Monday, May 4, 2020
"The Iliad" Or "The Odyssey?" What Do You Think?
With reference to The Iliad/Odyssey Background Video, what did it make you
contemplate regarding archetypal patterns? Homecoming? Pride? The hero?
Divinities? Heroic Code? Guest/Host? Hubris? Other? Please quote from
either text or the video. Please complete this blog response by 3:31p.m. on Tues., May 12th.
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It made me think that in order to fulfill life's duties we have to live life to the fullest. it also makes me believe that the Greeks believed in this same method. You don't have to have any powers or anything to be a hero just good character and so if everyone were to practice that everyone could be their own hero.
After watching the video, I realized that most not if all heroes must go on a journey and live life. They have to prove themselves with challenges and tasks. They must make choices that most people cannot make. In the video, it tells you the story of Odysseus. It talks about his journey home. But coming home isn't as easy as he thought. He had to struggle and suffer to make it all the way home. At one point in the video, Calypso offered him immortality if he were to stay with her. But he doesn't want this. He believes that living life is better than immortality. It better to suffer through life than to basically not have one. I think this is the pattern that is in all of these myths. In every story, myth, and tale everyone has to suffer to get through life. Suffering is a way of life. It is something that the gods cannot experience. This is a pattern that comes up many times.
This video made me think about the hero's journey. All heroes go on that journey where they experience hardships and challenges but ultimately prevail. Also, I noticed that at the end, and throughout his journey, Odysseus learns hard lessons about life and being human. He made mistakes and that shows that you don't have to be perfect to be a hero. What's important is that he learned from them, even if he made the mistakes several times before he did.
It made me think about the hero's journey, and how there are set on this path and they go through many challenges to prove that they are worthy. All of these challenges serve the purpose of developing the charecter as a person.
What I got out of this was that in order to live the the best life you must live it to the fullest and understanding that we must live through hardships. Just like Odysseus we have to learn lessons and make mistakes and learn from them, and that like Odysseus we can prove we don't have to be immortal or have powers to be the hero of our own story.
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