• How a mans life is affected by their fate, divine intervention, and men themselves (the relationship between the 3)
  • To what extent does divine intervention affect a mans fate?
    • the gods encourage a mans actions, but the men act
    • the gods only heighten a man qualities, not create
  • The gods are aware of a mans fate and are supposed to act accordingly to guide a person to their fate, but one of the gods human-like qualities is that they each have their own motives and desires they act upon. These decisions sometimes go against fate.
  • A persons fate is their end destination, so there can be several alternative situations which will ultimately lead to that fate.

Other ideas/questions:

• How is deception depicted? Is it morally just?
• The role of women in the Odyssey
  • Penelope as the ideal women
• Odysseus’ journey from a war to peace mentality
• Telemachus’  journey to manhood
  • Father and son relationships -> Telemachus unsure of his masculinity -> their relationship is more of a follower/fan of a heroic warrior
• An exploration of the gods having human like qualities, and humans having god-like qualities