How I came to this thought is because Odysseus allowed Elpenor to get drunk “master mariner and solider, bad luck shadowed me, and no kindly power, ignoble death I drank so much wine” (Book 11 Pg. 1127 Lines 33-35), letting him out of sight and out of mind. Elpenor found his way up to the rooftop of Circe’s home to sleep, not being supervised. Morning came upon him and he was curious to why he slept on the roof, but what made him go up there? On his way going down the ladder Elpenor missed a step fell, and snapped his neck to the death of him. Promising the barrow and the burial Odysseus holds the burial as told. Being sent to the underworld, we find that Elpenor knows what caused his death. Odysseus has the personality to being vain (having or showing an excessively high opinion of one’s appearance, abilities or worth). Saying this because if Odysseus thinks he doesn’t have an explanation for anyone of what he is doing. An example of this I would go back to when he knew about the sea monsters, Charybdis, Scylla, and the Sirens who lowered men in with their voices, and kept this from his crew members until he couldn’t think of a plan, but were quickly approaching these