The Characterization of Nausikaa in the Odyssey .
In Homers" works, he does not use the narrator to tell the reader about the characters. Instead, Homer has the reader learn about the character by what they say, what they do, or what other's say about them. This gives the readers an opportunity to develop their own belief about the character. Nausikaa has the character of a beautiful, caring, and strong princess. In the Odyssey Nausikaa is characterized by what she does, what she says, and what others say about her.
Nausikaa is characterized by what she does. Her caring is shown by the fact that she offers to take her families clothes to the river and wash them. She cares about her father and brothers having clean clothes when they meet with the others from the city. She also shows her caring by giving Odysseus, clothing and food, even though she does not know who this stranger is. Her strength is shown when Odysseus emerges from the bush and Nausikaa is the only one that "stood her ground." Her strength is also shown when she tells Odysseus to wait until she has entered her palace before he continues into town.
Nausikaa is further characterized by what she says. Nausikaa's caring is shown when she says "No: this man is a castaway, poor fellow; we must take care of him. Strangers and beggars come from Zeus: a small gift then is friendly. Give our new guest some food and drink, and take him into the river, out of the wind, to bathe." Nausikaa shows her strength when she says, "Why, there's no fool so brash, and never will be, as to bring war or pillage to this coast, for we are dear to the immortal gods, living here, in the sea that rolls forever, distant from other lands and other men.".
Nausikaa is also characterized by what others say about her. Odysseus talks about Nausikaa's beauty, when he first sees her, "Mistress: please: are you divine, or mortal? If one of those who dwell in the wide heaven, you are most near to Artemis, I should say - great Zeus's daughter - in your grace and presence.
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