a form of escape from the everyday responsibilities. Dramatic Monologue a poem in which a single speaker who is not the poet utters the entire poem at a critical moment. The speaker has a listener within the poem ... no quest. It is merely the utterance of a super-annulated hero indulging himself in the fantasy that his beloved mariners are still alive. It is a kind of dream, a means of escape momentarily from the uncongenial environme...

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... and wit helped win the Trojan war. The Odyssey continues to exemplify his heroic traits in the epic of his homecoming. His cunningness, Odysseus" most defining heroic characteristic, allows the escape and rescue of him and his men during their many dangerous encounters and obstacles. In Book 9, Odysseus escapes the one-eyed Cyclops, Polyphemus, by blinding the Cyclops and hiding his ... who hence carry the men out of the cave. However, Odysseus" "heroic" thirst for glory defies his dexterous prudence that he displays when devising and carrying out the plan for escape from the Cyclops" c...

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... for she entrapped him for seven long years, during which Odysseus did not remain faithful to his wife, Penelope. Other female characters, which like Calypso represent man's compelling desire to escape or cave to temptation, are the Sirens. They entrap and lure many sailors to their deaths with their voices alone. No man is immune to the temptation of P the Sirens ... ...

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... only in the house but the whole city, who at first welcomed these strangers, began to attack Odysseus' ships so that Odysseus and his ship where the only ship to escape this horrifying attack. (relate this to songs) Another time when hospitality is used to form a false sense of ease so that one can take advantage of unsuspecting travelers is the ... ...

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... was simply homesick. He did this so that she would not get jealous and help him home. In book nine there are many great examples of Odysseus' cleverness. First to escape the island of the Lotus Eaters Odysseus has to tie his men down preventing them from eating any more of the flowers. Later in book nine when he and his ... ...

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... home. "Seeing this ghost I grieved, but held her off, through pang on pang of tears"" (Fitzgerald 617-618). Experiencing this, Odysseus comes to terms with death, and that he can't escape it. In addition to seeing his mother and one of his fellow crewmates, Odysseus also sees Tiresias, who tells Odysseus his fate. "I see destruction for your ship and crew. Though ... ...

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... friends, it's Nobody's treachery, not violence, that is doing me death," (136). Because of Odysseus" cleverness, the other Cyclops do not attack Odysseus and his men. They are able to escape in the morning by clinging to the bellies of the sheep that are let out of the cave again showing Odysseus's clever mind. Another example of Odysseus" cleverness shows itself ... ...

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... how the women of the Odyssey are portrayed as rescuers arises in Book V when Odysseus is on his voyage from the island of Ogygia to the island of Skheria to escape Kalypso and return home. Leukothea, a sea nymph saw Odysseus and his wreckage after Poseidon had sent the storm to destroy his boat and came to offer her a heart felt helping ... ...

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... . They are attacked and some are eaten by Polyphemus. After intoxicating the great Cyclops, Odysseus and his men blind the monster with a heated spear. The men could have made an escape without incident but Odysseus mocked Polyphemus and shouted out his real name, when before Odysseus had told him that his name was "Nohbdy". With this new information Polyphemus prays to ... ...

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... in comparison to modern society. For example, the way in which he deceived the Cyclops, son of Poseidon, in to believing that his name was, "No One," so he could escape furtively, was ingenious yet when thought of carefully, so simple. That is who he was, a simple yet shrewd and vigorous person. It would overwhelm me to be thought of as ... ...

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... home is on Ithaca." Odysseus is not wise for telling Polyphemus his real name and where he is from. He is also boastful because he thought of the way to escape from the Cyclops. Odysseus is just like any human and has his bad traits. ...

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... me, all my friends- (Homer 9:410). After Odysseus and his men successfully blind the Cyclops, the neighbors hear his screams and ask what ails him. Odysseus's cunning reply aids his escape as the Cyclops yells back, "Nobody, my friends "Nobody's killing me now by fraud and not by force!-(Homer 9:454). When the blinded monster releases his flock of rams ... ...

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