Odysseus Heroic Attributes In The Hero's Journey

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Throughout The Hero's Journey, Odysseus’ heroic and unheroic attributes are what reveals how his character really is and his true identity. These traits can lead him to make decisions that have different outcomes than expected. Some of these outcomes had led Odysseus to lose some of those he loves through his positive and negative traits.

Heroic traits relating to Odysseus can be that he is extremely courageous. He and his men embarked on this long journey, experiencing monsters and many other antagonists of the story. A particular monster that showed the true bravery of Odysseus was when he and his men were trapped by the Cyclops. From the section, The Cyclops, the quote “Now, by the God’s, I drove my big hand spike deep in the embers,