Odysseus Use Of Vengeance In Homer's Odyssey

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This passage from The Odyssey by Homer is spoken in a mood of vengeance and animosity towards an enemy. Through the usage of alliteration and powerful imagery, a compelling mood of vengeance is created. The repetition of consonant sounds is incorporated when Odysseus and his men spin the fire-hardened beam into Polyphemos’ eye, watching as,“the blood boiled around the hot point”, and “the blast... of the burning ball singed all his eyebrows” (Homer, IX, 388-389). As Odysseus remembers the cyclops writhing in pain, he describes the sounds using the repetition of words beginning with ‘b’’. This represents the bubbling sound of Polyphemos’ bloodied eye. Odysseus is evidently resentful towards the cyclopes’ actions, and this alliteration creates
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