Themes
- Created by: chloe
- Created on: 18-02-14 12:12
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- Themes: power of cunning
- the odyssey foucs on "man of twists and turns"
- odysseus has great stength
- shown in book 21 by stringing the bow
- he relies on mind rather than muscle
- shown in many of the books
- he nows he can not overpower Polyphemus as he cant move the boulder out the way
- but he uses his mind and knows that Polyphemus is stupid
- Od knows that he has to come up with a really clever plan to get rid of the suitors
- as there is lots of them so take away the armour and they have nothing to fight with
- tests through the book
- sometimes seemed like it mocks strength
- no one can resist the sirens song for example
- so he puts wax and ties the crew up so no temptation
- Sylla and Charybdis can't be beaten
- so od makes sure he uses his navigation skills to the best
- Archiles
- Od meets him in the underworld and it reminds him of power
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