Question

PLEASEE HELPPPP In the wanderings of Odysseus in The Odyssey, which factor proves to be the most challenging to the hero’s cleverness in his attempts to return home to Ithaca?
A. It was the hero’s trust in Calypso, whom he expected would allow him to return immediately to his wife, Penelope, that becomes the most rigorous obstacle for Odysseus to overcome.
B. His encounter with Poseidon, who holds a grudge against Odysseus for blinding his son, presents the severest confrontation for the hero.
C. In spite of his well-known sea-faring skills, it is the physical trials of navigating in treacherous seas, including weather, tides, and an unworthy vessel that tests Odysseus the most.
D.His confrontation with the Cyclops, who has support from Poseidon, creates such formidable conflict that Odysseus must overcome brute force with deception.

Answer 1

A. It was the hero’s trust in Calypso, whom he expected would allow him to return immediately to his wife, Penelope, that becomes the most rigorous obstacle for Odysseus to overcome. 

Answer 2

The answer is B: His encounter with Poseidon, who holds a grudge against Odysseus for blinding his son, presents the severest confrontation for the hero.

Odysseus, after being a decisive character in winning the war at Troy, has to return home by sea, but having blinded Poseidon´s son, Polyphemus, he is forced to face the rage and anger of the god of the sea. Poseidon then sets all kinds of obstacles for Odysseus making his travels perilous and long, to a point where, out of all his crew memebers, Odysseus is the only one who makes it back home alive.