Student+Notes-Sirens


 * 1) Summarize (5-8 sentences) what happens in this part of Odysseus's journey.
 * 2) What is revealed (positive characteristics) about Odysseus during this episode?
 * 3) What is revealed (negative characteristics) about Odysseus during this episode?
 * 4) How is Odysseus's **//heroic flaw//** developed or diminished during this episode?
 * 5) Describe in one paragraph (5-8 sentences) the stage of the hero's journey known as **//The Road of Trials//**.
 * 6) How do the events of this episode with **//The Sirens//** fit this stage of the hero's journey?

1.Odysseus and his crew are to pass by sirens.These creatures used to lure sailors from their ships with their singing. Their voices were so beautiful and their songs so haunting that anyone who heard them plunged to their deaths in the waves to remain near them. Following Circe’s advice, Odysseus told his crew to put wax on thier ears so they wont hear thier voices.Odysseus told his crew to tie hiimself to the mass so he can hear thier singing and to not untie him until they passed.

2.It reveled that odysseus isnt as stubborn anymore and that he is listening to the warning from the goddess and he is learning how to let go of his pride.

3.He isnt quiet ready to let go of his pride yet and that he is still stubbrn and he doesnt know why he is still trapped at sea.

4.Odysseus's heroic flaw is developed during this episode due to the fact that he will now brag about having survived listening to the Sirens beautiful song without dying or trying to sacrifice himself.

5. The Road of Trials is a series of challenges throughout the story that make the character stronger and in this case he loses his pride.

6. The events in this episode with the Sirens fit this stage of the hero's journey, "The Road of Trials" because Odysseus has to be tied to the mast of a boat in order for him to hear the Sirens.