The Arguement Regarding Odysseus' Fate

The Argument Regarding Odysseus’ Fate The story is known worldwide. Odysseus, the great epic hero, leaves his beautiful Ithaca, spends ten years of his life fighting bravely against Troy, and then spends another ten years reaching home. At this point he leaves Troy again. He leaves his family and loyal subjects to go exploring and questing to satisfy the wanderer inside him. Everyone agrees of the facts, but they do not agree of what to …

…ambition and desire to wander and seek? Kazantzakis feels that Ulysses is completing himself by his constant wanderings. Tennyson and Dante feel that he’s doing things for the wrong reasons, is deceptive, and not taking his place in nature. Who is right? Who has the most convincing argument? It all depends on how one looks at it and what one believes. Works Cited Odysseus/ Ulysses. Chelsea House Publishers. New York: Main Line Book Co, 1991.