Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Another Response On The Odyssey

Jackson Roderick
8th Grade Fitz English
Section One
Odyssey Paragraph
11/22/2013
Loyalty

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
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~ Mark Twain

Being loyal to somebody is a sign of love and friendship. In the book, The Odyssey, by Homer, Loyalty is a big theme and is an meaningful theme. One example of loyalty in the Odyssey is Penelope wife of Odysseus,  has been waiting for him for 20 years and stays loyal to him and doesn’t decide to find a new husband. In Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey, friends and family of Odysseus show great loyalty to him. The loyalty can be seen through the commitment Penelope, faith of Odysseus' servants, and his dog, Argos', patience. The most loyal was Penelope. As his faithful wife, she waited twenty years for him to come.

“Eurycleia's loyalty to Odysseus household is seen in her love for Telemachus, whom she treats like her own son.
[The Odyssey, Book 2]

In The Odyssey Loyalty is defined in the Webster's dictionary as faithfulness or devotion to a person, a cause or a duty. Through this definition, it can be expressed that loyalty is a major theme in Homer's epic.The theme loyalty is great one in the Odyssey. It so fascinating that Penelope chooses to stay with stay by odysseus even though he has been gone for twenty years. It really takes a lot of loyalty to believe that your husband that has been gone for twenty years and still stay and not find another man.  In the Odyssey loyalty is used so well and is presented in the best ways.

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