Homer’s The Odyssey and The One-Eyed Cyclops
Introduction
Homer’s The Odyssey is a very interesting work of art that has most of its themes serving the form of moral in addition to the ethical constitution as denoted by most characters. A character in Odyssey embodies themes appropriately from one degree to the next. Fagles and Knox (p.45), introduces the theme of hospitality as one of the many dominant issues arising along. It is relative to the moral conduct code that tends to obtain the insecure world of The Odyssey. Unlike it, The One-Eyed Cyclops story denotes elements of Pride as one of its themes with characters such as Polyphemus as a result of pride refusing to help those in need like Odysseus (Aguirre, Mercedes, and Contratada Doctora Mercedes Aguirre, 53). For Polyphemus, he is better than the rest of the people bringing into consideration however, the similarities existing in the two art of storytelling. Hence, the rest of this essay tends to focus on Homer’s The Odyssey artwork and later compare it with The One-Eyed Cyclops story.
Primarily, Homer’s The Odyssey artwork and that of One-Eyed Cyclops offers two important lessons to the reader one of them being the essence of self-control any contextual change. Lessons that are currently significant as compared in Odyssey’s time bring into light the connection between mystery, fate, and humility and that humans should have self-control strategies regardless of the situation at hand (Fox, Amanda, 29).Take for instance Odysseus who was the hero as the king of Ithaca. Due to life-changing situations, he fails to understand the limits connected with his power and ends up believing he is untouchable, god-like and master of destiny and fate. In Homer, Odysseus just like in the One-Eyed Cyclops story identifies Odysseus as a master strategist who in the process of change forgets elements connected with hospitality and doesn’t consider the secondary outcomes of his dreadful acts at some point especially in the Island where Cyclops correspondingly brings in his unstuck behavior (Wilson, Emily, 87). It is evidence that Odysseus is a man of turns and twists in the two art of storytelling with concerns of personal limitation (Martin, Richard, 9). Primarily, characters in the two arts of storytelling believe that they are master of their destiny and that they have incredible capacities under pressure to stay calm despite one cracking up. The two denote that life is out of our control because regardless of the powers one has for instance Odysseus, it is clear that they have limits, meaning that it’s only the gods who are connected to the sovereign masters of fate.
In conclusion, characters such as Maverick elaborates further critical themes in the two stories connected to the cultivation of genuine self-control, humility, hospitality, and personal limits. Maverick for instance, denotes that life tends to take an individual by surprise and therefore one needs more than just the nerves and focus to stay in control. Correspondingly, humans being crushed by tranquil unfamiliar situations tend to understand the elements of humility. And, that life is cut out of hands especially when circumstances have changed with shift gears. It is vital to cultivate genuine processes of self-control as it equal to parts of drive and focus and that everyone needs to rein in life changes situations which will particularly temper with pride for some reason.
Works Cited
Aguirre, Mercedes, and Contratada Doctora Mercedes Aguirre. Cyclops: The Myth and Its Cultural History. Oxford University Press, USA, (2020): 24-53.
Fox, Amanda. “Cyclops: The Origin Story of this Terrifying One-Eyed Giant| Monstrum.” (2019): 24-58.
Martin, Richard P. “Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey: Poems of Many Turnings.” A Companion to World Literature (2020): 1-11.
Wilson, Emily. “Homer. The Odyssey.” (2018): 47-92.
