Final+Product-Sirens

**Summary**
Odysseus and his crew had to pass by the Sirens. The Sirens were creatures that had bodies of birds and beautiful woman heads. They had such a beautiful voice. It was prophesied when any ship was able to sail past their island without succumbing to the sweet song, the Sirens would leap into the sea and drown. Odysseus and the Sirens. The three sirens seek to lure Odysseus and his companions to their death with their melodious voices. However Odysseus has had himself securely bound to the mast of his ship while his companions row on with their ears stopped with bees-wax, thus unable to hear the sirens' song.


 * [[image:Sirens.JPG]]**

**Analysis**
Odysseus shows that he is determined to pass by the sirens no matter what. He shows that he’s brave and does not fear the Sirens. Odysseus wanted to show his pride once again. He wanted to hear the Sirens beautiful voice to experience and tell everyone he was the first one to survive after hearing the sirens sing. Odysseus’s heroic flaw is developed in this episode when he wants to hear the sirens sing. He knows that anyone who hears them sing they will plunge to their deaths in the waves to remain near to the Sirens voices.


 * Road of Trials Explanation**

“The Road of Trials” is the stage in the hero’s journey in which the hero or Odysseus in this case, has to go through a series of challenges in order to become stronger. During this stage the hero may have to fight a monster, retrieve something that is hard to get, or possibly escape from a place where they are being held captive. In the story “The Wanderings of Odysseus” Odysseus has to go through the road of trials, one of those trials is with the sirens. He has to swallow some of his pride and have himself tied to the mast of the boat so he does not dive in to the sea after the Sirens. This shows he is becoming more modest by not assuming that he is strong enough to withstand the Sirens song. After they have sailed past the Island where the Sirens live he has completed this challenge and can continue sailing home. Not all of Odysseus’s pride has been diminished though, he still has his pride seeing as he wanted the experience, he wanted to be able to say, “I am Odysseus and I have listened to the Sirens song and I lived!” He wanted the experience so he could later brag about it to anyone willing to listen.