IH 0851 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Odysseus
12 Apr 2016
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Fate- odysseus fate is a product of the gods because the gods aare vengeful and odysseus upset poseidon and started the on-going conflict with the gods. Telamacus- develops and becomes a man because of the adversity he felt in his fathers absence. Help- odysseus comes across as manic and delusional through the story. Odysseus wife penelope does not believe odysseus. End- athena wipes everyone"s memory after odysseus kills all of the suitors (noblemen"s sons) Oedipus is a king of thieves after outsmarting the sphinx. After becoming a king his empire starts to fall apart. Oedipus finds out from the oracle he is the reason the old king died. The story shows that the king had a fate that the son of the king would be killed by the son. Oedipus realized he completed his fathers fate. Women in society- as second class citizens seen as objects.
