1. odysseus excessive pride is what brings all misfortune in the beginning. his thirst for expansion and power causes him to clash with gods and ultimately hinder him from seeing his wife again. but he becomes to come back to his senses and upon returning home he kills all of the suitors who wanted to take his place and who were badgering his wife displaying selflessness rather than selfishness.
2. he treats the cowherd very fairly and respectfully. he promises as long as they stand beside him they will each get a wife and property next to his. and the response is their continuous loyalty, some even waiting for his return to ithaca
3 the odyssey, despite it’s ancient age, still holds a remarkable amount of relevancy, as it preaches some of the most fundamental lessons that hold up to this day. these messages, more or less simple ideas, of commemoration and the destructive trait of arrogance are still important to know. Today we live in a world of heavy self-interest, where status and power are desired more than ever. we see a lot characters throughout the text that exhibit hubris but in particular the suitors who want the title of king, display the lesson precisely. they clash with each other for the spot and frighten penelope. in the resolution, odysseus slays them for doing killing elpenor, the most disrespectful first.
4 it would be overwhelming. they would experience ephemerality because ultimately people would move on along with the family. odysseus partner would move on much quicker in modern times because it’s common practice.
5 from odysseus’ perspective he went through his entire journey to ultimately return to his wife. the idea of someone replacing him and being with his wife was evidently enough to massacre them.
a argo was very excited to see him but immediately after he greeted odysseus flattened his ears and died
b the test of bow was created by penelope: whoever could string and shoot odysseus’ bow through 12 axe heads they would be granted her hand in marriage.
c eumaeus and philoetius. he needed them to execute his plan
d i have no images but odysseus asks for the bow, penelope insists he gets a chance, odysseus examines his bow as other snicker, he strings it, he shoots it.
e she tells her servant to move their marriage bed. this causes odysseus to be upset as he explains he made the bedroom out of ancient olive tree and he used the tree in the bedpost. he is angry because he was afraid the removed the olive tree bed and replaced it with a removable one thus confirms it is odysseus.
According to Hesiod's Theogony, after Prometheus, a fire god and divine trickster, had stolen fire from heaven and bestowed it upon mortals, Zeus, the king of the gods, determined to counteract this blessing.
