In the Odyssey, Odysseus's adventure brings him through many tragedies and hard time. His name is revealed in the story as being one who suffers. Toward the end of the story he is compared to a lion when he emerges victorious against the suitors and the maids are described as small animals scurrying away from him. He is described missing his wife as a shipwrecked swimmer misses the shore. His wife Penelope is described grappling Odysseus as a swimmer that has finally reached land. Throughout the Odyssey Sleep is used to convince the reader that Odysseus is mortal. When he sleeps something bad happens. Sleep means he is not like the Gods peppered through the story. He is mortal and Gods don't have to sleep.

In the story of Oedipus his name is "swollen feet". This imagery of swollen feet is the key to his identity. The image of the foot in the riddle of the sphinx is used to describe man and Oedipus. He has 4 feet when he is a young child he has 3 feet when h

This society seems to have its culture written in stone. The ups and downs are very apparent. The ups seem to outweigh the downs. This Civilization seems to be doing fine with these customs.

e is old and blind and needs the assistance of a cane and he has two feet when he is at the height of his power. There is curse over Thebes, making the land and women infertile. The image of fertility is given with the Goddess of the earth giving the curse upon the land and women. Throughout both the Odyssey and Oedipus the image of family is used. In the Odyssey lineage is used with Odysseus's father son and himself bringing a sense of family values to the story. In Oedipus the link between him being Husband and son to his wife and mother and father and son to his children also relates to his multiple identities. As well as his family his identities are shifted to being a band of thieves that attacks and kills Laius, his father. Sight and blindness versus light and dark also have imagery in the story. Oedipus is blind to the fact that he killed his father and married his mother and is physically blinded when he gouges his eyes.

Both of these stories have many examples of imagery. They both have the main characters compared to many different t

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