Revenge In The Odyssey Research Paper

In the Odyssey, much grief and time would have been saved through mercy. Revenge is typically a bad thing, because it commonly brings about more destruction, and more revenge leading to a viscous cycle, it also rarely makes the person seeking revenge feel better, or allows them to get back what was lost, taken, or whatever was the catalyst for the revenge.

Revenge can take many forms, but no matter what form it takes, revenge can have adverse aftereffects, such as causing more destruction. One such example of this, is when Odysseus gets revenge for his dead shipmates that where eaten by Polyphemus, and Polyphemus damages their ship and kills more of his ships mates, and prays for Poseidon to curse them in his name. Another example of this,

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