Great Works of Literature, Fall 2016 (hybrid)

What does Odyssey have to say about abjection, the state of being or feeling thrown around by the gods or fate or of being exiled from one’s home or desired location?

In my view from the reading, I believe Odyssey describes the experience with pros and cons, although abjection in itself is totally negative. In the flip side good can be withdrawn from any bad situation. Odyssey points out the process of uncertainty and torture. In this situation an advocate is needed. For example, in book one, Athena who is the grey-eyed goddess kept on pleading with Zeus for Odysseus to return home. Moreover, in the positive scene I believe he described Odysseus as resilient and an equipped person. In my take on this he became experienced from being in this situation. Furthermore, as being exile from one’s home or desire location as in this case, Odyssey stated in book two, where Odysseus’s son is feeling the heavy burden of his father departure and the Lords of the island are plundering their homes.

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