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Maturity of Odysseus. Have you ever been immature at the start of a big
event then at the end become very mature? If you have then ...
... Also, the writer?s progressive changes in the descriptions for the Dawn are symbolic
of Odysseus? rising maturity level as the story unfolds. ...
... person. It is mainly Odysseus? son, Telemakhos who displays the growth
in intellect, responsibility, maturity, and courage. Thus ...
... The books also give Telemachus a chance to prove his maturity and allow
us, as readers to compare Agamemnon?s tale to Odysseus?. ...
... Odysseus that his son, Telemachus, is still holding his rights in the hands of the
family. This state of Telemachus?s life led to his revolution, in maturity ...
Submitted by dancergrl926 on May 4, 2008
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Have you ever been immature at the start of a big event then at the end become very mature? If you have then you are just like Odysseus in the Odyssey, very immature and made lots of mistakes at the beginning but then at the end lets go of his major pride and submits to the gods’ wishes. One summer my Mother and sister went to Romania on a mission’s trip, so my brothers were sent to stay at a friends and I flew to Arizona from Wyoming to stay with some other friends. I was twelve years old and thought I was mature but over time my view changed. I was in charge of talking to my brothers miles away since my mother wouldn’t be able to talk to them. Also, the friends that I was staying with were newlyweds and very unstable. This being my first time so far away from home and no one to talk to I started freaking out. I had an aunt and uncle that lived in Scottsdale so I tried to stay with her as much as possible. My friends weren’t so excited about that because they wanted me to stay with them, but when I was with them I couldn’t eat because of the stress. So over the two weeks that I was gone I became very mature from juggling all of that stress. In the same way Odysseus in the Epic poem The Odyssey becomes very mature from his troubles that he has to overcome. With all of the temptations lurking around Odysseus he can’t refuse them all but over the next twenty years he matures.
In the first part of the Epic Poem The Odyssey Odysseus is very immature. Odysseus is very prideful and self-centered.
“This fame has gone abroad to the sky’s rim”
Odysseus is so sure that he is this amazing character that he is saying his fame is so big that even the gods are watching him. At the Cyclops’s island Odysseus’ curiosity gets in the way of escaping the island without harm.
“My men came pressing round me, pleading
‘why not
take these cheeses, get them stowed, come back, throw open all the pens,...
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