Vengance in the Odyssey
Vengeance is the main theme in the Odyssey, it is what all the conflict in the story is for
every conflict in the story is caused because of each characters thirst for vengeance
. The three
characters that show this most greatly are as follows. Poseidon through his constant punishment
of Odysseus throughout the story. Secondly Telemachus\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' need to make the suitors pay for
disrespecting his house as well as his mother and the lack of his ability to become or even be seen
as a possible heir to his fathers thrown. Then finally Odysseus and his need to avenge the
disrespect by the suitors. The hardships that each of these character goes through during his
journey inrage them to revenge and push the story to its climax.
The strongest and longest lasting vengeance
in the story is Poseidons he punishes......
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