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The Odyssey…Characterisation Homer’s, The Odyssey, is and epic journey rich in character and devoting exclusivity to travel, rustics and servants, to low life and dastardly villains. It centres on the hero Odysseus wining his way through various fantastical hazards by means of trickery and ingenuity, to eventuate in peace and prosperity with his wife and happy domestic inhabitancy. Homer focuses on the decision making and the way in which the character goes about his or her proceedings rather than relying on emotional content to tell the story (hospitality, eloquence, wisdom…). The character is described by title i.e. hero, wife of hero, god, and the reader simultaneously gains knowledge for the reason that the character inherited the given title. ‘I am Odysseus, Laertes’ son. The whole world talks of my stratagems, and my fame has reached the heavens. My home is under the clear skies of Ithaca.’ (9. 19-20) Meanwhile the rest of the gods had assembled in the palace of Olympian Zeus, and the Father of men and gods opened discussion among them. (1. 27-29) Despite character titles in his writings, Homer makes known that even if a man is a her