The Odyssey: The Qualities That Gain Respect

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this quick wit he convinces her to let him go. His intelligence not only makes him more likable, but also gets him out of potentially dangerous situations.
Another of his favorable traits is his bravery. His wife Penelope says “My lord, my lion heart gone, long ago-the bravest man and the best of the Danaans” (77). Odysseus exercises his bravery escape the cave of the Kyklops. The Kyklops captures Odysseus and his shipmates and prepares to eat them. Then, Odysseus finds a six foot tempered log, sharpens it, and puts it in the fire to make it red hot. When it is hot, he pulls it out of the fire and jams it in the eye of the Kyklops so that “blood ran out around the red hot bar. Eyelid and lash were seared; the pierced ball hiss broiling, and the roots popped” (156). The bravery of Odysseus saves his life in many situations.
Another of Odysseus great characteristics is that he is a mastermind of war. Nestor, a wise old man, remarks to Telemakhos, Odysseus’ son, that “as ...

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