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Odysseus? A Hero?
Different people have different perceptions and ideas of what a true hero is. Many people would agree with me when I say that Odysseus was not a hero. His actions and characteristics show that he was far from being a hero. A hero is someone who is loyal and cares about protecting and leading others by making wise ....
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.... his men, "I’ll make the crossing… with my own company…for they be wild savages…" (Homer 898). Even though Odysseus knew that there would be possible dangers, he still made the crossing. I’ve never known of a hero who endangered their own men. Knowing that danger was ahead, and still deciding to put his own men through it was definitely not an action of a hero.
Odysseus was too violent, and he cared too much about killing. Odysseus said to the suitors, " Your last hour has come. You die in blood" (Homer 957). Instead of resorting in violence, the suitors could have been k ....
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