Siren Song Scylla and Charybdis Leadership Analysis Reading

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Odysseus full of might In the story, The 1). The sirens,

and grace. Odyssey a leader named drifters, scylla, and
Odysseus must face many charybdis.
Stop with this challenges on his journey.
worthless journey and Some might say he was a 2). He tells his mean to
leave this place. strong heroic figure, but wrap their ears so that
we believe that he was they do not hear the
Leave your silly crew actually a terrible and unfit sirens song along with
and come with us leader. In story 10 lines putting beeswax on
150 it states, As we were their ears. He also tells
Odysseus dont think men we could not help his men to tie him
about it, dont even consenting. against the sail.
discuss.
So day by day we 3). Odysseus wants to
Your journey has lingered, feasting long hear the Sirens' sweet,
already been full of Scylla seductive song
pain, suffering, and - Then Scylla made her strike, on roasts and wine, until a because he's confident
fear year grew fat. that if he follows
whisking six of my best men from Circe's
Relax a little, throw the ship. I happened to glance aft at But when the passing adviceblocking his
your shoes off, and ship and oarsmen and caught sight months and wheeling men's ears with wax
take a break my dear. seasons and having them lash
of their arms and legs, dangling him to the ship's
Man of the Gods you high overhead. Voices came down brought the long summery masthe will be the
are strong, mighty, and to me in anguish (line 187-192). days, the pause of only man to have
courageous summer, experienced the joy of
This suggests that Scylla is able to
listening to the Sirens
Now tell me Odysseus, grab multiple things at once, so I my shipmates one day and lived to tell about
who must you truly gave her octopus tentacles. summoned me and said: it
impress? 3).
Captain, shake off this
Your family thinks you - Then Scylla made her trance, and think of 4). Scylla is a 6
are no more. strike (line 187). Since, it home Headed monster.
uses her to describe Scylla, (line 40).
So come with us and I drew Scylla as a girl with if home indeed awaits us.
stay at shore. some parts of her as a Now in the text it shows 5). Charybdis is a
that Odysseus let his warpool that lurks at
monster emotions take over his the bottom of the sea.
task and wasted his time. (Line 60).
- ...thinking to see her first
from there, the monster of
the gray rock, harboring
torment for my friends
(lines 168-170). This would
suggest that Scylla lives with
rocks, so I drew (or at least
attempted) to draw her
coming out of a cave
Even his men questioned
him on why so much time
has passed and all of a
sudden they decide to just
chill. The text significant
value is that is shows
Odysseuss lack of
strength and how lazy he
is. Even though he was
under a spell it shows that
he still had weakness in
his heart, wanting to give
up falling under the spell
with that still in mind.
6). Odysseus chooses
to sail towards Scylla
rather than towards
Charybdis because his
will to fight is strong,
therefore this shows
that he is a man of war
and loves to be
aggressive.
7). Odysseus doesnt
warn his men about
Scylla for he doesnt
want them to be fearful
for the challenge is
indaed a big one. This
shows that Odysseus is
selfish and does what
feels right to him.

Another way Odysseus

Charybdis:
- Charybdis lurks below to
swallow down the dark sea
tide whirling up a maelstrom
(lines 62-66). This shows that
Charybdis is a monster that lives
under the sea and starts
whirlpools.
was an unfit leader was
when he lead his men
straight into Scylla and
Charybdis. But as I sent
them on toward Scylla, I
told them nothing, as they
could do nothing.
They would have dropped
their oars again, in panic,
to roll for cover under the
decking. Circes
bidding against arms had
slipped my mind,
so I tied on my cuirass and
took up
two heavy spears, then
made my way along
to the foredeckthinking
to see her first from there,
the monster of the gray
rock, harboring
torment for my friends. I
strained my eyes
upon that cliffside veiled
in cloud, but nowhere
could I catch sight of her.
And all this time,
in travail, sobbing, gaining
on the current,
we rowed into the
straitScylla to port
and on our starboard beam
Charybdis, dire
gorge of the salt sea tide.
By heaven! when she
vomited, all the sea was
like a cauldron
seething over intense fire,
when the mixture
suddenly heaves and rises
(lines 160-174). This
shows that he is an unfit
leader since he ignored
Circes warning about
trying to fight and escape
both sea monsters. This
also shows that Odysseus
was willing to send his
men into danger just to get
his own glory of defeating
Scylla. A final way that
this shows Odysseus is
unfit to be a leader that he
did not warn his men
before and lead them into
life threatening danger that
caused him to lose some of
his men to Scylla.